There’s a lot of other issues, especially with newer content, but I have found that watching movies with headphones helps.
Over the summer we use window AC units which are quite loud, so we finally decided to ignore our expensive speakers and I bought a cheap headphone amplifier with 4 independently controlled outputs, plus some Bluetooth adapters for when they are needed.
The downside is that our ADHD friends like to be able to talk during movies and the setup makes that difficult. But other than that it’s great.
It’s hard to beat a wire for realtime sound 🤓 I’ve been doing the same lately. It’s amazing how much a little bit of white noise makes.
I saw a paper years ago that attributed the accelerated cognitive decline in old age to hearing loss. Really interesting and sad, and after trying to convince my dad to try a hearing aid… I can definitely see that being a factor.
There’s a lot of other issues, especially with newer content, but I have found that watching movies with headphones helps.
Over the summer we use window AC units which are quite loud, so we finally decided to ignore our expensive speakers and I bought a cheap headphone amplifier with 4 independently controlled outputs, plus some Bluetooth adapters for when they are needed.
The downside is that our ADHD friends like to be able to talk during movies and the setup makes that difficult. But other than that it’s great.
It’s hard to beat a wire for realtime sound 🤓 I’ve been doing the same lately. It’s amazing how much a little bit of white noise makes.
I saw a paper years ago that attributed the accelerated cognitive decline in old age to hearing loss. Really interesting and sad, and after trying to convince my dad to try a hearing aid… I can definitely see that being a factor.