In 1978 in a Dutch school, I heard a teacher say, “Class, turn your hearing aids to hearing loop.” “What’s a loop?” I asked. The teacher explained it is a wire surrounding the classroom that silently ...

A hearing loop system transmits directly to hearing aids and requires only the push of a button for people to tune in. When Myers switched on his hearing aid’s telecoil setting for the first time in a ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Mary Jane and Terry Griffin used to plant themselves in a rear pew at their church in the hope that sitting by a speaker would help them hear the Mass. But now, the couple can sit ...

My wife and I have agreed to submit articles to this publication on behalf of the Discussion Group for Better Hearing. In this month’s article, we would like to discuss hearing loops. A hearing loop ...

For about four years, the Rev. Christine Chakoian recalls hearing nothing but gibberish when members of her north suburban Presbyterian church rose to ask the congregation to pray for them on Sunday.

For the more than 10 percent of Americans who have some form of hearing loss, mass transit can be frustrating, especially on a busy travel weekend like this one. Even if you wear a hearing aid, trying ...

The American Academy of Audiology on behalf of audiologists, and the Hearing Loss Association of America on behalf of people with hearing loss announce a collaborative public education campaign "Get ...

LAGUNA WOODS – Hildegard Tietjen, 90, suffers from hearing loss. “I have hearing aids, but evidently they’re not enough,” the Laguna Woods resident said. “I need more.” Tietjen said she has trouble ...

Patrons of Loveland’s Rialto Theater who may feel out of the loop due to hearing impairment now have a way to get back in it. Last month, theater management installed an innovative audio loop system ...

Also called "T-coil mode," it is an optional wireless mode in phones that can be selected for wearers of telecoil-based hearing aids. A telecoil is a tiny wire-wrapped rod (induction coil) that serves ...