Telecoil (Optional)
Your hearing aid may have a telecoil. The Telecoil function may help to improve understanding of speech with
Hearing Aid Compatible (HAC)
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telephones and in theatres, cinemas, houses of worship, etc. that have a
teleloop installed.
When you select the Telecoil function, your hearing aid picks up signals from the teleloop or your HAC telephone.
Your hearing care professional can activate the Telecoil program.
NOTE:
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The telecoil does not work without a teleloop (that is, an induction loop) or an HAC telephone.
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If you are having trouble hearing with the telecoil, ask your hearing care professional to modify the
function.
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If there is no sound from your hearing aids in a teleloop system with an active Telecoil function, the
teleloop system may not be turned on or may not be operating correctly.
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The sound from the teleloop and the hearing aid microphones can be mixed according to your
preference. Ask your hearing care professional for more details.
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When you want to stop the telecoil function, change to another listening program.
1Some smartphones are hearing aid compatible (HAC). The HAC phone establishes a small hearing loop that your hearing aids can connect to.The telecoil picks
up the HAC phone's signal and converts it to sound.
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