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Richard Pike
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Location: Blountville, Tennessee
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 Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:45 pm Post subject: Re: Headsets & hearing loss |
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| Thom Riddle wrote: | If any of you hard-of-hearing pilots use hearing aids you should try the T-Coil setting, if so equipped. The T-Coil switches OFF the hearing aid microphone and gets its signal from the emf (electromagnetic field) generated by the coils in the headset. This way, the only major sound you get comes through the radio and/or intercom. The T-coil was designed for use with telephones (hence the name) but works as well or better in a noisy airplane cabin with headsets.
I went completely deaf over the years in both ears and now have bi-lateral cochlear implants. The only way I can use the radio now is with the T-coil set which makes a HUGE difference in speech intelligibility.
For more information on T-coils see this:
http://www.tecear.com/Turn-On-To-T-coil.htm |
Excellent device, how do you install it into a headset? Or make it work in an airplane? How is yours set up?
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Thom Riddle
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Buffalo, NY, USA (9G0)
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: Headsets & hearing loss |
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T-coils are built into all modern hearing aids, I believe, and cochlear implant speech processors. I know that all the hearing aids I had over the 25 plus year period I could use one, had T-coils. Each manufacturer of aids/implants has their own way of switching from mic to T-coil, and back when you are done flying or using the telephone. Mine just requires pressing two small buttons on the processor for 3 seconds to switch to T-coil mode. Same for switching back to microphone. Some have a way of mixing both mic and T-coil. Mine is set (via programming) to keep 10% of the sound coming from the mic with 90% coming through the T-coil. I would prefer it be 100% T-coil but that is not possible on mine. When the T-coil is OFF, all sound comes from the microphone pickup.
There is no external device required, no wired connections or anything. The mere close proximity of a telephone or headset is sufficient to pickup the telephone/radio/intercom output. Just use the telephone or headset as you are using now but with the hearing aid switched to T-coil.
If you don't have hearing aids I know of no way of rigging anything like this.
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 2:50 pm Post subject: Headsets & hearing loss |
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There is no external device required, no wired connections or anything. The
mere close proximity of a telephone or headset is sufficient to pickup the
telephone/radio/intercom output. Just use the telephone or headset as you
are using now but with the hearing aid switched to T-coil.
If you don't have hearing aids I know of no way of rigging anything like
this.
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Thom Riddle
Thanks for the hearing aid info. I am in the process of getting a new pair.
I tried them in 1978 and 1980, when I retired from the Army, but never gave
them a chance for me to really get adjusted to the new noise. Being able to
hear any better than I do now would make my flying much more enjoyable.
john h
mkIII
Titus, Alabama
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