We managed to buy a big open architecture style house with hardwood floors or tile everywhere (except the attic?), and it is reverberant like a sonofagun. I didn’t have my HAs yet and didn’t realize they wouldn’t fix that. Roger to the rescue, to some extent. I can hear the microwave running anywhere in the house. And when the little boys come over I can hear them from anywhere in the house!
WH
You may gradually “tune out” the undesirable sounds: my parents had a very loud wind-up clock, which I never heard until every time we came home after having been away for a week or two.
Seven months so far. Only really objectionable when we have parties. The Roger barely gets me through then.
WH
So tell me: how exactly do you use Roger in this setting? Does it require an accessory (pen, little flying saucer thing, necklace) to work?
We are living in the same kind of “sonofagun” house now. Polished white travertine floors, floor-to-ceiling windows. It’s beautiful, but YE GODS, after an evening of entertaining just a few people, my ears and brain have been hammered to a JELLY.
I put my Roger On on the table, and when things are really bad I point it around like a flashlight. You still hear the noise in the background, but the Roger does a remarkable job at sucking in the voice sound. It is great in restaurants and other tough noise places. Just not music.
WH
If you are only talking to one person, you may clip it to their top. It goes into presenter mode in that case.
WH
OK got it! This is how I thought it operated. There’s the “flying saucer” thingy that folks also put on a table, but I think maybe a pen device is simple enough. Does one HAVE to have the phone app to make this work? (I’m guessing: YES)
No, but it provides a lot of nice functionality. I can select arcs out of the circle around the On when it is in table mode to ignore in sixths. This is pretty important to me when I am talking to a couple people at a table and don’t want noise from other directions.
I can also change the modes and whether it is locked in a mode from the app, but once it is in a mode you can lock it with the button, too.
WH
OK. That sounds interesting enough for me to look into. Initially, I’d even thought of using the Roger pen to “stream” with my TV here, as I didn’t have any way to hook up a TV connector to the TV. So this is yet another use for the device. It would SURE come in handy at restaurants, too. YOU BETCHA!