by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. In response to last month’s article “Room Loops—Hearing the TV and People Talking at the Same Time“, a man wrote: I am a huge fan of my home loop amplifier and thought I’d contribute my experience because what you said about listening to another person while watching TV. I agree […]
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Room Loops—Hearing the TV and People Talking at the Same Time
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: With a room loop system, will I be able to understand people in the same room at the same time if I’m listening to the TV through my hearing aids telecoils? The short answer is, “That depends” There are two ways you can accomplish this if you so […]
Room Loops Really Work!
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man wrote: Thank you for both your wonderful website (http://hearinglosshelp.com ) for the Univox 2A loop system I just installed. I found the system by “googling” for a loop system. Your website is very user friendly and I felt that I could trust the content. I have a moderate […]
M/T Setting When Using Room Loops
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: If my dad gets some new hearing aids in the not too distant future, the loop system will work better for him. His hearing aids only have either the T [t-coil] or M [microphone] setting, not the M/T setting. When it is on the T setting, he thinks […]
Electric Guitar Picks Up Loop System Signals
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man explained: I found an interesting effect with my induction loop system. Seems if you turn up an electric guitar, the sound from the induction loop gets picked up by the guitar pickups and broadcast through the guitar amplifier. Ever heard of this before? Yes, you are not the only […]
Six Questions About Room Loops
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. Room loops (inductive loops) are wonderful to help hard of hearing people hear their TVs and stereos without blasting everyone else out of the room (or house)! However, few people really understand these loop systems. Here are six questions about such loops a man asked me. I think my answers will […]