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8 Telephone use
With a hearing aid you are able to use a phone in a number of ways.
8.1 Normal use
To find the best way to use a telephone or smartphone while wearing your hearing aids may require
practice. One or more of the following suggestions may be helpful:
1. Hold the telephone towards the ear (close to the hearing aid’s microphone)
2. If whistling occurs, it may take a few seconds of holding the telephone in the same position before
the hearing aid eliminates the whistling
3. Whistling may also be stopped by holding the telephone slightly away from the ear
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NOTE: Depending on your individual needs, your hearing care professional may activate a program
specifically for telephone use.
8.2 Telecoil
Your hearing aids contain a telecoil. The Telecoil program may help to improve speech understanding
with Hearing Aid Compatible (HAC) telephones and in theaters, cinemas, houses of worship etc. that
have a hearing loop installed.
When you switch on the Telecoil program, your hearing aids pick up signals from the hearing loop or
HAC telephone.
Your hearing care professional can activate the Telecoil program.
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