Hospital appointment noise

This is roughly what I am experiencing with artificial sounding voices in a tin-canny way. I like the sound of the ‘Kill Setting’. Can you let me know more about the ‘Kill Setting’ and what it actually does please? It’s great when something actually works and so pleased that it is helpful.

Outdoor is a setting in the Jabra Enhance Pro. Generally, it opens up the pickup and brings in sound from a wider area. Think ‘hearing bird song’ while walking outdoors…. So, in a large space, it picks up sounds you might otherwise miss. But they aren’t usually understandable, if they are voice. But you hear it somewhat and know to follow.

nglfriend - Thanks for your post, and, as you say, it isn’t just in hospitals but in other places as well. Auracast would be great if and when it happens in the UK. I do exactly that, if I have a hospital appointment, then the first thing I say is that I have hearing impairment. It does explain why despite numerous adjustments etc, there is no improvement but Spheric just doesn’t cut the mustard in public spaces at the moment.

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Judy_L asked for a description of the “Kill” setting & I apologize for my late reply.

I don’t know any particular name of a setting in the program the audiologist used at the lab. The best way I can describe is that sounds are artificially “bright”. For example, while typing this, the keys make a rather dull thud. On the “kill” setting, they sound like tapping a fingernail on the bottom of a plastic cup. Sharp, high treble sounds.

Walking on a hard floor is the same. On a normal setting, foot falls aren’t very noticeable. On the “kill” setting, foot falls sound like sand is being scraped under the foot.

As artificial as sounds are with that setting, it very much helps me understand voices in noisy environments.

Paul