The Mighty Ear Sound Amplification System

I didn't expect a lot, so I can't say I'm disappointed, and this might work for some things. For instance, if a person was profoundly deaf and couldn't hear a knock at the door, the beep of the microwave oven, or a car honking at them as they wandered through traffic, this would probably make a real difference.However, for speech it doesn't help, at least in my case. It actually does amplify the speech, but if you can't read lips it will be hard to understand what's going on... sounded so distorted that if I listened with my eyes closed and my finger in my "good" ear, I couldn't understand anything being said around me. I could tell they were talking, but that's all. I think this may give the illusion of hearing better, since there IS sound coming out of it, but for understanding speech it isn't useful.

I bought the Magni Ear because I have a 40% hearing loss in each ear and it does work, but you have to turn the dial all the way up (past the biggest dot) to get the most amplification. When it arrived, it wasn't called Magni Ear but "The Mighty Ear" although it looked exactly as advertised in Amazon. My sister told me she had purchased one for my mother who has a serious hearing loss, and it helped her. When the battery compartment is completely closed, it is on, and when you want to turn it off, you have to pull open the battery compartment (without dislodging the battery) which stops the battery's contact with the amplifier, and it takes a strong pull of your finger to open it. So if a user has arthritis or isn't strong, he or she should have someone else help until getting the hang of this. It came with six batteries. I also purchased separately an amplifier called Turbo Ear (see my review for it) which doesn't take batteries and has its own charger and has an off and on switch, and I found Turbo Ear to work similarly to The Mighty Ear/Magni Ear. Magni Ear helps watching TV with the sound turned to a normal level, and at work so I can hear clearly what people are saying, but it does amplifiy other noises around you, so if you are in a noisy place, it may amplify too many sounds. You would have to ignore the extraneous sounds and pay attention to what you need to hear, such as someone talking to you at a convention. Or else do without it until you are in a quieter room. So I would recommend this, although some said its hard to open the case and it took me a bit to figure out to hold it with my left hand and thumb applying pressure on the bottom of the case in front and at the same time, using my right hand with its thumb on the front upper case to lift the top and open it. You can't just pull it open; it seems to have a catch, hence you need to press on the bottom and lift the top to open it. For the price, it works okay and the batteries last for quite a few days if you remember to open the battery holder to turn them off between using it. And it sure beats paying for an expensive hearing aid, which probably won't work any better with a mild hearing loss. My mother didn't like her original hearing aid which cost her nearly a thousand dollars years ago and says she liked the Magni Ear and she has a major hearing loss. So it works, it helps.

This is truly a "sound amplification system" and not a subsitute for a real, professionally-fitted hearing aid. But it helps my father a lot as he listens to TV and they are cheap enough that we don't cry when one gets tossed away in the trash or lost. And I swear that i saw this identical unit selling for $199 in a Sky Mall magazine on a plane yesterday.

i bought these hearing aids for my lady friend to see if they helped her.the batteries do not seem to last very long. but the aids seem to help and serve it'spurpose. it seems the plugs are a one size fits all ears. they don't seem to echolike other cheap aids. the locking and unlocking compartment for the batteries is a little hard for herto open and close.

Doesn’t work. Sounds like talking into a can. The only sound amplified is the air around you. Voices stay the same volume and if you try to turn it up it starts whistling

I do not know how to describe, it doesn't work at all. Instead of improving the sound It creats its own sound like a very light whistling which disrupt the hearing. May be its so due to being that inexpensive.

I had the most expensive digital hearing aid that always slipped around in my ear, gave me feedback and felt like an ear plug.The Magni Ear feels more comfortable, doesn't slip around and helps me to hear my very soft-spoken boss. I got the Magni Ear as a quick fix when my boss told me that I wasn't listening in meetings. It did the trick and saved my job.I bought three separate units. One to keep at work, one to keep at home and one to carry with me. Sure it eats up batteries if you keep it on all the time, but I only use it when I expect to be around soft-spoken people, so a battery will last a long time.It amplifies just the same as the expensive hearing aid...picking up background noises. With practice, you get used to that with a standard hearing aid and the Magna ear.I'd say the Magna ear is WELL worth the tiny price you pay for it. Like anything else that is small, lightweight and made of plastic, you have to be careful with the little pieces so they don't break. I've been using them for 2 years....they are still going strong.Because I use them on and off during the day, I'm still using the original battery pack that came with the product.I just can't say enough good things about this product!J

Cheap and unsuitable. I graduated to the MdHearingAid Pro, originally from you guys at Amazon but I guess you don't carry MdHearingAid any more? Still using the Pro after many years!