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Do you know about Telecoils & Hearing Loops in Public Spaces?
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Dec 21, 2023 | Replies (107)Comment receiving replies
Arrowshooter: Couldn't agree more! We installed one in my church last year and found out that there is an educational process that needs to take place! I found that most people thought that the system will automatically turn on their hearing aids! I try and watch people coming and going and talk to them after church to see if they are hooked up properly! As you are well aware, more and more people are reaching that age where they are wearing hearing aids...I would estimate on a given Sunday that 20% of members either have hearing aids or should have! We even have the neck loops available for those who do not have hearing aids but most people are not comfortable putting them on! Appreciate your comments.
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Thank you for your feedback. The amount of confusion/lack of awareness is, unfortunately, fairly common but there are many people at HLAA working to change this, nationally and locally.
This past June, the "Get in the Hearing Loop" campaign committee of HLAA introduced a tool kit for all advocates and users of hearing loops. Three popular postcards can be reprinted for anyone's use. They cover
-- how to access an installed hearing loop with your hearing aid;
-- what to ask your audiologist about telecoil activation and
-- what to say to the owner/manager of a public space that is not yet looped.
The full kit with PDFs for downloads is here: https://www.hearingloss.org/programs-events/get-hearing-loop/hearing-loop-toolkit/