{"id":252378,"date":"2026-05-22T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/what-the-tech-technology-for-those-who-have-trouble-hearing\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:25:10","slug":"what-the-tech-technology-for-those-who-have-trouble-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/what-the-tech-technology-for-those-who-have-trouble-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"What The Tech: Technology for those who have trouble hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waka.com\/2026\/05\/22\/what-the-tech-technology-for-those-who-have-trouble-hearing\/\">What The Tech: Technology for those who have trouble hearing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waka.com\/2026\/05\/22\/what-the-tech-technology-for-those-who-have-trouble-hearing\/\">https:\/\/www.waka.com\/2026\/05\/22\/what-the-tech-technology-for-those-who-have-trouble-hearing\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-22 08:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.waka.com\">www.waka.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Posted: May 22, 2026 7:13 AM CDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta post-author\">\n            <span class=\"by\">by<\/span><br \/>\n            Justin Walker        <\/p>\n<p>BY JAMEY TUCKER, Consumer Tech Reporter<\/p>\n<p>Have you noticed this while watching TV?<br \/>You turn the volume up because you can\u2019t hear what someone is saying. Then suddenly a car crashes, music swells, or an explosion shakes the walls. You\u2019re not imagining it. And it may not mean your hearing is getting worse.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest complaints from TV viewers today is difficulty understanding dialogue in movies and streaming shows. Modern audio mixing, ultra thin TVs, and streaming sound formats have changed the way television sounds in our homes.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is there are now several technologies designed specifically to make voices easier to hear.<\/p>\n<p>Why Dialogue Sounds Worse on Modern TVs<br \/>Many movies and streaming series are mixed for theaters or expensive surround sound systems. But most people watch them through thin flat screen TVs with tiny speakers. Modern TVs are great at producing sharp pictures. Sound quality is another story. Dialogue often gets buried under:<br \/>\u25cf background music<br \/>\u25cf sound effects<br \/>\u25cf ambient noise<br \/>\u25cf action scenes<br \/>And because TV speakers are usually mounted behind or underneath the screen, voices can sound muffled.<\/p>\n<p>TVs With Built In Dialogue Enhancement<br \/>Many newer TVs now include settings designed to boost speech while reducing loud effects.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung TVs<br \/>Samsung includes features like:<br \/>\u25cf Amplify<br \/>\u25cf Adaptive Sound<br \/>\u25cf Active Voice Amplifier<br \/>These settings can automatically raise dialogue levels and reduce background noise.<\/p>\n<p>LG TVs<br \/>LG televisions offer a feature called:<br \/>\u25cf Clear Voice<br \/>It boosts speech frequencies to make conversations easier to understand.<\/p>\n<p>Sony TVs<br \/>Sony Bravia models include:<br \/>\u25cf Voice Zoom<br \/>This setting adjusts voices separately from music and sound effects.<\/p>\n<p>Streaming Devices Help Too<br \/>Streaming boxes and smart TV platforms are getting smarter about dialogue.<br \/>Apple TV 4K includes an \u201cEnhance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waka.com\/2026\/05\/22\/what-the-tech-technology-for-those-who-have-trouble-hearing\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What The Tech: Technology for those who have trouble hearing https:\/\/www.waka.com\/2026\/05\/22\/what-the-tech-technology-for-those-who-have-trouble-hearing\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-22 08:13:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.waka.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/o\/l\/wtt-hearing.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-252378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-automotive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252382,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252378\/revisions\/252382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}