Deaf_piper: Do your HA’s have a telecoil built-in? Do they have bluetooth? Do they offer a proprietary neckloop?
There are two sides to this (I think still valuable) device. One is amplification from a single source out to a loop. The loop being a wire around a room and the single source being like from a mic. The second is the telecoil in the HA or necklace device that has it’s own telecoil aka induction loop receiver. The telecoil picks up the amplified signal from the loop. If it’s in the HA then it’s hidden and discrete. If it’s in the necklace device then that would be visible over or under clothing and you would need to use headphones or bluetooth from the necklace to the HA’s. Or if proprietary then using their own communication method.
d_Wooluf: I happen to think it should be the other way around. Loop to telecoil is broadcast for all telecoils to receive equally. And if in the HA, they’re discrete. Just because it’s “old tech” doesn’t mean it’s not useful. As I’ve said before…we still use the wheel.