TV Ears partners with San Diego Senior Games Association

Press Release

SAN DIEGO – March 30, 2011 – TV Ears, a manufacturer of doctor-recommended TV listening solutions, announced today its partnership with the San Diego Senior Games Association as the title sponsor for the 2011 events.

The company made a $25,000 donation to help promote the upcoming North County Games in April and the San Diego Senior Olympics Games in September for the “50 and over” community.

“TV Ears has been searching for an organization to get involved with that promotes healthy lifestyles and the San Diego Senior Games Association couldn’t be a better fit for us,” said George Dennis, Founder and CEO of TV Ears. “It’s very important for individuals to remain active through physical fitness programs as they get older. It’s not only a good lifestyle choice, but this organization has made it possible to still have fun and be competitive after 50. We’re ecstatic to be associated with such a great cause here in San Diego and we’re looking forward to helping increase participation!”

The San Diego Senior Game Association will host the Second Annual North County Games the last two weeks in April and first two weeks in May that will include 14 sporting events. The organizations largest event, the San Diego Senior Olympics, will take place in September and offers local and visiting teams the opportunity to register for 29 different individual and team activities.  The top three winners in each five-year age bracket in every sport will win medals and each participant will receive an official Games t-shirt. The top three winners in each sport will qualify for the California Senior Olympics and the chance to compete for a spot in the National Senior Olympics to be held in Cleveland in 2013.

“We were extremely thankful by the generous donation from TV Ears and it’s evident that they have a real desire to help raise awareness and place a great emphasis on maintaining healthy lifestyles,” said Dick Enberg, Chairperson for the San Diego Senior Games. “It’s these types of partnerships that really allow our organization to thrive and get the word out. We couldn’t be more excited to have them as part of our team!”

For more information or to enter the North County and San Diego Games, please visit www.sdseniorgames.org.

© 2011 by TV Ears, Inc. All rights reserved.

Are Earplugs Safe to Sleep in?

There are many reasons people use TV Ears. Some people use them because they need the television volume set higher than is tolerable for their family members. Others use them because they want to listen to the TV without disrupting children who are doing homework. And then there are those who need the television volume higher than the volume of their partner’s snoring.

How do you sleep when your partner snores?

What does this group do when they want to get some rest themselves? Unfortunately, sleeping in TV Ears isn’t a very comfortable option. In addition to snoring being potentially harmful to the health of the snoring individual, it can take its toll on relationships as well. Without medical intervention, what is the best option for getting rest in a marriage where one partner snores?

Some partners opt for sleeping in separate rooms. In the scenario where one person regularly sleeps on the couch, though, this could have long term effects on that individual’s back. But if you’re not sleeping in TV Ears, you’re not getting medical intervention, and no one’s leaving the bedroom, what options are left? Ear plugs!

Ear plugs come in a variety of different types. An audiologist can fit you for custom made, reusable earplugs. There are also foam or rubber options that need to be rolled and placed in your ear canal where they will expand to block noise. Musician’s earplugs are also available so that musician’s ears will be protected while still maintaining the pitch of their own instrument.

People often buy disposable, foam earplugs to drown out the noise of their partners snoring. Snoring usually falls between 60 and 80/90 decibels (dB), however, so disposable earplugs often will not cancel out this noise. Regardless, disposable earplugs will in most cases lessen the noise of their partner’s snoring and many people opt for them because they are inexpensive and easy to acquire.

But are they safe? If you use foam earplugs to sleep in, you may wake up with tenderness in your ear as a result of the pressure created by the earplug. While their soft shape will not puncture or tear the inner ear, any unwanted irritation is not ideal. The best option for comfort is to be fitted for personal earplugs, but for people who need to sleep with one ear open, (individual’s with small children or pets,) disposable, foam earplugs might be the way to go.

Do you or does your partner snore at night? How do you manage?

SOURCES: Healthy Hearing,  Insomnia.net

Related article: Is Snoring Linked to Heart Disease?

TV Ears “Peace at Home” Contest: Phase 2

It’s time for Phase 2 of the TV Ears “Peace at Home Winter Holiday Contest!” First of all, thank you to all who entered! We had a wonderful response and learned a lot from your entries. It’s our goal to continue making quality listening devices that solve real problems. Whether you want to win a TV Ears Professional to save your marriage, help a loved one, or just listen to the television while your kids do homework, we hear you!

Phase 2- How it Works:

1. Between January 8^th and January 15^th, send all your friends to the TV Ears Facebook Page. You can do this by clicking on the contests tab, then “Invite Friends.” (You may also want to send them the link to this blog post for a full explanation.)
2. Click on the “Contests” tab.
3. Click on “Vote Now.”
4. Look for your entry (or your friends entry) by clicking on “See all entries” besides “Most Votes” and “Recently Added.”
5. Click on “Vote Now*.”

*You can vote for each entry once per day, so be sure to come back and vote daily!

During Phase 3, the staff at TV Ears will review finalists selected during the Public Vote to determine a winner, so every vote counts!

Valued at $229.95, the TV Ears Professional allows the user to manipulate the volume of the television in their headset while others in the room set the television volume to a pleasant volume or even mute the volume altogether! The Professional transmits its signal with three times the power of the TV Ears Original. Good luck!

Hamilton CapTel® and Partner TV Ears to Display Telephone Communication Technology Designed for Individuals with Hearing Loss at Consumer Electronics Show

Hamilton CapTel® and Partner TV Ears to Display Telephone Communication Technology Designed for Individuals with Hearing Loss at Consumer Electronics Show

For the first time, CES attendees will have the opportunity to experience Hamilton CapTel service at the TV Ears exhibit in the Silvers Summit

AURORA, Neb., Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Consumer Electronics Show Las Vegas Convention Center Booth #2910. For the first time, Hamilton CapTel® will demonstrate the CapTel 800i® captioned telephone for more than 100,000 attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 6 – January 9, 2011. In addition, Hamilton CapTel and TV Ears debut their marketing partnership while exhibiting together at CES. Through combined efforts, the companies will jointly reach millions of Americans who experience hearing loss, informing consumers about the technology that is available through their respective companies.

In Booth 2910, under the Silvers Summit banner, Hamilton CapTel and partner TV Ears will demonstrate the CapTel 800i telephone – allowing attendees to experience telephone captions first-hand at the show. The CapTel 800i provides real-time, word-for-word captions of what is said over the phone on a bright screen built into the phone. As a result, the user can see what is being said, ensuring superior clarity for both parties on the call.

“More than 30 million Americans suffer from hearing loss,” said Dixie Ziegler, vice president of Hamilton CapTel. “Our technology takes the frustration out of trying to listen to what is being said on the telephone. Users can ‘see what they say’ using the CapTel 800i and we feel that CES is the perfect venue to demonstrate this life-enhancing technology.” “Partnering with TV Ears, the leading brand for wireless TV listening devices, makes good sense since the two products complement each other and enhance the lives of individuals who may experience difficulty hearing on the television as well as over the phone,” says Anne Girard, director of marketing for Hamilton.

“We’re delighted to include Hamilton CapTel in our exhibit this year. The synergy between our products is clear, and consumers who benefit from one will likely benefit from both,” said Tony Emma, VP of eCommerce at TV Ears.

Hamilton CapTel product experts will be in the booth to answer questions and showcase the captioned telephone technology.

For more information on Hamilton CapTel, please visit www.hamiltoncaptel.com

Merry Christmas from The Smiths

Dear Santa,

For Christmas I want a teddy bear, a race car, and Grandma’s cookies. I’ve been REEAAALLY good this year. Don’t listen to what my sister says because she doesn’t know.

Love,
Ben Smith

This is the message that arrived in Grandma’s living room on December 23^rd, leaving her just enough time to bake a batch of cookies of cookies and ship them off to Ben. Ben’s mom, her daughter Janet, had been begging her to buy her a computer for the past 10 years.

“If you had a computer, I could email you when Ben and Kelly are in doing well in school, or when they’re sick, or just to let you know we’re thinking of you, even if we can’t call,” Janet told her mom.

“Seems silly… you can just call me,” Evelyn replied.

“What about when I update the whole family on what’s going on or send pictures of the kids…don’t you want to be included?” asked Janet.

“Of course. But I’m not going to email you back. I’m going to call you. I have no need for a computer!”

Last Christmas, the Smith’s didn’t get Grandma a computer. She would have returned it or given it to the kid down the street. They had other plans for their holiday visit. On Christmas Eve, they set up a Celery beneath the Christmas tree. A Celery is a simple device that looks like a fax machine. It allows people to be included in email without having to own or operate a computer. Emails are sent to the machine and printed out, and to reply, the user writes a note and sends it back. With Celery, no one is left out of the loop.

On Christmas morning, after the stockings were opened, the Celery made a gentle noise beneath the tree. Out came an email from Janet’s sister Florence who was spending a year teaching in China. “I miss you and love you, Mom. I wish I was there with you but look at the blessings that surround me!” Beneath the message was a picture of her class, 25 boys and girls each holding a letter that spelled out, “MERRY CHRISTMAS GRANDMA EVEY!

A tear came to Evelyn’s eye. “But how can I thank her?”

“Just jot a note on a piece of paper, place it right here,” Janet said, pointing to the top of the Celery, “and we can send it straight to Florence’s email.”

“You tricked me. It’s not a computer. But I love it. Thank you. Merry Christmas.”

This year, remembering the past year of surprises she’d received from her Celery, Evelyn gave thanks and baked an extra batch of cookies, just for Janet.

Want to surprise your mother, father, grandma or grandpa? Keep them in the loop with a Celery!