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Article: Cell phone and hearing aid compatibility, 2008: the cell phone industry finally has embraced HAC.(FITTING TIPS)
- Article from:
- The Hearing Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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During the 1970s and 1980s, custom in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aids became very popular. Many hearing care professionals--and their clients--soon realized that a telephone handset held closely to one of these custom aids would generate a "whistling" or feedback condition. This created a need for an induction coil to be installed inside the aid--the advent of the telecoil, or t-coil option.
Various compatible accessories were developed for use with the telecoil option. In the 1990s, cell phone use gained tremendous popularity. The hearing aid telecoils did not work well (some not at all) with cell phones. In fact, it was found that, when cell phones were used with ...