Customer Reviews

Clarity Professional PL100 Personal Listener Plus

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

My husband has 50% hearing in one ear, no hearing in the other. So when his hearing aide quit working the week before an important meeting, it was a big deal! With the hearing aide sent back for repairs, I searched the web and found this Clarity Personal Listener. The seller (an Amazon seller) went out of their way to get it to us quickly.
The device doesn't take the place of his $2,000 programable hearing aide, but it does work exactly as it claims to work- it amplifys sound, has a limited adjustment range for "tone" and is fairly inconspicuous when tucked in a shirt pocket. My husband even cut a hole in the back of his shirt pocket and threaded the earpiece wire through it so it wouldn't be noticable. It helped him get through the day-long meeting. The only trouble he had was during lunch when there was alot of background noise that made it difficult to hear the conversation.
The Clarity Personal Listener saved the day.

I purchased this product with some trepidation because the other reviews I saw called it tinny and junk. But it was sold through enough reputable places and offered such a promising solution to my aged and cheap ("I'm not going to pay $5000 for a hearing aide; how many years do you think I have left?") aunt's hearing loss that I decided to give it a try. My aunt is virtually deaf, but this product could be turned so loud that she asked me to turn it down. For the first time in two years I could carry on a normal-voice-level conversation; I didn't have to scream in her ear. And her perception of what I said was 100% accurate as opposed to about 50% when I was screaming.
The product does not strike me as very durable, but it is not junk either. So far -- a few weeks of irregular use -- it has been 100% reliable.

Purchased this to aid an elderly relative who was very hard of hearing. The extended mic cord is designed (and pitched) as a great way to enjoy TV audio.

After initial charging the unit worked for 1-2 minutes then quit. It came with generic no-name rechargable batteries, so I purchased new set (incl extra for the charger base). Again, same thing only this time it never came back.

The unit has a cheap feel to it; the controls seem insubstantial (power button may have been the problem??). The few seconds it worked it was pretty good, but for someone already hard of hearing, the failures would be extremely frustrating to work out.

NYC Electronics did RMA and refunded my credit card. Curiously, I asked for replacement or refund and they chose refund which leads me to believe I wasn't the only customer having trouble.

I'm slightly hard of hearing in my right ear, and finally got tired of constantly asking people to repeat themselves and straining to hear things in meetings at work. I got this Personal Listener Plus last week and have been enjoying it immensely. I can hear everything in meetings, across the table in restaurants, and watching TV and listening to my stereo is a completely new experience. I never realized how much I was really missing. It's lightweight and fits neatly in my breast pocket. I don't bother with the rechargable batteries, so there are no problems there for me. This is obviously not meant to be a " super deluxe" instrument, but for the price it's terrific.

Do NOT use this as a long-term Hearing Aid!! The batteries only last for 2 or 3 hours before dying and need to be replaced!!

I have worn a hearing aid since age 12 (47 now) and I am the Medical Director for a Hospice. At our weekly team meeting I just cannot hear what is being said at the other end of the 5 tables that are put together. This device has allowed me to enjoy the meetings. May actually allow me to keep this job. If only they could connect it to the headphone via bluetooth so as not to be tethered to the cord. But in all fairness to the company that makes this device, they do ship it with an extension cord to the earpiece so I am really not complaining.

I was a little hesitant after poor review stating that the unit didn't work right out of the box, but I went ahead and gambled the $46. To my disappointment, the unit showed exactly the same symptoms described by the other reviewer. The thing would work for a couple of seconds and cut out. After trying non-rechargeable batteries and various combinations of buttons I happened to take a closer look at the battery cover. It's here where I found the problem... at the very top of the battery compartment there are the usual + and - symbols, so I put the batteries in so that the symbol matched the part of the battery that was outward facing. But looking at the cover the symbols were reversed.... what was meant was that the symbol on the device was actually the end of the battery meant to be buried int he device and the symbols on the inside of the little cover were the outward facing ends. Once I reversed the batteries and charged them, the unit worked as described.

I got this as a gift for my father. No hearing amplifier works great, but it helps some. I would say the product is average.

This item did not work. It didn't just not work well, it did not work at all. A waste of time and shipping, and a big disappointment to my deaf mother in a nursing home who just wanted to hear her tv.
If I could have given it minus ten stars, I would have. Or a star going nova...you've got the idea. and yes, we tried brand new batteries. The THING IS DEAD. And yes, I returned it.

I bought this for my mom. She likes it quite a bit. It provides more amplification than she needs.

I also bought her the "Stealth Secret Sound Amplifier" and she's decided she likes that one a bit better - sound is better for her and her hair hides it pretty well.

Both devices amplify the surrounding sound, so I suspect it's completely dependent on her precise hearing loss.