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@julieo4, It is personally very helpful to have this "reminder" of all that should by now already be firmly ensconced "upstairs"! But one question regarding what you say here. It has been my understanding that if a person has a hearing aid minus the T coil, at least in many instances, and then decides they want one, the audie can then install a T coil at little additional expense. No???
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Installing a telecoil in a hearing aid that doesn't have one built in, is probably not feaseable in most instances. It's a matter of 'space' in the hearing instrument. What does happen, often, is that the t-coil is there, but it has not been activated. In that case, it can be activated. I know that in some of the older hearing aids it was possible to add a telecoil, but I've not heard of it being done in recent years. If anyone has had that kind of good luck, please share your experience.
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A telecoil cannot be retrofitted into a hearing aid that was made without one. Often, the telecoil is in the aid, but the fitter didn't activate it. It's a pleasant surprise for one to find it is there when learning about it. Good time to ask the question "Why wasn't it activated and explained to me?" So the answer is 'no'. It's either there or it isn't, but it may not be turned on.