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Hearing Loops Rock! Do You Use Them? Do You Know Where They Are?
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Aug 7, 2022 | Replies (13)Comment receiving replies
I have yet to try this tech. I have only been to 1 place that had a loop installed since I got my newest aids and that has been over 2 years. Of course at the time I went I didn’t have the telecoil function set up on my aids. I did asked my audiologist to install it. She did say that our area does not have a lot of them in place yet. But at least I have it for when I need it. Luckily for mine the hearing aid already came with it installed. It was just a matter of the audiologist turning it on for me.
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We, and our audiologists, should be educating and advocating for this hearing assistive technology in public places. Many worship centers have it, but many need it. They do not have to provide it if people don't ask for it.
A simple, inexpensive 'neckloop' can connect your telecoils to FM and IR receivers that may be used in some venues. BT can connect to some things, but that telecoil will connect to a lot of things BT won't. This is tricky to explain, but people who sell hearing aids should consider it their responsibility to explain it.
Did your audiologist tell you how to use your telecoils with other devices or about neckloops?