Some practical day-to-day situations may require just a small
adjustment now that you are wearing hearing aids. Using the
telephone is an example of this as the sound needs to pass
through the hearing aid for you to be able to hear it. There are
various ways to improve hearing on the telephone depending on
the features available on the particular telephone model.
Using the telephone handset
•
Leave your hearing aid in your
ear and working normally.
•
Put the telephone receiver to the
hearing aid towards the top of
your ear as shown in the picture
bottom right.
•
This will make the voice of the
person calling louder for you.
Using the telephone with your digital NHS hearing aids
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