Yep your points are well taken but let's be frank about this, blind people - in general - couldn't give a stuff about those who have a hearing impairment until it happens to them.
A general comment and observation <smile>. On 19/04/2012, at 4:22 PM, David Griffith wrote: > As someone who has borderline severe hearing loss I can assure you I need > loud headphone. > > My sister is in the same position and "quiet" devices and headphones are > useful to us as the "chocolate teapot" or the proverbial rubber shovel. > > If we are not allowed a powerful headphone we are completely excluded from > mainstream devices. Routinely we use devices at top volume and the headphone > response is often crucial in determining whether it is usable or not's > > What annoys me sometimes is that people believe it is somehow a matter of > choice for people like us. Neither my sister nor myself will buy loop > headphones from the RNID now in the UK because they are so useless in terms > of volumes. What is the point of shelling out £35 for a pair of headphones > when the result is that you cannot hear the talking book you are listening > to at all? > > The problem here is that such organisations are so concerned with preventing > the onset of hearing loss amongst the hearing population they are completely > losing sight of their main purpose, supporting the needs of people who are > already hearing impaired, in my case since birth. > > David Griffith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Glenn > Sent: 19 April 2012 03:21 > To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility > Subject: Re: Earphone Volume Booster Amplifier For iPhone > > I've often speculated that such amplifiers contribute to yet even further > hearing loss, like loud headphones can damage the hearing of someone with > normal hearing, it seems to me that it would do similar damage to someone > with hearing loss. > I have listened to music too loud in the past, and I have tinnitus, and I > now avoid headphones. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dane Trethowan" <[email protected]> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 8:11 AM > Subject: Earphone Volume Booster Amplifier For iPhone > > > Hi! > > I received this amplifier in the mail today and said I'd write to the list > with my findings. > > Not much needs to be said, amp does all it claims to do. > > The device looks like a small fuse holder with a clip on the back for > attachment to a pocket or collar. At one end is a lead for plugging into > the dock of your iPhone/iPod whilst the socket for headphone connection is > at the other. > > The controls are simple enough, a volume up and down, pause control in the > middle with track back and forward buttons on the outside of the row. > > This amplifier gives you plenty of volume boost for your headphones if > needed and perhaps I can illustrate what I mean by saying that I can hear > the iPhone through my top of the line Senhiser model, normally I would only > get this type of volume out of my Hi-Fi amplifier. I also have a 90% > hearing loss so and - through these headphones - my iPhone/iPod can barely > be heard by me at normal volume levels given out by these devices. > > I paid $25.00 for this amplifier and that to me is well worth the money. > > For Australian customers you can find the amp at > <http://www.warcom.com.au/products/20124_fiio_e1_earphone_volume_booster_amp > lifier_for_iphone_white> > > For those living outside Australia? I'm not sure whether the online shop at > the above link wil ship internationally but give them a try, I've found > Warcom pretty good to deal with. 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