I am getting pretty hard of hearing, but if we still had the audio systems AKA like in our old Zenith console, I would not have any problems. My current TV has two speakers about 1 1/2" X 3" that point straight down. I actually "got into" it and tapped RCA jacks into the speaker connections, WHICH ARE NOT at ground potential. So I had to use series caps for DC isolation, and two old audio transformers to output some audio---then connected THOSE to an off brand sound bar
THIS IS ALL BECUZ the digital output and the line output are fixed level, and not controlled by the remote. So I set the sound bar volume "pre set" and with the speakers tap deal, I can still control "heard" volume with the remote.