Telecoils

Delivering greater clarity for listening on the phone, to a movie, or to the stereo

A telecoil can provide the extra help you need to hear with more clarity and ease in a wide range of environments.

A telecoil is a miniature receiver that picks up magnetic sound signals from telecoil-compatible phones and assistive listening systems (ALS). In many situations, you may hear this magnetic signal a lot better than the acoustic signal from your speech processor’s microphone. In other words, a telecoil acts as an alternate or supplemental input device to your microphone.

There are many ways to use a telecoil:

• With a telecoil-compatible phone.
• In movie theaters, sports stadiums, churches, and lecture halls that have an induction loop system or infrared system.
• With personal neckloops, telecoil-compatible headphones/headsets, Hatis®, or telecoil-compatible telephone and cell phone.