#13

Agreed not just landlines, but landlines are often a particularly difficult challenge for some people and telecoil gives an easy option.

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#14

The Holocaust Museum has them for all of their audio presentations. There is a regional pharmacy that has them at the counter. And one supermarket chain has them available at select checkouts.

I have gone through one airport that had them in the boarding areas, but don’t remember which one it was.

NYC requires all yellow cabs purchased after 2015 to have them. The NYC chapter of the HLAA has a 28 page list of looped locations.

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#15

Well than I guess I was wrong. They’re practically everywhere

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#16

This is a great question and I’m wondering the same for my new BTEs. My current BTEs have telecoil and I rely on it for using the phone and dedicated listening to laptop sound, through a Telecoil-enabled headset.

I know my next BTEs will likely have to have Bluetooth maybe requiring some new assisted listening devices to match.

But my Bluetooth connection between the phone and laptop drops every now and then, so I’m not convinced on its reliability. Having Telecoil provides a good backup.

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#17

Thanks everyone, that’s great feedback and help. It sounds like there is no reason not to have one, possibly some mixed results in using it, and some really good reasons to get one!

So given all that I might just get the P90-RT as it is no more expensive. If I don’t like it, I will have the program removed as suggested.

I am seeing the audiologist tomorrow - wish me luck :four_leaf_clover:

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#18

With some rechargable HA models the telecoil version has a bigger battery capacity and longer battery lifetime compared to the non-telecoil version (e.g. Signia Pure Charge AX). Is that also the case for the Phonak Paradise P90-RT vs P90-R?

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#19

Dr. Cliff Aud told Phonak Naida Paradise in his video review.
yes The rechargeable version of the hearing aid does not have a t-coil. There was probably no place or I don’t know the real reason.

And the rechargeable version of the hearing aid has a motion sensor that is also tap control. We talked a long time ago about why there is no battery-powered version of it. it turned out that there is a rechargeable one because the rechargeable battery is stronger, while the version with a replaceable battery is not there because it is low voltage and the chip motion sensor requires stronger current.

I’ve had a T-coil for a long time, at least 15 years, and now I really don’t mind not having it.

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#20

There are rechargeable Paradise aids that have telecoil and some that don’t. See the Phonak pro site to see all available models and features.

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#21

I was talking about Naida Paradise, look at the picture


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#22

Yes, it’s important to specify what one is talking about.

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#23

Those have different fitting ranges. I’d be more concerned the HA fits my hearing loss/prescription than the telecoil vs the niceties the other one has.

WH

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#24

Yes, I recently bought the Signia AX7’s with the telecoil precisely because it gives a much longer rechargeable battery life. To be hones that was my only consideration. These aids are available without telecoil. That’s a slimmer model. That didn’t matter to me, so I went with an additional 12 hours (if I remember right) battery life.

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#25

A lot depends on where you live. I live in Sun City Texas which had only 2 looped facilities when I moved here 8 years ago. With a little education of the Community Association and the ability to install loops when floor was replaced, this is now the list of looped facilities in Georgetown. - - There may be even more since this list was compiled about 3 years ago
Facilities within Sun City that are looped:

Ballroom at the Social Center on Texas Dr

The Atrium, the Computer Annex and Classroom at the Activity Center

Fitness classroom at the Texas Dr. Fitness Center

Georgetown/Florence room and the fitness Classroom at Cowan Creek

The auditorium at the Retreat

And in Georgetown at large

  • Georgetown City Library – 2nd Floor
  • Georgetown City Council Chambers
  • Palace Theater

Churches

  • Cross & Crown Lutheran Church
  • Faith Lutheran Church
  • First U Methodist Sanctuary and McKenney Ministry Center
  • First Presbyterian Church & Fellowship Hall
  • Georgetown Church of Christ
  • Grace Episcopal Church
  • Grace Presbyterian Church
  • San Gabriel Presbyterian Church
  • Santa Rosa De Lima Catholic Church in Andice
  • St. Helen Catholic Church
  • New Hope Church
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#26

Oh, that’s interesting! Is the increased charge available due using Telecoil rather than Bluetooth has less power draw, or is the battery bigger because the case is bigger?

#27

I’m not sure, but the case is bigger, so I simply assumed a larger battery. In any case there’s a larger battery capacity. That’s as far as I needed to know, since the price was the same. Ummm, my current audi leaves something to be desired in some ways…

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#28

Do you use the Telecoil functionality? Are you in Australia?

#29

I’m in California. I have bluetooth to connect with my pbone, although I can use speaker phone just fine. I haven’t used telecoil functionally yet. But the aids are new. I hear pretty well without the telecoil, so that was never really a selling point for me.

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#30

Steph, if you are near a Costco store suggest you check them out. Top of the line Phonaks rebranded as Kirkland were $2.5K AUD.
Now they have the KS10s which are a Donovan rebrand. $2.K AUD

I’m in Sydney.

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#31

Who’s Donovan? KS10 as you mentioned are Phonak.

#32

Sorry, Sonova. Didn’t check Spellcheck.

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