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Hearing aids for hearing bird calls
Agreed but that's where experience can come into play and moderate what you're being told by the App. Chaffinch/Redstart is a notorious glitch. I've also found it useful to play back the recording the App makes since with my mobile glued to my ear I can sometimes hear the song/call that I...- John Cantelo
- Post #15
- Forum: Miscellaneous Nature Study Equipment
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Hearing aids for hearing bird calls
It's probably more age (I'm in my 70s) than genetics that accounts for my hearing loss (although my mother was very deaf all her life). I've also "lost" Tree Pipits plus 'crests, Common (but not Short-toed) Treecreeper, Locustella warblers, Redwing, etc. I'd agree that distance is an...- John Cantelo
- Post #14
- Forum: Miscellaneous Nature Study Equipment
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Hearing aids for hearing bird calls
Unfortunately, in my experience, if your ears can no longer detect certain frequency bands then no amount of amplification makes any difference. If you have some residual hearing at those frequencies they can make it easier to hear them. It's a shame that there doesn't seem to be the market to...- John Cantelo
- Post #11
- Forum: Miscellaneous Nature Study Equipment