EMF Humming problem with telecoil

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The hum you hear is likely 60 cycle from AC current. Florescent lights are a great source. Have you asked the audiologist to disable the telecoil? They may be able to. Do you use the telecoil? A phone alternative is a Bluetooth setup which are available with newer aids and accessories for phone and aids.

If you don’t or seldom use the telecoil except for phones, such a setup would improve things by routing the phone directly to the new aids.

I use my telecoils when listening to my mp3 player. In most locations, it works perfectly, but at home I often get a loud hum. I’ve done troubleshooting on it, and the source of the hum is outside my control – it’s coming from somewhere in the neighborhood. I turn down the volume on my hearing aid to reduce the hum and turn up the volume on my mp3 player. That’s a pretty good work-around for my purposes.

Since it’s your workplace, and it’s reasonable that you be able to talk on the phone, I think I would ask your building’s maintenance people to see what they can do to reduce the interference. I’m interested in hearing more about this.

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My audiologist told me she can reduce the gain on the telecoil to see if that helps. I told her to never mind. I can tolerate it and I don’t want to take the chance of having reception problems.