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any advice for dictator who is loud and soft - frustrated

Posted: Apr 07, 2012

I can't find a happy medium. It is too loud when he is loud and too soft when he is soft. It's horrible and hurts and slows me down.

Thanks for any suggestions offered. UGH.

oh, I hate those. I crank them up and pull the ear buds, - or whatever, out a little.

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good luck.

I had a couple of those last night. :( - (sm) - Meerkat

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One of them kept walking around the room, away from the microphone. So I'd turn it up. Then he'd sit down, put the mic right in front of his mouth, and speak loudly. After recovering from that shock, I'd turn it down again, only to have it go faint again. Arrrggghhhh!

I used to have this one doctor who would always dictate very softly, almost inaudibly. I had to have the sound cranked all the way up. But always, at some point in virtually every dictation, this woman would COUGH into the microphone as loud as is humanly possible. There was never any warning. It was nerve-jangling and physically painful, and usually resulted in ringing in my ears.

Never mind just leaving a blank wherever she coughed. I would of course flag it for QA, and send it to them so it blew THEIR evil ears out, too.

I got so fed up with that doctor, that whenever she delivered one of her ear-shattering coughs, I didn't care if more dictation followed. The report ended RIGHT THERE, as far as I was concerned! and that's as far as I would transcribe it.

too loud/soft - ssss

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I have a keyboard with volume controls - that helps lots!! My headphones also have a volume control but then have to take fingers off keyboard.

thanks for your suggestions - and commiseration/OP

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Just one more thing to add to the pile of complaints, I reckon.

I think I will turn the volume up and put the earphones outside my ears but right next to the holes. It shouldn't hurt as much then.

I also have a cougher, and that is so distressing to deal with, not knowing when it's going to happen.

ps , helps when stuck on a blank, too, sometimes. - NM

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LOUD and soft - What I do

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My hearing is precious to me. I've spent a lifetime trying to avoid painful and debilitating noises. Ordinarily, I hook my headset up to an old set of computer speakers (Acer) with volume and tone control and adjust every dictator for comfort if necessary. When I get these idiot loud/soft dictators, I unplug my headset and just listen to the dictation out loud through the speakers, adjusting for every sentence (or more often). Sometimes I'll mark those softspoken areas for closer scrutiny with my headset if required. I do my work right next to a window. Is this a HIPAA violation, the possibility that someone may overhear it? I DO NOT CARE.

I also handle most cellphone dictations this way; the underwater/electric shock quality gives me headaches, and the majority of these reports have to be re-listened to at least twice all the way through for accuracy. HIPAA? WhatEVER. Some docs dictate their records without the first consideration for privacy. I feel that they deserve the same from me.

good advice, thanks - frustrated

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Never thought about speakers before.

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