TV Ears 10341 2.3 System Wireless Headset System (Blue)

by TV Ears Inc

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 3.5 x 8.5 inches ; 5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000MUQ8P4
• Item model number: 10341
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (149 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #24 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Audio & Video Accessories > Headphone Accessories
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Doctor recommended TV Ears has helped thousands of people with hearing loss hear the television clearly without turning up the volume! With TV Ears technology, you set your own TV Ears headset volume and tone, while others set the volume of the television to a pleasant level or mute the volume altogether. Imagine watching television with your family again and hearing every word clearly…as thousands of our customers have said, “TV Ears has changed our lives!” The 2.3 system covers 600 sq.ft of space and works with all TV’s, including Plasma and LCD flat screen TVs, and in the presence of fluorescent lights. The patented self molding TV Ears Tips create an acoustically sealed chamber with the ear that reduces room noise and provides unparalleled comfort, cleanliness, and clarity. TV Ears Tips and TV Ears Voice Clarifying Circuitry work together for outstanding word discrimination so that television dialog is clear and understandable. The TV Ears 2.3 system will help you hear TV better and eliminate loud TVs. You will enjoy excellent speech clarity and sound quality with the ergonomic under the chin lightweight headset. Weighing only 1.6oz, the TV Ears headset is the most powerful headset on the market. Customer Support: Monday - Friday, 7:00 am - 4:00 pm Pacific time zone: 888-883-3277.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

150 of 154 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Only a 90-Day Warranty !, December 7, 2007

By 

R. Shogren (Salina, Ks USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This product is great while it works. The problem is that it did not work very long for me - less than 5 months. The little red LED's now fail to illuminate with the transmitter plugged in. Then, when I read the fine print, it says: 90-Day Warranty. I can't recall ever seeing any other consumer electronics product with less than a 1-year warranty. I then find that a local (hearing aid) dealer handles them. But, he says they don't handle the 2.3 Mhz version because there have been lots of problems with them. The 95 Mhz unit is problem free - and it carries a 1-Year warranty.

91 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best thing since closed captioning, August 15, 2007

By 

Jonathan Appleseed - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: TV Ears 10341 2.3 System Wireless Headset System (Blue) (Electronics)

I'm hearing impaired, and very often television shows (especially older ones) don't have closed captioning. This is also maddeningly true with some of the newer movies, even from big studios. There's a law regarding closed captioning, but sometimes producers simply don't follow it. It's frustrating.

I have tried several headsets over the years with varying degrees of success. Bringing the sound directly to your ear vastly improves your ability to understand what is being said (it actually helps to use a headset instead of a hearing aid when trying to improve comprehension - I don't understand the physiology of it, but it works). What's unfortunate is that most headsets aren't designed for the hearing impaired. They're designed for people who want to listen to music as they roam around the house. This means that the headsets aren't optimized for voice enhancement, and instead deliver quite a bit of bass. Bass tones don't improve comprehension, they lessen it.

That's where TV Ears comes in. Yes, the name is a bit silly, but these things really do work. The first time I used them I had the silliest smile on my face, because for the very first time I was understanding what was being said *perfectly*. The sound quality was magnificent, and the voice enhancement that the product brags about is spot-on.

There's an added bonus.

TV Ears says that most theaters use the same technology that they do. I wasn't sure I believed that, so continued to use the (most often) old and sometimes dysfunctional headsets that theaters provide. Fed up with watching theater employees throw headsets into bins, and at least a 50/50 shot that when the movie started I was going to have to go back and exchange the headset, I tried the TV Ears. They worked. Instead of simply "booming" the sound, it was just like at home. They enhanced what was being said. I go to movies all the time, so now I "never leave home without" them. They're better than American Express. <wink>

72 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Painful, fragile and expensive, October 7, 2007

By 

Stephen E. Phelps Jr. "Steve" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TV Ears 10341 2.3 System Wireless Headset System (Blue) (Electronics)

Being an insomniac of some skill and standing, I bought this so that I can watch T.V. in bed while the bride, She Who Must Be Obeyed, sleeps. Works as well as any infrared system to transmit T.V. sound in line of sight, though the odd under-the-chin configuration means that the signal is easily blocked by the bedclothes. The unit is most uncomfortable and the earpieces come off and are easily lost. Discomfort arises from two factors: [1] the headset is inflexible and much too narrow for my head (look at the picture -- are YOUR ears that close together?), with the result that there is constant firm pressure on my ears that becomes painful after a short period of use; [2] the newer, "noise reducing" earpieces are small and offer no cushion to ameliorate the pressure of the headset. The unit came with the older white plastic earpieces; one soon fell off and was not to be found. I sent for the new earpiece style (they were not cheap) and they arrived without the pointy little adapters needed to attach them (the web site makes no mention of these adapters; first I knew I needed them was when I tried to attach the new earpieces). The company sent the adapters when I called them, but one of them cracked when I attached it, and so does not securely hold the earpiece, which falls off nightly. The other adapter, the one that did not crack, held its earpiece for a few weeks, but now they've started to fall off that one, too. These little foam earpieces are so small that the other day I was on the train heading for work before I realized that I had one lodged in my ear. Two nights ago I dozed off with the headset on and must have rolled over heavily onto my side, because my left ear is bruised from the hard plastic headset and the pointy little adapter. All in all, for me, definitely not worth the premium price that they charge for this unit.