Category: Telecoils

Cell Phones and Cell Phone Accessories

Cell phones change more often than hearing aid models and it is hard to keep up. When the FCC mandated a universal rating system for telecoils and microphones in 2006, it was a giant step for consumer education. However, there must be hundreds of cell phone models so education is still needed to wade through the options.... Read More

Ask Judy Questions: Music Listening with Music Links

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Ask Judy Questions: Hearing Clearly on the Office Phone

Difficulty communicating over the telephone is the leading reason people with hearing loss leave a job. They quit, take early retirement or are fired. Here is a question from someone who wants to know how she can hear more clearly on the office phone:... Read More

Dynamite Telecoils

Here’s a story straight from the school of hard knocks: Five years ago, I switched my hearing aid to “T” and waited for the clear, clean amplified voice signal on the other end of the telephone. Instead, I got a tiny, tinny voice signal that faded if I moved the telephone handset anywhere but slightly behind my left ear.... Read More