How Do You Solve Microphone Amplified Hearing Problems?
Most of us have experienced the awful screeching sound made by some amplified microphones. The first response is to step back; however, the issue normally has to do with the microphone and not the user. Some people with hearing aids experience feedback from amplified microphones and from their own hearing aid microphone. This microphone distortion makes hearing through the hearing aid almost impossible. Solving hearing problems related to microphone amplification response isn’t as hard as you may think. Move the microphone farther away from you, or move farther away from the microphone. A microphone is simply a pathway for sound waves to reach some type of amplifier. This is done through vibration. The diaphragm of a microphone vibrates sound through to a speaker. Certain microphones will pick up amplified vibrations coming off of you or other structures located too close to the microphone. This causes reverberation, echoing, microphone feedback and problems hearing the amplified signa