Earglasses® Personal Sound Reflectors, Set of Two Lenses

I purchased this product to help me better hear around the house, especially when watching TV or listening to radio. And as simple as they are, they simply work GREAT. First, when I purchased them, they were missing the tape strips to hold them on. I called Amazon and they gave me a refund and said to buy them again. I did. I then called EARGLASSES and spoke to Michael, the head of the company, and he immediately sent me the tape strips and additionally, he sent me elastiics to hold the earglasses on my ears. He was both very friendly and very helpful. As for the EARGLASSES Sound Magnifiers just cup your hands behind your esrs while you are watching TV, and if you are like most of us with some hearing loss, you will notice a tremendous increase in hearing. Well, the EARGLASSES simply replaces your hands, and actually, they do a much better job than your hands. You will be amazed at how much better you can hear the TV or radio or music, and what's best, they are very inexpensive and there are no batteries to buy or replace. They just sit in place behind your ears and dramatically improve your hearing. They are a simple design that simpliy helps you hear better. I highly recommend you try them. I bought them and I absolutely love them!

These gimmicky things do not work. The reason is simple: the aperture (ie the area into which the sound is collected) is no bigger than your ear. I'm not referring to your little ear hole, but rather the physical size of your flappy ear that acts as kind of focusing reflector to collect sound. If you cup your hands around your ears you can significantly increase the volume of sound because you are adding the area of your hand to the area of the ear and thus increasing the aperture. But if you look at the semicircular opening when these things are worn, you can see it's no bigger than (and actually a little smaller than) your ear! There is NO significant increase in the sound volume. The concept of ear glasses is a good one -- since cupped hands do work, why not have larger reflector perhaps worn like earphones, adjustable, stable, and comfortable, that could triple the ear aperture, like cupped hands? Think of bat-ears, or rabbit ears. But these are incorrectly designed and simply don't work. Whoever put this on the market gave no thought and did no testing of what they were pushing. Moreover, there is no way they are comfortable and the little plastic loop does nothing to hold them in place. These are wrong, wrong wrong.

These DO work. They are NOT perfect, but they are the only game in town. I am surprised, but nobody else seems to make a thingy like these. Mostly because of tinnitus and some hearing loss in the high range, music sounds duller to me and some speech is hard to understand. Of course you probably won't wear these in the real world, but at home for music or TV, these seem very useful. THEY COULD BE BETTER: I think the plastic material has some minor resonance at just the frequencies it is best at boosting. So a better, deader material would be nice. I think the shape could be better thought out. I don't think the severe cupping is as good as something like your own hand. It does not work as well as my hands cupping, but then it's hard to hold them up for more than 10 minutes! Some reviewers said they were held on with Tape. Not the ones I got (7/7/2017). These came with a sort of rubber band. It works fine for me. I wouldn't go jogging with them, but they aren't slipping off. EAR SIZE: The smaller your ears, the more benefit you will get and probably the more comfortable these things will be for you. I have small ears and they seem fine. Bigger ears will have to curve around the tight cupping (again, not a great design for acoustics or comfort). Also, bigger ears are already bigger - so these won't boost you as much. Overall, I would buy these again, which is about as good a complement as they need.

First off they should not be advertised as "amplifiers" as they do not amplify anything. They do work as a sound directional focus apparatus. They do focus sound to your ear as much or a little more than placing cupped hands behind you ear and turning your head in the direction of the sound. So if that's what you want to do these will work fine in helping to keep your arms from tiring, but it is a little costly for just that.

I bought these hoping to be able to hear the beeping of my dog's wireless collar, so I could train her to stop when she hit the limit of her allowable roam, however the beep was so faint i couldn't hear it unless the collar was held to my ear. Even with these mechanical hearing aids, I wasn't able to successfully hear the beep alerts. That being said, these inexpensive devices do collect sound quite well and make a marked difference in the ease of listening to tv, radio, etc without jacking up the volume. They are rather geeky and I wouldn't wear them in public in most cases, however the pluses are that they are inexpensive, require no batteries, will not wear out, do not need adjustment and perform well for the money. The reviews for most electronic hearing aids are not too impressive anyway, so why not give these a shot and see if they'll fill your need?

Adhesive strips? What adhesive strips? My ear glasses box had none. And I did check the shipping box since the ear glasses were loose (unsealed) in the product box, so I thought the strips could've fallen out if they'd also been loose in there. The product box itself was unsealed as well. How helpful the adhesive strips would've been, I don't know. What I do know is that without them, these things will not stay put on my ears unless I'm essentially motionless. And, one falls off more often because they're different sizes (apparently so that one fits inside the other for easy packaging or storage). At first I put up with retrieving them periodically. Then I tried propping them in place using a neck roll against the couch. Growing weary of the need for constant adjustments, I carefully cut double-sided Scotch tape into narrow strips, but using them left a sticky residue behind my ears and carried hair with it when removed. All this activity provided much entertainment for my friends and family, generally producing great curiosity peppered with downright ridicule. (Perhaps I could morph this routine into a little comedy act and take it on the road as a second career.) I'd consider trying to find yet another creative solution to keep the ear glasses from constantly falling off my head during use, but, unfortunately, for me, they don't offer any real benefit anyway. They're simply too much work for the negligible help they provide--and, most importantly, what they amplify for me: They magnify my own voice or sneezing/throat-clearing due to allergies, painfully well--infinitely more than sounds I actually want them to magnify, like people who speak softly or TV/movie dialog (always drowned out by music and sound effects--which the ear glasses magnify for me ever so slightly along with the dialog). Like many others, I'd imagine, I was dubious whether (or how well) these doodads would work but figured, hey, for the price, why not give it a shot--what've I got to lose? So, I'm only out a few bucks--and a bit of dignity among friends and family (the existence of which was likely borderline before this little experiment anyway). :) In any event, ears and hearing differ dramatically. So, give these a try. You could find them quite effective and avoid (or defer) having to shell out thousands of dollars for hearing aids (like I probably will sooner than later).

I'm a lifelong pro electric guitarist. My hearing loss has made many conversations a challenge, and pulling dialog out of modern films and TV programs is difficult even with significant volume. I ordered four sets of Earglasses a month or so ago. They have changed just about everything. Conversations in noisy groups of people can now be isolated by simply looking at the person who is speaking. Movies and TV are much more understandable; my TV volume is set much lower now. Listening to speakers in church is better when done at fairly short range; when too far away the sound diffuses and defeats the effect somewhat. Nature sounds are nicely enhanced. The only thing I don't enjoy is listening to music, as the enhanced midrange is less pleasant to my ears. Unlike some of the simple amplifier products, a sudden loud noise does not produce ear pain as there is no compression happening. Earglasses work by enhancing the part of the spectrum within which consonants resonate, not by making the person speaking sound louder. Being the first person to wear them in groups of people is good for a few laughs and a lot of comments, but letting people try them out produces some amazement. I have not used the adhesive as the natural fit works well on my ears. I ordered four sets. One stays home, one is in the car, one has been given away. I am ordering more to give to friends who need them. Customer service was perfect on my first order.

I play fiddle. It sits under my left ear which is nearly deaf. When playing with others it is very hard to hear my own playing; this is important when playing an instrument that has no frets. I have tried Costco hearing aids and a pickup/amp/headphone setup. The hearing aids were not good; mostly amplifying everyone else, not me. The headphones are great, but that is a lot of setup and takedown every time I play; plus it looks dorky as hell. These little ear cups are the answer! I put one on the left ear, point it down, and voila! the fiddle comes in loud and clear. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect! They are very comfortable and barely visible from any distance. Easy to put on and they stay put for the entire session. I would have been happy with one cup for the price and I have two; one for me and one for a friend who asks.