No need to purchase a TV connector. The Roger charging base Comes with an audio comes with an audio jack and connects to the TV and streams the audio right to my hearing aids.
Thanks for the heads-up, Judy. I don't have a Roger and didn't know that. Keep in mind, however, most, if not all TVs will bypass the internal speakers when you plug a device into the (3.5mm?) audio port. If no one else (a hearing person) is watching, there's no problem. Use of the optical port (TOSLINK) allows the internal speakers to function normally for others, and the volume can be adjusted to their comfort.
You can’t add a telecoil. You have to buy a telecoil hearing aid. They’re bigger and clunkier, and they’ll soon be obsolete, so don’t worry about it. Soon low-energy Bluetooth will be adopted everywhere, which your Bluetooth enabled hearing aids will be able to pick up and project into your ears. The federal government is finishing the protocols for universal use in the U.S.
Reassuring news. I was under the impression telecoil was the new way. I do have bluetooth in my aids and it's great when it works. I also have a Roger mic but it only works talking to one person and when there's no ambient noise. I'll be happy to forget telecoil if Bluetooth steps up to replace it. Thanks for the clarification.
My thought is if you are getting a new hearing aid have it include telecoil. It certainly can’t hurt and most audiologists recommend it.
I hope Bluetooth is the ultimate answer but it is not there yet. Auracast is also out there in the future but no one knows when it will be readily available. I was told it is also connected to Bluetooth.
For the money you are paying get telecoil if it is not too late.
My new Signia IX hearing aids include the telecoil feature and still fit comfortably behind my ears.
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You can’t add a telecoil. You have to buy a telecoil hearing aid. They’re bigger and clunkier, and they’ll soon be obsolete, so don’t worry about it. Soon low-energy Bluetooth will be adopted everywhere, which your Bluetooth enabled hearing aids will be able to pick up and project into your ears. The federal government is finishing the protocols for universal use in the U.S.
Let's talk about telecoils a bit more. They are the connecting link between a lot of assistive technologies that bring direct sound to hearing aids. Most people with hearing loss want to hear better, and many are deprived of that because of false information AND also because of stigmas that refuse to go away.
Telecoils take up a very tiny piece of space in a hearing aid. Today's hearing aids are tiny. It's kind of negative to say that options make hearing aids 'clunkier'. Sorry, but that simply adds to the stigmatized stuff that says hearing aids should be hidden. WHY? Is that because hearing loss is a sign of stupidity? Is that because people who help themselves hear better are inferior?
Most people with hearing loss want to hear, not just in conversations but in meeting rooms, performing arts centers, worship centers, etc. They can hear in those places when appropriate assistive technology has been installed. In most of those places telecoils are the key to connecting to hearing aids. Yes, one might also use a pair of headphones provided by the facility. Obviously, those show big time! Plus it means removing your hearing aids to listen via the headsets. What do you do with those expensive hearing aids when you remove them? Do you wonder how clean those headsets are or how many others have worn them? Those telecoils eliminate that and bring the desired sound directly to the telecoil equipped hearing aids without any background noise. I can't think of a better reason to want to have telecoils, along with Bluetooth (BT) in your personal devices! I want to hear!
Just a wee bit about BT. Yes, it can do the same things telecoils do, but it is not universal. It does not come from a single transmitter like FM or Infrared systems that work with telecoils. Without a universal transmitter, everyone who wants to use BT in a situation has to provide the speaker with a personal transmitter that will relate to their personal devices.
In time, Auracast will also be used as a 'general' transmitter to hearing aids that are equipped with Auracast technology. That will take time to happen. Meanwhile, we WANT TO HEAR NOW not 5 or 10 years from now.
This is further complicated by the advocacy it takes to get venues to install the transmission equipment needed to connect to hearing aids. While the Americans with Disabilities Act does say public venues must provide connecting technology, it also says it must be requested and cannot create unreasonable cost to the provider. It does not dictate the kind of technology to install. Requesting it must allow the venue time to install the equipment. You cannot simply go there, ask for it and get it. It requires both education and advocacy, PLUS the reality that people with hearing loss have to go public with their requests and needs. That stigma barrier enters the picture again. What to YOU do when you want to hear in a public venue?
People with hearing loss who have educated and advocated have done a remarkable job in getting communication access provided. Venues have spent large amounts of money to comply. Those venues in compliance are not going to jump right on the bandwagon for the next new technology that comes as they will remain in compliance with what they have already installed. In most instances, that means telecoils. (Or those headsets.)
Hearing aids with telecoils and BT are available in every major hearing aid brand. If you want to conquer the hearing loss demons that prevent you from enjoying what you've always enjoyed, don't omit the connecting links. It pays to be an informed consumer...and like it or not hearing aids are consumer products.
Would you buy a car without headlights because you seldom drive after dark? Is hiding your hearing aids more important than hearing?
Let's talk about telecoils a bit more. They are the connecting link between a lot of assistive technologies that bring direct sound to hearing aids. Most people with hearing loss want to hear better, and many are deprived of that because of false information AND also because of stigmas that refuse to go away.
Telecoils take up a very tiny piece of space in a hearing aid. Today's hearing aids are tiny. It's kind of negative to say that options make hearing aids 'clunkier'. Sorry, but that simply adds to the stigmatized stuff that says hearing aids should be hidden. WHY? Is that because hearing loss is a sign of stupidity? Is that because people who help themselves hear better are inferior?
Most people with hearing loss want to hear, not just in conversations but in meeting rooms, performing arts centers, worship centers, etc. They can hear in those places when appropriate assistive technology has been installed. In most of those places telecoils are the key to connecting to hearing aids. Yes, one might also use a pair of headphones provided by the facility. Obviously, those show big time! Plus it means removing your hearing aids to listen via the headsets. What do you do with those expensive hearing aids when you remove them? Do you wonder how clean those headsets are or how many others have worn them? Those telecoils eliminate that and bring the desired sound directly to the telecoil equipped hearing aids without any background noise. I can't think of a better reason to want to have telecoils, along with Bluetooth (BT) in your personal devices! I want to hear!
Just a wee bit about BT. Yes, it can do the same things telecoils do, but it is not universal. It does not come from a single transmitter like FM or Infrared systems that work with telecoils. Without a universal transmitter, everyone who wants to use BT in a situation has to provide the speaker with a personal transmitter that will relate to their personal devices.
In time, Auracast will also be used as a 'general' transmitter to hearing aids that are equipped with Auracast technology. That will take time to happen. Meanwhile, we WANT TO HEAR NOW not 5 or 10 years from now.
This is further complicated by the advocacy it takes to get venues to install the transmission equipment needed to connect to hearing aids. While the Americans with Disabilities Act does say public venues must provide connecting technology, it also says it must be requested and cannot create unreasonable cost to the provider. It does not dictate the kind of technology to install. Requesting it must allow the venue time to install the equipment. You cannot simply go there, ask for it and get it. It requires both education and advocacy, PLUS the reality that people with hearing loss have to go public with their requests and needs. That stigma barrier enters the picture again. What to YOU do when you want to hear in a public venue?
People with hearing loss who have educated and advocated have done a remarkable job in getting communication access provided. Venues have spent large amounts of money to comply. Those venues in compliance are not going to jump right on the bandwagon for the next new technology that comes as they will remain in compliance with what they have already installed. In most instances, that means telecoils. (Or those headsets.)
Hearing aids with telecoils and BT are available in every major hearing aid brand. If you want to conquer the hearing loss demons that prevent you from enjoying what you've always enjoyed, don't omit the connecting links. It pays to be an informed consumer...and like it or not hearing aids are consumer products.
Would you buy a car without headlights because you seldom drive after dark? Is hiding your hearing aids more important than hearing?
I’D LIKE MORE INFO ON THIS PARAGRAPH: WHAT KIND OF HEADSETS ARE YOU REFERRING TO? THANK YOU! Plus it means removing your hearing aids to listen via the headsets. What do you do with those expensive hearing aids when you remove them? Do you wonder how clean those headsets are or how many others have worn them? Those telecoils eliminate that and bring the desired sound directly to the telecoil equipped hearing aids without any background noise
I’D LIKE MORE INFO ON THIS PARAGRAPH: WHAT KIND OF HEADSETS ARE YOU REFERRING TO? THANK YOU! Plus it means removing your hearing aids to listen via the headsets. What do you do with those expensive hearing aids when you remove them? Do you wonder how clean those headsets are or how many others have worn them? Those telecoils eliminate that and bring the desired sound directly to the telecoil equipped hearing aids without any background noise
Venues that have assistive listening technology installed must provide receivers for people who need to use them. In looped venues, those with telecoil equipped hearing aids simply have to turn their personal technology to the telecoil mode to connect. No receivers. Others who have no hearing aids or hearing aids w/o telecoils can use the receivers and headsets the venue provides to get the sound direct to their ears. However, to use those headsets/headphones, which are either ear buds or typical over the ear headsets, you will have to remove your hearing aids so they don't block the sound.
Telecoils are amazing. It's a tragedy that the people who sell hearing aids are not required to demonstrate how telecoils work. A few states have laws that require that but only a few. I encourage you to go to http://www.hearingloop.org to learn more. There is a list there of locations that have loops installed.
Note: If venues have FM or IR systems installed, everyone will need a receiver. People with telecoil equipped hearing aids will use a neckloop to connect rather than a headset. A neckloop fits around a person's neck and is plugged into the receiver the same way headsets are.
In all cases, there must be a transmitter microphone that transmits the desired sound.
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No need to purchase a TV connector. The Roger charging base Comes with an audio comes with an audio jack and connects to the TV and streams the audio right to my hearing aids.
Thanks for the heads-up, Judy. I don't have a Roger and didn't know that. Keep in mind, however, most, if not all TVs will bypass the internal speakers when you plug a device into the (3.5mm?) audio port. If no one else (a hearing person) is watching, there's no problem. Use of the optical port (TOSLINK) allows the internal speakers to function normally for others, and the volume can be adjusted to their comfort.
I have Phonak Paradise audeo 50 hearing aids which do not include telecoil. Does anyone know what it will cost to add telecoil to the hearing aids.
You can’t add a telecoil. You have to buy a telecoil hearing aid. They’re bigger and clunkier, and they’ll soon be obsolete, so don’t worry about it. Soon low-energy Bluetooth will be adopted everywhere, which your Bluetooth enabled hearing aids will be able to pick up and project into your ears. The federal government is finishing the protocols for universal use in the U.S.
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2 ReactionsReassuring news. I was under the impression telecoil was the new way. I do have bluetooth in my aids and it's great when it works. I also have a Roger mic but it only works talking to one person and when there's no ambient noise. I'll be happy to forget telecoil if Bluetooth steps up to replace it. Thanks for the clarification.
My thought is if you are getting a new hearing aid have it include telecoil. It certainly can’t hurt and most audiologists recommend it.
I hope Bluetooth is the ultimate answer but it is not there yet. Auracast is also out there in the future but no one knows when it will be readily available. I was told it is also connected to Bluetooth.
For the money you are paying get telecoil if it is not too late.
My new Signia IX hearing aids include the telecoil feature and still fit comfortably behind my ears.
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6. Keep politics out of the community conversations.
Mayo Clinic Connect is a place to share about health experiences, to improve living with chronic conditions and health and wellbeing. Political discussions often divide us and do not build community or promote health and wellbeing
- Don't post about politics, political viewpoints, political news stories.
- Political and/or divisive posts will be edited or removed.
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1 ReactionLet's talk about telecoils a bit more. They are the connecting link between a lot of assistive technologies that bring direct sound to hearing aids. Most people with hearing loss want to hear better, and many are deprived of that because of false information AND also because of stigmas that refuse to go away.
Telecoils take up a very tiny piece of space in a hearing aid. Today's hearing aids are tiny. It's kind of negative to say that options make hearing aids 'clunkier'. Sorry, but that simply adds to the stigmatized stuff that says hearing aids should be hidden. WHY? Is that because hearing loss is a sign of stupidity? Is that because people who help themselves hear better are inferior?
Most people with hearing loss want to hear, not just in conversations but in meeting rooms, performing arts centers, worship centers, etc. They can hear in those places when appropriate assistive technology has been installed. In most of those places telecoils are the key to connecting to hearing aids. Yes, one might also use a pair of headphones provided by the facility. Obviously, those show big time! Plus it means removing your hearing aids to listen via the headsets. What do you do with those expensive hearing aids when you remove them? Do you wonder how clean those headsets are or how many others have worn them? Those telecoils eliminate that and bring the desired sound directly to the telecoil equipped hearing aids without any background noise. I can't think of a better reason to want to have telecoils, along with Bluetooth (BT) in your personal devices! I want to hear!
Just a wee bit about BT. Yes, it can do the same things telecoils do, but it is not universal. It does not come from a single transmitter like FM or Infrared systems that work with telecoils. Without a universal transmitter, everyone who wants to use BT in a situation has to provide the speaker with a personal transmitter that will relate to their personal devices.
In time, Auracast will also be used as a 'general' transmitter to hearing aids that are equipped with Auracast technology. That will take time to happen. Meanwhile, we WANT TO HEAR NOW not 5 or 10 years from now.
This is further complicated by the advocacy it takes to get venues to install the transmission equipment needed to connect to hearing aids. While the Americans with Disabilities Act does say public venues must provide connecting technology, it also says it must be requested and cannot create unreasonable cost to the provider. It does not dictate the kind of technology to install. Requesting it must allow the venue time to install the equipment. You cannot simply go there, ask for it and get it. It requires both education and advocacy, PLUS the reality that people with hearing loss have to go public with their requests and needs. That stigma barrier enters the picture again. What to YOU do when you want to hear in a public venue?
People with hearing loss who have educated and advocated have done a remarkable job in getting communication access provided. Venues have spent large amounts of money to comply. Those venues in compliance are not going to jump right on the bandwagon for the next new technology that comes as they will remain in compliance with what they have already installed. In most instances, that means telecoils. (Or those headsets.)
Hearing aids with telecoils and BT are available in every major hearing aid brand. If you want to conquer the hearing loss demons that prevent you from enjoying what you've always enjoyed, don't omit the connecting links. It pays to be an informed consumer...and like it or not hearing aids are consumer products.
Would you buy a car without headlights because you seldom drive after dark? Is hiding your hearing aids more important than hearing?
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1 ReactionI’D LIKE MORE INFO ON THIS PARAGRAPH: WHAT KIND OF HEADSETS ARE YOU REFERRING TO? THANK YOU! Plus it means removing your hearing aids to listen via the headsets. What do you do with those expensive hearing aids when you remove them? Do you wonder how clean those headsets are or how many others have worn them? Those telecoils eliminate that and bring the desired sound directly to the telecoil equipped hearing aids without any background noise
Venues that have assistive listening technology installed must provide receivers for people who need to use them. In looped venues, those with telecoil equipped hearing aids simply have to turn their personal technology to the telecoil mode to connect. No receivers. Others who have no hearing aids or hearing aids w/o telecoils can use the receivers and headsets the venue provides to get the sound direct to their ears. However, to use those headsets/headphones, which are either ear buds or typical over the ear headsets, you will have to remove your hearing aids so they don't block the sound.
Telecoils are amazing. It's a tragedy that the people who sell hearing aids are not required to demonstrate how telecoils work. A few states have laws that require that but only a few. I encourage you to go to http://www.hearingloop.org to learn more. There is a list there of locations that have loops installed.
Note: If venues have FM or IR systems installed, everyone will need a receiver. People with telecoil equipped hearing aids will use a neckloop to connect rather than a headset. A neckloop fits around a person's neck and is plugged into the receiver the same way headsets are.
In all cases, there must be a transmitter microphone that transmits the desired sound.
Will you share what you learned at http://www.hearingloop.org ?