Advances in Hearing Loss Treatment
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Hearing loops and telecoils allow hearing aid and cochlear implant users to hear sounds directly from assistive listening systems, helping to eliminate background noise. When a telecoil is used with a hearing loop system, the user can hear sounds from the PA system instead of their device's internal microphone. Many public venues have already installed hearing loop systems, identified by the logo. Using a telecoil with a hearing loop or wireless device improves functionality and is a cost-effective way to enhance a device.
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Advances in Hearing Loss Treatment
- 1. These technological advances ensure that hearing loss doesnt have to prevent you from enjoying your life to its fullest.
- 3. Two of the most difficult listening environments for someone with hearing loss are situations that require 1) Separating the sounds you want to hear from background noise 2) Picking up sounds from a distance, such as in church or at a concert.
- 4. Even the newest, most technologically advanced hearing aids and cochlear implants cannot accomplish this completely.
- 5. The good news is that most of todays hearing aids and cochlear implants are fitted with a telecoil, a small copper coil that can be used to bridge the space between a hearing aid or cochlear implant and the source of the sound, helping to eliminate background noise.
- 6. When the telecoil is used with a hearing loop system, which consists of a microphone to pick up the spoken word, an amplifier and an induction loop, the person with hearing loss can hear sounds spoken into the PA systems microphone instead of the hearing aid or cochlear implants internal microphone.
- 7. Many venues have already been looped including theatres, places of worship, banks, airports, m ass transit systems, hospitals, and government buildings. They are identified by the logo on the right.
- 8. Hearing loops can double hearing aid and cochlear implant functionality, and using the telecoil feature in conjunction with a hearing loop or a wireless assistive listening device, is a cost- effective way to improve the usability of your hearing aid or cochlear implant.
- 9. These technological advances ensure that hearing loss doesnt have to prevent you from enjoying your life to its fullest.