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I hope this is the right group.

I am quite seriously deaf and the worst range of sounds
 for me are those my modem makes. Even with the gain
 turned up to maximum I have a hard time hearing it.
Hearing aids are uncomfortable and I rarely use mine when
 I am at home - and I usually forget to put it in until
 the modem is trying to tell me something. Even when I
 remember it doesn't help a lot. Wrong range.

Just below my modem is my computer. This contains a
 Soundblaster card which outputs to speakers which, as
 it happens, are on either side of my modem. The
 speakers are 'live' containing a battery and a small,
 *very* lo-fi but effective amplifier.

QUESTION: Is there any way in which I can use a microphone
 to feed sound to the soundblaster and have the sounds from
 the modem amplified and emitted from the speakers.

NOTES: e-mail and other responses have missed the point.
1. It IS an external modem (USR 14K Sportster) and, yes,
   the lights do help.
2. I don't care about the quality of the sound - just so's
   it's LOUD.
3. The neighbours have a dog - and I put up with the barking
   (which even I can hear) so they had better tolerate the
   amplifed modem.
-- 
Mervyn Baldwin.
vyn@abaldwin.demon.co.uk