Pocket-Size Stereo Amplified Listener

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33-1096

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Product Summary

Listen up!

Just add headphones and use this amplified listener to boost the sounds around you. It's ideal for places where you have difficulty hearing the speaker, such as large lecture halls and church. Or you can use it to watch TV without disturbing others. The three-position power control lets you choose the amplification you need for your particular listening environment. Includes a convenient neck lanyard.

  • Ideal for church, TV or anytime you want to hear sounds louder without disturbing others
  • Includes stereo headphone jack, so you can add headphones to boost the sounds around you

You'll also need

  • Stereo headphones with 1/8" plug
  • AAA batteries (2)
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What's in the box

  • Amplified listener
  • Owner's manual
  • Neck cord
 

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Manufacturer Warranty

  • Parts: 90 days
  • Labor: 90 days
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Date added Document
January 09, 2009 Pocket-Size Stereo Amplified Listener (Gua Del Usuario)
January 09, 2009 Pocket-Size Stereo Amplified Listener (User's Guide)

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RadioShackPocket-Size Stereo Amplified Listener
 
3.7

(based on 18 reviews)

Ratings Distribution

  • 5 Stars

     

    (7)

  • 4 Stars

     

    (7)

  • 3 Stars

     

    (0)

  • 2 Stars

     

    (0)

  • 1 Stars

     

    (4)

80%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Lightweight (8)
  • Compact (5)
  • Effective (3)

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Elderly (5)
      • Reviewer Profile:
      • Caregiver (3)
      • Primary use:
      • Personal (5), Business (4)

    Reviewed by 18 customers

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    (2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

     
    4.0

    great idea if you need help with hearing

    By pa pa

    from villa park il

    About Me Average Health

    Pros

    • Lightweight

    Cons

      Best Uses

        Comments about RadioShack Pocket-Size Stereo Amplified Listener:

        I had rupture both ear drums couldn't hear this really help a lot with my hearing until it was better. You do need to buy a headset tho or if you have one around the house that fits is fine. The first one I bought I had to take back after just a week. Second I hope keeps working great idea until ears get better.

        • Primary use:
        • Personal

        (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

         
        5.0

        One more use!

        By JJ

        from Miami, FL

        Verified Reviewer

        Pros

          Cons

            Best Uses

              Comments about RadioShack Pocket-Size Stereo Amplified Listener:

              I have just put this unit to a fourth use: I cannabilized it to use the circuit board as the innards for a home-brew interpreter's control console. Each unit contains two complete mike-to-earphone amplifiers. Two units working in tandem provide the four channels needed for two interpreters to listen to one signal (the "floor" language) and produce another one (the interpretation into a new language for tranmission through a wireless broadcast system). I found it very easy to open and remove the circuit board and redeploy it in my new device--much more easily than building the circuit from scratch, something I have done in the past using ICs, transistores, etc. I'm glad to see that it is back in stock--thought it might have been discontinued.

              • Primary use:
              • Business

              (5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

               
              5.0

              Wonderful product!

              By Jill

              from Oklahoma City

              About Me Caregiver, Medical Professional

              Verified Reviewer

              Pros

              • Comfortable
              • Easy Storage
              • Lightweight
              • Safe
              • Sturdy

              Cons

                Best Uses

                • Disabled
                • Elderly
                • Emergency

                Comments about RadioShack Pocket-Size Stereo Amplified Listener:

                As a speech pathologist who works in a hospital, I have used this product for many years. My hospital serves a predominantly poor population who cannot afford hearing aids, and this affordable product works very well for many people. I have one I carry with me as I work to use with patients who are hearing impaired and either do not have their aids at the hospital or don't own them. It saves my voice-something to consider for family members of hearing impaired people. It lets patients understand what is happening and decreases their fear and anxiety. I have also taken some of these to third world countries on mission trips and been able to give the gift of hearing to people who never thought it possible. They work best with headphones that cover the ear rather than ear buds. The head phones can also be cleaned better for multiple users.
                I hope you never discontinue this product as you provide a great service to many people who cannot afford conventional hearing aids.

                • Primary use:
                • Business

                (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

                 
                5.0

                This box has other uses!

                By JJ

                from Miami Florida

                Verified Reviewer

                Pros

                  Cons

                    Best Uses

                      Comments about RadioShack Pocket-Size Stereo Amplified Listener:

                      This amazing little box is much more than a cheap hearing aid, which is how it seems to be marketed. It might work for that but I find it exremely useful in my interpretation and electronics business. I have used it in the following three ways:

                      1) For interpreting to a single person (or more by doubling up headsets). The interpreter speaks into the 33-1096 and the listener (non-English speaker) listens on headphones plugged into the box through an extension cord. Much better than trying to whisper into his ear. Can be across the room.

                      2) While interpreting where there is no sound pickup provided for the interpreter to hear the speaker, this box will greatly amplify ambient sound and provide it to the interpreter's headphones, allowing him (or her) to talk on the interpreter's mike without drowning out the speaker he is trying to hear. By using an extension cord, the box can be placed close to the spoeaker or even on the lectern;

                      3) When you have only a high-level (line) input in a piece of electronics (e.g. an interpreter FM transmitter) this box will work as an "amplified mïke" providing a signal that will drive a line input. A most handy device.

                      I HOPE RS NEVER TAKES IT OUT OF STOCK. I HAVE BOOUGHT MANY OF THESE OVER THE YEARS IN DIFFERENT VERSIONS. THEY WERE EVEN USED IN FEDERAL COURT INTERPRETING IN THE 1980'S WHERE I FIRST SAW IT. IT IS A CHEAP ALTERNATIVE TO SOME EXPENSIVE AND BULKY STUFF.

                      • Primary use:
                      • Business

                      (12 of 12 customers found this review helpful)

                       
                      5.0

                      Best Solution for a tricky problem

                      By Kath

                      from Palmdale

                      About Me Caregiver

                      Verified Buyer

                      Pros

                      • Adjustable
                      • Good sound quality
                      • Lightweight

                      Cons

                        Best Uses

                        • Elderly
                        • Special circumstances

                        Comments about RadioShack Pocket-Size Stereo Amplified Listener:

                        This is the fourth one of these I have purchased for my mom in 5 years. That may seem like a short life-span but my mom cannot wear conventional hearing aides. She is 80 and almost completely deaf. She uses this device every day. It's much cheaper than hearing aides, even when replacing it once a year. The sound quality is very good and it doesn't pick up too much noise that drowns out conversation. Just don't clang your silverware during dinner.

                        • Primary use:
                        • Personal

                        (7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

                         
                        5.0

                        Works very well

                        By cat

                        from tx

                        About Me Average Health

                        Verified Reviewer

                        Pros

                        • Lightweight

                        Cons

                          Best Uses

                          • Elderly
                          • Following Surgery

                          Comments about RadioShack Pocket-Size Stereo Amplified Listener:

                          It works! No need for the equalizer version in my opinion. If you had more high frequencies they would just amplify the high freq noise around you that much more and would not help understanding conversation.
                          Don't waste your money on "in line volume controls" or earbuds equipped with such. Those do not amplify the unit; rather they are only a remote way to adjust volume and it is easier to do so on the unit IMO rather than trying to grab for something on a loose chord.
                          I bought RS 3.99 in-store generic stereo earbuds and they work perfectly and even come with 2 extra sets of ear bud pads in case you loose one. Expensive ear buds are a waste for something like this.
                          For my use with a slight hearing loss, being able to understand someone better who is close to me and talking softly, it works well. I use it with the enclosed lanyard hung around my neck.
                          I can't wait to try this out at a movie theater or in front of the TV when someone else has it softer than I need it.

                          • Primary use:
                          • Personal

                          (7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)

                           
                          4.0

                          don't use earbuds

                          By eeyore

                          from colorado

                          About Me Retired electronics tech

                          Verified Reviewer

                          Pros

                          • Sturdy
                          • Works

                          Cons

                          • Bulky
                          • Cords can be unsafe

                          Best Uses

                          • Elderly
                          • Hearing impaired

                          Comments about RadioShack Pocket-Size Stereo Amplified Listener:

                          Earbuds do not work well.
                          Use at least a decent quality full size around the ear headphones.
                          My wife is badly hearing impaired and she has been using this device for many years now with full size Sony headphones.
                          Also she uses AAA rechargeable batteries.

                          • Primary use:
                          • Personal

                          (8 of 8 customers found this review helpful)

                           
                          4.0

                          Very beneficial

                          By Recreation Therapist

                          from Pittsburgh, PA

                          About Me Caregiver, Medical Professional

                          Verified Buyer

                          Pros

                          • Helps hearing impaired
                          • Lightweight
                          • Safe

                          Cons

                          • None

                          Best Uses

                          • Elderly

                          Comments about RadioShack Pocket-Size Stereo Amplified Listener:

                          This really helps our hearing impaired participants that do not have a hearing aid.

                          • Primary use:
                          • Business

                          (2 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

                           
                          1.0

                          It hissed a lot. Not worth the money.

                          By Kitty

                          from Plattsburgh, NY

                          About Me Excellent Health

                          Verified Buyer

                          Pros

                          • Lightweight

                          Cons

                          • AWKWARD

                          Best Uses

                          • Listening to TV

                          Comments about RadioShack Pocket-Size Stereo Amplified Listener:

                          I returned it.

                          • Primary use:
                          • Personal

                          (3 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

                           
                          1.0

                          Worthless Amplifier

                          By Gambeli

                          from Colorado Springs, CO

                          Verified Reviewer

                          Pros

                            Cons

                            • Poor Quality

                            Best Uses

                              Comments about RadioShack Pocket-Size Stereo Amplified Listener:

                              My Mother bought this amplifier to better hear conversations and the TV. No matter how the unit is set it picks up accessive hiss. I even built a cone for it to concentrate only the sound of the TV--the hiss stills overrides the TV.
                              Lousy product.

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