On May 31, 3:36*pm, IGot2P wrote:
On 5/31/2013 3:13 PM, bud-- wrote:



On 5/31/2013 10:20 AM, Jerry wrote:
When my father-in-law comes over, usually to watch a ballgame, he always
has the TV sound down low. He says it bothers his hearing. *Since FIL is
always the first one here, and other company come, they ring the door
bell.
He's asked us numerous times to turn down the volume on the doorbell.

We've tried to explain it would be better if he adjusted his hearing
aids,
but he insists the doorbell is too loud.

Is there a way to adjust the volume on doorbells?

Bending the clapper probably would work, but it is a trial-and-error
process.

Probably easier is to stuff something like paper towel between the bell
and wall. Foam packaging material would mute it more. The more material
and the harder the material the softer the bell will be.

Do you really think that it has a bell and clapper in it? If it actually
does it is definitely an old one.- Hide quoted text -

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You can stilll buy them at hardware stores. If a mechanical bell, jus
tape some duct tape or masking tape to the actual bell, it will cut
down the higher frequncies shich are normally the ones most boiosted
by hearing aids. If it is mechanical, a plunger hittring some rods,
do the same thing to the rods. If it is electronic with a "sounder",
just tape over the slots or spots where the sound comes out and you
can almost completely kill the volume. If you get you FIL involved in
testing the new volumes, and he gets it set so that he is happy, then
he can't complain in the future. Again, this isn't rocket sciemce,
just human factors.