You’re a darn good nephew.
Do you know what she can and cannot hear?
Is it a reduced frequency range or reduced sound levels that are the problem?
Once you know that you can address the specs of the microphone. With limited frequency perception a super sensotive and expensive mike is over engineering.
Maybe a shotgun mike at the window will do the job. Higher frequencies generally get lost first in the elderly. What you don’t want is automatic gain control to cut out what she wants to hear.
I appreciate all the helpful suggestions here. It is a bit frustrating replying and having to wait until a moderator approves my reply posts.
I really want to set up a good sounding system with good amplitude. This morning I found these two items on Amazon:
- an outdoor microphone
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K0LEYB0/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=EQXMZ1ETBLAD&coliid=IX6LP4TL4TZCO
and this amplifier
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00378GEAM/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=EQXMZ1ETBLAD&coliid=I1LWZGYEM84N3P
I’m hoping the amplifier accepts this mic. If not, well it’s Amazon, and I can send it back.
She cannot hear her chimes even with the windows open. I thought about the wireless FM possibility - not sure about the sound quality or broadcasting my aunt’s chimes to the whole community - lol.
She has difficulties with the low sounds, and you really have to speak up for her to hear conversations. I know she can hear the chimes if she is right up to them and the wind is blowing them about.
I am sending off this reply post. Don’t know when it will get posted, but thank you one and all for your kind help.
One more thing - Do you think a shotgun mike would pick up the sound of the chimes 30 feet away ? If it was in her room, would it also pick up the sound of the TV in her room?