Non-Electric Hearing Amplifier, Works Like Cupping Your Ears, Helps You to Hear Conversation, TV and Zoom

This product was a big disappointment. It is literally a plastic cup cut in half and tied together with string. I got it for a friend who is hard of hearing and who isn't being helped by electronic hearing aids in large dining rooms. I thought it would help him but he wouldn't wear it. Save your money.

When I followed the instructions, the cups kept falling off. I taped the cups to the elastic band, and they stayed in place and worked well. The sound they catch adds to what my hearing aids deliver to my ears. I'm looking forward to using them at church services and Met in HD opera broadcasts.

the ear cups enhance the sound but the way they attach to your head is ridiculous. No engineering whatsoever. They give you a short piece of shock cord elastic. That is it!

My husband thinks it better than all the hearing aids he tried before. However if you can somehow fix the wire and improve it cosmetically, it would be better.

My wife bought these as a gag gift, but they actually work. My 76 year-old ears rely on hearing aids most of the time, but I prefer to use this without the hearing aids to listen to music from my SOTA sound system. One caveat kept me from giving 5 stars. As delivered, it is extremely difficult to keep the cups in place without adjusting the string uncomfortably tight. That problem was solved by drilling two 3/16 holes in each cup (see photo). Now the cups are adjustable on the string and the string does not need to be as tight. Perhaps I should patent this improvement. I suggest using a match to melt the outer layer of the string to minimize fraying, and to make it easier to thread the string through the 3/16 holes. Hold the flame below the string, not directly touching the string.

Product is good for TV viewing. The attachment method is cheap and isn’t the easiest to keep on your head. A groove in the plastic cup to keep it I place would be nice. Or a head set style clip would be even better. They work well with my hearing aids because the behind the ear hearing aid microphones are behind your ear. It’s okay but not great.

These are ridiculous! There are just two pieces of cheapo plastic and a shoestring that doesn't even attach to them. I mean, what are you supposed to do with these??? You'd be better off buying a couple of paper Dixie cups and just cutting them down to size and using a piece of string to tie around your head. So poorly designed!

Admittedly, these looked silly, especially the string, so I ordered a set of head bands, drilled some holes in the cups and the bands and put screws and nuts through to hold them on my head. Using them right now to better enjoy “The Voice”. They enhance the mid to upper registers of the human voice without all the crackle I get with my much more expensive over the counter hearing aids.