Let's take a look at people's reviews and experiences with the retekess hearingsense 1 otc hearing aid.
The product usage issues mentioned, such as unclear TV sound, are answered in the FAQ of our listing, and there are also reviews that answer these questions.
① These are nice if you have average size ears. As someone else mentioned, if you've got smaller ears, these can be a little uncomfortable. However if you like the idea of a pair of hearing aids/amplimers that look more like Apple air pods rather than a medical device, these are great. That alone can be a deal breaker for those who are adamant about not wanting something that makes it look like they're wearing hearing aids.
When it comes to how these work, they've done a great job so far making the TV easier to hear when set at a normal volume. It didn't start out that way, and when looking into how to make watching TV with these better, I found the solution actually provided by the company. It has to do with the frequencies and you adjust them in the accompanying app so that you can hear the television better.
"Question: How can I adjust the hearing aid APP to improve the problem of unclear hearing when watching TV?
Answer: You can turn on the Equalizer function in the personalization option in the App, and focus on increasing the gain of 500Hz, 1000Hz, and 2000Hz to compensate for the problem of unclear hearing when watching TV."
This worked for me, but I had to go looking for this information and I can see where there will be people who will not quite understand why the TV doesn't sound any better when using these.
There's a lot of info and adjustments available in the app that goes with these. So if you get them and find you're having difficulty with something, you may find there's an adjustment that can be made to make them work much better for your type of hearing loss.
② My father really likes to have the charging case. His $3K aids have to be plugged in at home. There is no charging case for his aids. So he loves that idea.
He likes how light they are.
③ I wanted to let you know that I did receive the earbud hearing aids and have tried them out. Very cool and they work well, I'll continue to test them out in various environments to see how effective they are.
I was able to install the app and was trying out all of the various settings and features. I'm really liking the hearing test feature but I need to redo testing in a quiet environment. So far everything seems to work pretty well.
④ These hearing aids work right out of the box with very simple instructions to follow.
The earbuds fit really well and do not move easily. I've put clothes on and off without it falling off. I would say these are just about perfect in terms of how well they fit.
Charges rapidly and long-lasting so you can use these as a main hearing aid or a temporary one in case you needed an extra as a backup.
I've found that it detects sounds much better than other hearing aids around this pricing without the unnecessary sounds that get picked up.
⑤ These hearings aid come with a charging case and are relatively easy to use. They are ear bud style and not over the ear. I found the hearing test in the app to be very useful. I took the test twice and received similar results each time, so I felt pretty good about it being accurate. Unfortunately, when I applied the setting to the hearing aids themselves I found I still couldn't hear the television to my satisfaction. I did hear other sounds slightly more clear, but not enough to be impressed. To be honest, I found that when synced to my phone, they are pretty good ear bud headphones.
⑥ These are your basic air pod style hearing aid. It has a nice clean easy to use case that charges the hearing aids. The control buttns Are not the biggest. Over all sound quality is decent. The app is not the easiest to navigate.