What Are Induction Hearing Loops?
Take a moment and imagine a home stereo system, it can be anything from a Bose Wave Radio to an Audiophile’s Hi-Fi dream system with all the bells and whistles. All of these setups begin with a source, such as a CD player, DVD player, stereo tuner, etc., and they end with the speakers. A hearing loop system works the same way, only the speaker is now a loop of wire that travels around a room and back to form a complete loop.
The Hearing Loop Process
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1. Start with the source, for our example below lets make the source a TV that you want to watch.
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2. That source, or TV, signal is sent to the loop specific amplifier.
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3. From the amplifier a wire is run around the perimeter of the room and brought back to the amplifier to create a complete loop.
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4. Lastly, the hearing aid user turns their hearing aid to T for t-coil or telecoil and suddenly crystal clear sound is picked up by the t-coil thanks to the magnetic field created by the loop!
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It’s As Easy as 1, 2, 3...Source, Amp, Loop!
Hearing loop systems are a very basic concept at their core and they have been in place for decades in several Scandinavian countries and parts of the United Kingdom. The systems only require an audio source, hearing loop amplifier, loop of wire, and hearing aid with a t-coil.
Still not simple enough for you?
Manufacturers are producing pre-fabricated hearing loops, chairs pads, that have hearing loops built inside of them. This allows the user to place a small piece of fabric underneath a chair and just like that, the chair is looped!
The information provided to you on this website has been brought to you by Loop America with the cooperation and support of hearing loop installers and firms across the country, we hope you find it useful and will share your knowledge with the loop world to benefit the widespread goal of loop this country.
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