Hearing loss and soundbar.

[Luxor]

Hi all,

Not an av expert so looking for a steer with this. My dad suffers with hearing loss and has the TV way too loud, which as you can imagine annoys my mum.

I'm wondering if there is a way of connecting wireless headphones to a soundbar, that he could wear headphones but also keep the sound coming out of the soundbar?

It's probably straightforward and at the moment they have a smart TV with not the best speakers.

Help very much appreciated! Ideas on soundbar also welcome.

 

[Luxor]

Just come in and thanks for the replies from everyone. It is appreciated.

In a nutshell.

OK, the TV is a Samsung ue40d5520 TV.

They don't have a soundbar yet so it's just the TV sound.

He doesn't have any headphones yet but as I mentioned looking at a wireless option (if practical) so he can listen on the headphones and my mum can still listen to the sound as normal.

Cheers

 

[Luxor]

Has he got a hearing aid? If not try and convince him to get assessed and fitted for one it will make a difference not only to his TV watching!

Very valid,
He does but still has it on too loud. I'm not convinced they're working right though..

I would imagine it does have a headphone socket or rca connectors. I don't live with them though and would have to check. Wouldn't that turn the sound off?

 

[Luxor]

OK thanks for the replies and especially @lucid with the suggestions. Cheers. I've gone for a soundbar connected with an optical cable and hopefully that will improve matters for now. The TV speakers aren't that great anyway so this might be clearer.

One things for sure, he needs to remember to put his hearing aids in!

If it doesn't work out I'll have to sort some headphones down the line.