Loop Systems

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man was having trouble making his new TV work with his loop system. He wrote, I recently purchased a Panasonic Viera TV. It only has a Toslink digital audio output jack. I purchased a Monoprice digital to analog converter (DAC). This works very nicely if I supply an HDMI input […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A teacher explained, I am a teacher and had my school put a hearing loop in my classroom. It has been a lifesaver for me. With easy access to the t-coil on my hearing aids, I can decide when to use the loop, and when to hear via the microphones on […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote, After almost 3 weeks trying out a home loop system, I conclude that the loop would not be suitable for our church. Here are my reasons. 1. Two sounds are picked-up, one from the loop, the other direct from the speaker. This is confusing and does not contribute […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. You have just installed your new room loop system. You have carefully followed the instructions and hooked everything up correctly. Your excitement mounts. You plug in the loop amplifier, turn on your TV, switch your hearing aids to t-coil mode, and … nothing happens. Where did you go wrong? Over the […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote, My husband’s audiologist says the room loop system only works when someone is speaking into a microphone. That was not my impression. Is that the case? Your audiologist is basically right. Think of a room loop system as a special kind of public address (PA) system. In a […]

by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote, In our church we have an FM transmitter so that people who want to hear better can use an FM receiver with headphones. This works well for hard of hearing people without hearing aids. However, most use hearing aids, and when they put the headphones on over their […]