OT Hearing Aid user and the telephone.

Are you a NHS digital hearing aid user or know someone who is?
My wife has been fitted with 2 and has great difficulty with hearing
telephone conversations. I believe there is a way to use the 'T' setting,
how and what do we need?


Not the best NG but what you need is a telephone that has an inductive loop
built in. The specification will usually tell you it is hearing aid
compatible or similar. This would be a good place to start.

http://www.rnid.org.uk/shop/

Peter Crosland

A telephone with an induction coil in it so when the aid is set to the T
position, it can pick up the signal.
I seem to recall Argos used to sell a phone equipped like this. Some switch
it, some have it on by default I seem to recall. I can well recall a guy
who sid he could not hear it with on ear, but he had only used the t
turned on on the one he was not using the phone on. You may laugh, but
people are strange!

Brian

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"David" wrote in message
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Are you a NHS digital hearing aid user or know someone who is?
My wife has been fitted with 2 and has great difficulty with hearing
telephone conversations. I believe there is a way to use the 'T' setting,
how and what do we need?

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Regards,
David

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You can now get personal induction loops that go around the neck and have a
gadget attached to the tv so you can have the sound at normal levels and use
the T position on the hearing aid.


Brian

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"David" wrote in message
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Are you a NHS digital hearing aid user or know someone who is?
My wife has been fitted with 2 and has great difficulty with hearing
telephone conversations. I believe there is a way to use the 'T'
setting, how and what do we need?

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Regards,
David

Please reply to News Group
Go back to whoever fitted them. God knows why you posted this to a
Television group. If you know it is off-topic why even post? Do you turn
to a
completely unrelated newsgroup each time you lack common sense?

In article , David wrote:
Are you a NHS digital hearing aid user or know someone who is?
My wife has been fitted with 2 and has great difficulty with hearing
telephone conversations. I believe there is a way to use the 'T' setting,
how and what do we need?

Can't tell you anything about hearing aids, but during searches for cordless
phones I've discovered a variant of the Panasonic 7000 series that has a
bone-conduction transducer intended for the hard of hearing. Maybe this would
be of some use?

Just do a search for "Panasonic 7000 phone" and you'll find them. They're
DECT phones so you can have up to 6 handsets and you can buy them separately.
You can mix and match different handsets so you could have the special one
and an ordinary one side by side.

The bad news is the special handsets are expensive, but that's probably no
surprise.

Rod.
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My in laws have hearing aids and poor eyesight

I bought them a Freestyle 610, which they are very happy with.

http://www.btplc.com/inclusion/phone...eestyle610.htm

BT sell them for £19.98

"David" wrote in message
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Thanks Ian, hoping you have a nice day.
David

Hey, sacky/arsey David. Ian was nice to you... I ain't. You are a ****ing
toss wipe and indicative of the ignorant that walk the streets of our
country these days. You expect other people to think for you, take care of
you and never take any personal responsibility.

I had an old guy walk up to me the other day just as I was exiting a zebra
crossing. He was standing there with three young children (presumably his
grandchildren) and blocked my way off the crossing so I had to walk sideways
to avoid being squished by cars. The reason he blocked my way was to ask me
if the chip shop (that was opposite the crossing to him) was open today. As
I walked to the safety of the pavement, I said I don't think so but there is
a sign on the doors showing all the times they open. As I walked away I got
a sarky "thanks a lot" from the oldish buffer (est. early 60's). This idiot
could not think for himself and expected me to know the opening hours of a
chippy only 20 feet opposite him. Then he reacts with disrespect to me for
telling him politely that I do not know the answer and pointing him to the
sign on the door with opening hours. If he had not had three very young kids
with him, he would have got the same response from me that you have
received. I am 50, so hardly a youngster. I just hope I do not become as
stupid as this prick in the intervening 10 years.

Paul J

"Paul Martin" wrote in message
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In article ,
PaulJ wrote:

I had an old guy walk up to me the other day just as I was exiting a
zebra crossing. He was standing there with three young children
(presumably his grandchildren) and blocked my way off the crossing so
I had to walk sideways to avoid being squished by cars. The reason he
blocked my way was to ask me if the chip shop (that was opposite the
crossing to him) was open today. As I walked to the safety of the
pavement, I said I don't think so but there is a sign on the doors
showing all the times they open. As I walked away I got a sarky
"thanks a lot" from the oldish buffer (est. early 60's). This idiot
could not think for himself and expected me to know the opening hours
of a chippy only 20 feet opposite him.

Have you considered the possibility that he might not be able to read?

Do me a ****ing favour. I am not his wet nurse. JeeeZZZZSZ

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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A telephone with an induction coil in it so when the aid is set to the T
position, it can pick up the signal.
I seem to recall Argos used to sell a phone equipped like this. Some
switch it, some have it on by default I seem to recall. I can well recall
a guy who sid he could not hear it with on ear, but he had only used the
t turned on on the one he was not using the phone on. You may laugh, but
people are strange!

Very interesting, I must try that, if I can remember!

In message , Bill Wright
writes

"Adrian" wrote in message
news[email protected] com...
Ian has been in my kill file for quite some time, he's nothing but a
pathetic troll.

No, he's many other things as well.

Bill


I also use 2 NHS hearing aids, and have experienced the same problem.

Using the T-loop setting for telephone conversations has not been as
useful as I had hoped even with a telephone purporting to be hearing aid
compatible.

The T-Loop setting works well in almost all other places fitted with a
loop system, and at times in these places I use one hearing aid in the
normal setting, and the other set to Loop. Communication with others is
easier like this.

I have recently purchased a BT Converse 1300 telephone that has the
facility to increase the audio gain on the earpiece. It has only been in
use for a couple of days, but with the gain at maximum the first
impressions are favourable.

However, I've not yet had the 'opportunity' to test it on the Mumbai
help line voices that have proved the amongst the most difficult in the
past.
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John Ames

"John" wrote in message
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Thanks John and the other helpful posters.

I would ask now that no one else posts me advice as I've been quite shocked
by some of the responses. I will not be opening any more posts to avoid the
foul mouthed posters. Very surprised at the attitude of some towards me,
I've been here for many many years and such responses from some so called
technical people as been quite surprising.

Regards
David