Williams Sound Pocketalker Ultra Hearing Amplifier | Easy-to-Use Hearing Amplifier for Seniors | Year Supply of Batteries | Amplified Sound Assistive Listening Device with Headphones for Elderly | Hearing Assist Earbuds

Recommended by the audiologist for a sudden hearing loss caused by a medical problem. To be used while waiting to see if the medical treatments would restore the hearing. It does not have blue tooth or wi-fi but worked fine for talking to the doctor and listening to conversations and the tv. It has a little microphone and volume controls. Was pretty easy to use and would buy it again. Was able to overnight it and that helped in this situation.

So I bought this for my grandma who is 96 years old and the Doctor says she has 40% comprehension with hearing aids. It was getting really frustrating trying to talk to her and one day she expressed how lonely she felt because she could hold a conversation due to hearing loss. I saw one of my patients use something like this before So in desperation I took a gamble and bought this little device. Well I am happy to say she doesn’t even have to wear hearing aids with this setup! We just talk into the microphone and she can hear me!!!!! I don’t have to shout and she understand so much more! No more guessing. I just have to speak a little slowly so she can hear each word clearly. It helps her block out the other surrounding noise and focuses on the person speaking at the microphone. It doesn’t work well as an amplifier for the TV. But we have wireless headphones for that. We have had this device for about 2 weeks and the battery still going, we turn it off anytime we aren’t talking though. It will work perfectly for her doctor visits. There is some feedback at volumes greater than 3: but it is super simple to use and my grandma used it after showing her 1 time, and she had difficulty learning new tech. The device is very intuitive and simple. They tried to make it multifunctional for the tv and other speaker, but it wasn’t great for that. It’s also small enough to fit into a pocket, except for the headphones but they included a small headphones too but we haven’t tried that one.

Very simple to work. There can be an issue if the volume is too high then it starts a high pitch ringing. Overall it really works it just a matter of getting used to wearing the headphones.

I bought this for my 84 year old mother-in-law who lives in a Country with limited access to serious medical care. She could barely hear anyone and just sat in her chair in silence unable to participate in conversations. I gave this to her today and she had the biggest smile on her face and is extremely thankful for how well this works. It will change her life and it will be fun to see how she starts interacting with the family and friends again. I am most excited to see how she feels after going to Church this week and actually being able to hear what is going on.

I give this a reluctant 3-star review, because for some things it's good, some things not. This is good if: If you have partial hearing loss and wish to better hear the television or conversation in a quiet room, this device works well. This is not good if: You are in a noisy environment. It picks up just about all noise equally and mixes it all together, with very little differentiation of distance or emphasis on local sound. However, I must admit this device works better than others I have tried due to the wide range of tone and easily-adjustable volume. Not good if you have one good ear and are trying to get it to pick up sound from your deaf side. The earbud will block viable sound on your good ear and will jam all other sound together in a mess of difficult-to-decipher sound (in other words you'll be able to hear better with your good ear than with this device). PROS: Quality equipment, decent sound quality, excellent tone control, excellent volume control. CONS: Only one size ear bud... and it's cheap. Microphone extension cord is far too thick and heavy for practical use. NOTE: Unlike some other users, I did not notice improvement using the additional Olympus microphone. In truth I found the microphone included with the device to be of superior quality. It is omni-directional, filters sound better and is less-tinny than the Olympus mike. However this may be a subjective experience depending on the quality of one's hearing. I was testing the sound quality with my remaining good ear (which has good hearing)... and could discern considerably better quality with the included microphone. So... if you're wanting to improve TV or "one person in a quiet room" conversational quality, this will work fine. Unlike other devices I've tried this doesn't produce a lot of static or hiss, making the sound quality in quiet situations quite good. However, use in a noisy environment was (for me) an exercise in futility... with sound far more jumbled and confused. In a noisy environment I could hear considerably better without the device. This experience may differ per individual, heavily dependent on your hearing loss / situation. So I'm giving it 3 stars as a "works well for some people in some situations".

Good product. Amazed that the interference noise is greatly reduced and my mom is able to hear clearly. She is happy and I am glad too. Thank you

Bought this hearing aid for my 91 year old mother. Rec'd in working condition. But after 1 week it makes white noise, cannot hear anything. My mother is very disappointed. What's the problem?