My Mam is totally deaf in one ear (the other ear is ok) and struggles to hear voices on TV. This is particularly exacerbated by the recent spate of drama programmes where the actors mumble, often over a noisy background. If there are no subtitles, she occasionally can't hear enough to watch at all.
A few months ago I encouraged her to get a new TV (which she needed) with a built in sound bar. Unfortunately she still struggles even though the sound bar is louder and clearer than the speakers built in to most moderately priced TV sets. My take on the matter is that simply increasing the volume and clarity isn't helping as there's no separation of the various elements of sound.
Therefore I've been trying to encourage her to try out a dedicated sound system but I am not particularly au fait with how they work myself. If she got a suitable AV amp, left, right and centre speakers, do all broadcasts these days separate out the voice to the centre speaker? Or is this just with big budget films? Does anyone have advice on the situation? It's just the voices that are the problem, either when the actors talk quietly or voices are merged with background stuff.
A few months ago I encouraged her to get a new TV (which she needed) with a built in sound bar. Unfortunately she still struggles even though the sound bar is louder and clearer than the speakers built in to most moderately priced TV sets. My take on the matter is that simply increasing the volume and clarity isn't helping as there's no separation of the various elements of sound.
Therefore I've been trying to encourage her to try out a dedicated sound system but I am not particularly au fait with how they work myself. If she got a suitable AV amp, left, right and centre speakers, do all broadcasts these days separate out the voice to the centre speaker? Or is this just with big budget films? Does anyone have advice on the situation? It's just the voices that are the problem, either when the actors talk quietly or voices are merged with background stuff.