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All BTE hearing aids have a telecoil built in, if your telephone has a built in tele-loop,
you can switch into telecoil programme in order to improve the sound reception further.
Remember that the telecoil in your hearing instruments may pick up disturbing signals from
electronic devices, such as fax machines, computers, televisions or similar. Make sure
that the hearing instrument has a distance of 2 – 3 meters to such devices when using
the telecoil programme.
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Wireless and mobile phones
Your hearing instrument is designed to comply with the most stringent Standards of
International Electromagnetic Compatibility. However not all mobile phones are hearing
instrument compatible. The varying degree of disturbance can be due to the nature of
your particular mobile phone.
If you find it difficult to obtain a good result while using your mobile telephone, your
Hearing Care Professional should be able to give you advice on available accessories
to enhance listening capabilities.
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Use your hearing instruments all day long
The best way to ensure better hearing is to practice listening until you can wear your
hearing instruments comfortably all day. In most cases, you will not get the full benefit
of the hearing instuments if you use them infrequently.
Your hearing instruments will not restore normal hearing. Nor will they prevent or improve
a hearing impairment resulting from a physiological condition. What they will give you,
however, is help towards making better use of the hearing ability that you have. If you have
two hearing instruments always wear both.
The most important benefits of wearing two hearing instruments are:
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Your ability to localize sounds will improve.
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It will be easier to understand speech in noisy surroundings.
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You will experience a fuller, more comfortable sound picture.
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