I was having a hard time, my Mon lives with me and cannot be left alone. I could not hear her in my sewing room. I bought a monitor and put it in the hallway. I can hear her from the bedroom or living room now. I keep the receiver as loud as it will go and can hear over the sewing and quilting machines even with headphones on. When I hear movement or her call me I can check on her. Her sewing machine is set up in my sewing room and sometimes she joins me in there. The sewing and quilting help me deal with the harder things.