Patty and I recently attended a meeting of the Hearing Loss Association of America, Knoxville Chapter. The feature speaker was Juliette Sterkens, Au.D., an advocate for Looping America. Today's hearing aids have many features which help you to hear speech more clearly, minimize background noise and connect to other devices. One system used in public meeting places, theaters, churches etc. is the hearing loop. The hearing loop is a system which takes advantage of the T-coil in your hearing aid. The loop system is basically a magnetic field which is emitted through a wire which provides a signal for your hearing aid. With the hearing loop you do not have background noise to contend with so you can hear the speaker better. The Looping of America project is trying to encourage more facilities to offer loop systems. Since attending this meeting we have looped our demonstration room at Tennessee Valley Audiology to allow people to see the benefits of a hearing loop. Once they experience the benefit, they may encourage the spreading of hearing loops. This is a grass roots campaign to bring about the looping of America, one loop at a time.
link to the Hearing Loss Association of America: http://www.hearingloss.org/
link to the Hearing Loss Association of America: http://www.hearingloss.org/