You have a right to be frustrated about this. Education takes time; time is money. Bluetooth adds considerable cost to a hearing aid. Telecoils don't. You really need both of these components to get the most bang for the buck with a hearing aid.

All an audiologist has to do to educate about telecoils is install a small hearing loop in their office and let their clients try it to see if it's worth having.

Audiologists often tell us that if/when they promote telecoils their patients think they are trying to add cost to the sale price. (At most, a telecoil may add $10 to the cost of a hearing aid.) They also say that telecoils are 'old technology'. Truth is, they are...but they work in ways they were never intended for when they were first used. Then, they were only for hard wired phones. Induction technology also works with public address systems. Telecoils are 'induction coils'. Loops are 'induction loops'. Vocabulary confuses the issue.

Ask your audiologist if telecoils can be added to your current hearing aids. In some instances they can be added. In others, no.

Our hearing healthcare professionals need to know that we want to hear in every possible situation. We pay a big price for that. We are consumers of the products they sell. You have every right to let them know you are frustrated.

Are you willing to do some educating and advocating?