Thank you.It's really frustrating. In Wisconsin we have over 900 loop installations. There are also many venues that use FM or IR systems. Those systems also work with telecoils but require the use of a receiver and a neckloop, which those venues are required to provide.

HLAA Wisconsin has been advocating for a mandate that would require people who sell hearing aids to disclose, educate and demonstrate telecoils to people who purchase hearing aids from them. We have not been able to get such legislation passed. A few other states have managed to get this passed, so we will keep trying. The audiology profession fights this. They don't want to be told what to do. It just doesn't make sense.

The reality: Marketing denial and shame by the hearing industry by telling people that their hearing aids should be so small that no one knows they are being worn, means they promote the tiniest hearing aids. Those tiny aids don't have room for telcoils even though t-coils take up a very tiny bit of space within them. We all need to let the industry know that when we pay thousands of dollars for the hearing aids they manufacture and sell like consumer products, we want to be able to connect to hearing and life as best we possibly can.

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