Williams Sound Pocketalker Ultra Hearing Amplifier | Easy-to-Use Hearing Amplifier for Seniors | Year Supply of Batteries | Amplified Sound Assistive Listening Device with Headphones for Elderly | Hearing Assist Earbuds

I bought this for my 84 year old mother-in-law who lives in a Country with limited access to serious medical care. She could barely hear anyone and just sat in her chair in silence unable to participate in conversations. I gave this to her today and she had the biggest smile on her face and is extremely thankful for how well this works. It will change her life and it will be fun to see how she starts interacting with the family and friends again. I am most excited to see how she feels after going to Church this week and actually being able to hear what is going on.

I have used behind the ear hearing aids since 2012. Never satisfied with them. Awkward to put on and glitchy. These sound amplifiers are terrific. Build on well-established technology, they are as easy as putting on any set of headphones and the controller can be hung around your neck or clipped to a pocket. Powerful sound amplification! I may not receive a fashion icon award, but this is the best I’ve been able to hear in years!

I've bought many of these for my mom over the years, after wasting tons of money buying hearing aids that she kept removing and losing. It works great. The headset is great. The electronics are great. Batteries last forever. It's easy to use. BUT. BUT. BUT. Why a MONO jack? It's so hard to find replacement mono headphones!! And headphones are easy to lose in a care home. Please, Williams, make a stereo version. It's so much easier to buy replacement stereo headphones. And we need replacement microphones too. I don't know why my mom removes it and loses it. Better, make a version with a built-in microphone! (Although I do appreciate the value of being able to put the mic at the end of a long cable. Bluetooth would be nice, I wouldn't want to pay the price.) I have tried the competitors, but they are really a waste of money. I guess I'm stuck with Williams until a quality company makes a competitive item. But $179 is robbery. You can buy an awesome 4 band CCrane radio for that price! This is just a tiny amplifier. What? A few transistors, capacitors, and resistors? Pennies! It's a market niche for some good analog electronics company to exploit. It must cost nothing to make these.

My 93-year-old grandma says that she hears better and that she can listen to her baseball games better instead of having to read it on the television

I ordered this as a replacement for my father in law’s lost hearing aid. It works well for him.

I give this a reluctant 3-star review, because for some things it's good, some things not. This is good if: If you have partial hearing loss and wish to better hear the television or conversation in a quiet room, this device works well. This is not good if: You are in a noisy environment. It picks up just about all noise equally and mixes it all together, with very little differentiation of distance or emphasis on local sound. However, I must admit this device works better than others I have tried due to the wide range of tone and easily-adjustable volume. Not good if you have one good ear and are trying to get it to pick up sound from your deaf side. The earbud will block viable sound on your good ear and will jam all other sound together in a mess of difficult-to-decipher sound (in other words you'll be able to hear better with your good ear than with this device). PROS: Quality equipment, decent sound quality, excellent tone control, excellent volume control. CONS: Only one size ear bud... and it's cheap. Microphone extension cord is far too thick and heavy for practical use. NOTE: Unlike some other users, I did not notice improvement using the additional Olympus microphone. In truth I found the microphone included with the device to be of superior quality. It is omni-directional, filters sound better and is less-tinny than the Olympus mike. However this may be a subjective experience depending on the quality of one's hearing. I was testing the sound quality with my remaining good ear (which has good hearing)... and could discern considerably better quality with the included microphone. So... if you're wanting to improve TV or "one person in a quiet room" conversational quality, this will work fine. Unlike other devices I've tried this doesn't produce a lot of static or hiss, making the sound quality in quiet situations quite good. However, use in a noisy environment was (for me) an exercise in futility... with sound far more jumbled and confused. In a noisy environment I could hear considerably better without the device. This experience may differ per individual, heavily dependent on your hearing loss / situation. So I'm giving it 3 stars as a "works well for some people in some situations".

Good product. Amazed that the interference noise is greatly reduced and my mom is able to hear clearly. She is happy and I am glad too. Thank you

Bought this hearing aid for my 91 year old mother. Rec'd in working condition. But after 1 week it makes white noise, cannot hear anything. My mother is very disappointed. What's the problem?