Do you know if you have a t-coil in your hearing aid? In the United States, 65% of all hearing aids dispensed have telecoils \u2013 or t-coils. A telecoil can increase the functionality of your hearing aid or cochlear implant with little cost or effort on your part. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A t-coil is a small copper wire wrapped around a metal rod which is built into most hearing aids and all cochlear implants. T-coils receive magnetic signals transmitted from a sound source. Those signals from the t-coil are then processed through the hearing aid which has been programmed to correct for the individual\u2019s hearing loss. So\u2026a telecoil is like a wireless antenna coupled to a sound source that delivers a customized sound directly to the hearing aid user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When do you use a t-coil? T-coils were originally used to enhance the magnetic signal from a telephone handset so a hearing aid user could hear better on the telephone. In fact, if you see a phone advertised as \u201chearing aid compatible\u201d, it means the phone works with a t-coil equipped hearing aid. T-coils can also be used with your TV at home, MP3 players, or computers. It\u2019s becoming more common to use t-coils with hearing assistive technology that may be found in churches, meeting rooms, theaters, airports, tour buses, and other places. This kind of hearing assistive technology is called a hearing loop and it can make a huge difference in how well you understand speech from a distance, when background noise is present, or in a room with poor acoustics. More to come on hearing loops in the next blog \u2013 it\u2019s an important topic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
T-coils are standard in most behind-the-ear hearing aids and don\u2019t add anything to the cost of the aid. If space allows, t-coils can be added to many in-the-ear type hearing aids. T-coils are activated by pressing a button or switch on your hearing aid \u2013 very simple! Whether you currently wear hearing aids or are just now considering your first set of aids, be sure to have your audiologist explain the benefits of t-coils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Do you know if you have a t-coil in your hearing aid? In the United States, 65% of all hearing aids dispensed have telecoils \u2013 or t-coils. A telecoil can increase the functionality of your hearing aid or cochlear implant with little cost or effort on your part. A t-coil is a small copper wire…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hearing-aids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1816,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions\/1816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entmidwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}