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Telecoil programme
Your hearing instrument has a built-in function, enabling in many cases an improved use of the telephone
and better hearing in churches or halls where an induction loop system is installed. In order to activate this
function, the telecoil programme has to be selected. In this programme you will hear the tele-loop transmit-
ted sounds through the telecoil and the environmental sounds through the hearing aid microphone. If you
wish, your hearing care professional can change the settings in such a way that you will hear no sounds
from the microphone, meaning that most environmental sounds will be lost.
Note: When the telecoil programme has been selected in Beltone True instruments, the wireless system
will be disabled and it will not be possible to use the wireless remote control or receive a phone call using
the Phone Link.
Using the telephone
• Switch your instrument to the telecoil programme.
• Hold your telephone handset behind your ear, close to the hear ing
instrument (2-3 cm.) and slightly tilt the receiver outwards.
• Listen to the dialing tone and move the handset a little to find the posi-
tion that gives the best reception.
• If needed, turn the volume up or down.
• After completing the phone call, switch your instrument back to the
microphone programme.
If the phone has a poor telecoil signal, use the microphone programme. Do not hold the handset too tightly
against your ear since this might cause ’whistling’.
Hearing through an induction loop
More and more public places, churches, theatres and cinemas, have induction loops systems. In these par-
ticular rooms, they transmit, inductively, the sound of the presenter or show. At home, radio or television can
be connected to an induction loop system. Sound quality through induction loop is often better because
noises from the environment are not transmitted.
• Switch your instrument to the telecoil programme.
• Choose a good spot. Reception is not clear in all locations; it depends on the position of the induction
loop. Watch for signs or try a different seat yourself.
• If needed, adjust the volume up or down.
• After the service or show, switch your instrument back to the microphone programme. You will now hear
through the microphone again.
• If the sound of your hearing instrument in the telecoil programme is very soft all the time, ask your hear-
ing care practitioner to make an adjustment.
• Your hearing care practitioner will gladly provide you with advice regarding an induction loop system at
home. Ask for it.