oh my said oliver i studied so hard
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oliver was not having a good day he was having a hard time understanding what people were saying even with his hearing aids.
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yes we just had a check up at the audiologist s office said mrs elephant oliver dear what do you think is the problem my hearing aids really help me but sometimes when everyone is talking at the same time or the teacher turns her back or is far away it s hard to understand
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what is fm asked oliver it s like a radio that brings the speaker up close to your ear a receiver fits on to your hearing aids and the teacher wears this transmitter the microphone is close to the speaker s mouth fm helps the student hear the speaker and is great for classroom instruction
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oliver couldn t wait to show his fm system to his class mrs brown wears this microphone and i can hear her really really well kind of like a radio that s cool said his friends oh is that all there is it s small
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it was friday all the students in mrs brown s class were taking the spelling test everyone had studied so hard.
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good work good listening oliver said mrs elephant.
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what was the best part of the day asked oliver s father music class said his sister everything said oliver.
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oliver rushes to the telephone hello oh grandma i can hear you clearly with my new fm you wouldn t believe how great school was today i did really well on my spelling test i got a very good after oliver and his grandma talked he hung up the phone it s time for bed called oliver s mom.
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fm technology a must from day one high-quality hearing instruments are vital for people with hearing impairment these are what make sounds like speech loud enough to understand however in noisy situations or when the speaker is further away extra help is necessary to ensure understanding this is where fm comes in as explained in the story fm systems overcome the problems associated with noise distance and echo e.g in large rooms a special transmitter microphone picks-up the speech and transmits it directly to the fm receiver on the hearing instrument the effect is the same as speaking directly into the ear the speakers voice parent teacher etc is made audible above the background noise the result is effective communication in situations where it would otherwise not be possible experts agree that the benefits of fm are important for hearing impaired people of all ages fm is important at school at home and at play · the signal level and signal-to-noise benefits of an fm system are ty
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