{"id":4266,"date":"2021-12-23T18:19:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T00:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharphearingcenter.net\/?p=4266"},"modified":"2021-12-23T18:19:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T00:19:14","slug":"what-are-hearing-loops-and-telecoils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharphearingcenter.net\/what-are-hearing-loops-and-telecoils\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Hearing Loops and Telecoils?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Even with a great pair of hearing aids,<\/a> people with hearing loss can still struggle to hear in certain situations. It can be particularly difficult in public areas where there is a lot of background noise, or if you are far away from the sound you want to hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve found yourself struggling to hear when sitting in the back pew at church or when listening for announcements at Dallas\/Fort Worth International Airport<\/a>, you might benefit from loop system and telecoil technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How It Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Hearing loop systems use electromagnetic energy to transmit sound directly to your hearing aid or cochlear implant. They consist of a sound source like a public address system, an amplifier, a loop of wire and a telecoil (t-coil), a tiny wireless receiver built into many devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hearing aids that have telecoils have a \u201cT switch\u201d that lets you tune into signals either from the hearing aid microphone or a loop system.  When you are close to a loop system you can switch on the T-setting, which turns off the microphone so that only signals transmitted from the loop system are heard. The sound should be clear and free from background noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits of Loop Systems and Telecoils <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A study published in The Hearing Review <\/em>asked users of telecoil-equipped hearing aids and cochlear implants to rate their ability to hear in places where telecoil is regularly used on a scale of 1-10 (1= heard nothing, 10= heard every word.) They found a significant improvement in hearing abilities when using telecoils.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They found that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n