What is this thing on this serial killers head while he was in court?

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jurjasouras on July 13rd, 2020 at 19:57 UTC »

WITT i was watching the Mark Riebe episode of ‘serial killer with piers morgan’ and while they were showing him in court getting his verdict I notice this headset on him. What is its purpose?

on2muchcoffee on July 13rd, 2020 at 20:37 UTC »

He's partially deaf. It's basically a giant hearing aid (sound amplifier headphones).

xbillybuttonsx on July 13rd, 2020 at 22:21 UTC »

It's a assisted hearing device for the hearing impaired. How do I know you ask??? I used to work in the California court system and have seen similar devices first hand. Some counties used these types and other use the plain headphone type that looked like they were manufactured in the 1990s.