Hi all - I've just received the email below from Brenda Battat in response to my request that she send us some comment as followup to the Reno meeting. I plan...
Hi Steve, I am so encouraged that you continue to have dialog with Brenda Battat. Your suggestions to her about what HLAA can promote on their website and...
Yes, Loretta and Steve . . . the HLAA statement does need revision. For example, it states the common myth that a disadvantage of hearing aid compatible loop...
David, since you mentioned the (Loop) Receivers, I'd like to interject that there is yet another benefit of these receivers for business application as well as...
HI all - I'm a member of a committee the licensing board has set up that is meeting tomorrow in Southern NM to discuss changes in state regulations re...
SB 1348 requires hearing aid dispensers and audiologists to include information about telecoil technology and the Arizona Telecommunications Equipment...
Steve, I believe the AZ law on telecoils would be on this website: http://www.acdhh.org That's Arizona Commission for the Deaf & the Hard of Hearing. Also...
http://www.acdhh.org/communityinvolvement/index.cfm?ID=122 is the direct link to our HOH Task Force and if you scroll down to the bottom you will see links to...
While you're right that loop receivers can help many people without telecoils, and many people even without hearing aids, they can only help people whose...
Agree, Steve. I meant that it's not a disadvantage relative to IR and FM systems, which likewise can't help people who can't hear with a headset. Dave ... ...
Dave, hearing loss for most folks is usually in the high frequencies but it can also occur in both the low frequency and even in a loss that is across all...
I think the most effective things we can do to encourage telecoils are: 1) Get every audiologist and hearing aid dealer to loop their waiting room and drive...
Amen, Steve, regarding your suggestion that audiologists will be an essential part of the promotion of hearing aid compatibility for assistive listening as...
One suggestion I didn't make earlier is that loop installers who want more business should offer the following to audiologists and hearing aid dealers: "If...
Hello Everyone- Below is a landmark decision on captioning lyrics at the Redskins games. This case could have impact on museums who fail to caption videos...
Steve et al. - I could not agree more but am inclined to think that some hearing care providers just don't want to learn about and "bother with" anything other...
Several states have laws that require that information be given to patients and even that they have to sign a form stating they they were told about telecoils....
Steve - our experience in getting hearing care offices here to participate in "Loop New Mexico" located a number of offices that were willing to make an...
Steve: It's one-step-at-a-time, and I commend you for tackling this telecoil mandate thing. Though I do not have data to support it, I am seeing some...
Yes, there are a few enlightnened providers who understand and, as professionals, promote telecoils. But there are also many professionals who do not believe...
To Steve Barber: Your third factor "Knowledgeable and demanding patients who won't settle for simple discouragment of telecoils" is a key factor. That's...
I agree that the primary goal is consumers that are demanding and knowledgeable enough to know what they need and not let their needs get short-sheeted by...
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Hi Judy, I too look closely at new hearing aid press releases to see if a telecoil option is available. I share your surprise and disappointment when the...
Judy and Norman: I too have been following hearing aid companies and providers catering to what they think the Baby Boomers would be more apt to buy. My...
There is a new Clear Sounds Neck Loop for phones, personal listening systems, and MP3 players. It no longer has the button on the front that seems to always...
