New Stuff.....My T-coil observations.
Been kind of busy these days, checked my blog and was shocked to see I haven't updated in ages! In answer to Thema's question about the T-coil or T-mic. Keep in mind the Auria already had an external T-coil that I have been using for a long time...assuming I wanted to use it!
Right now, I just have to say I think the T-mic is more all purpose than a T-coil. Yes, the T-coil works fine, but in my opinion there is not as much use for it here in the US. Apparently it is a different story in Europe where, by law, everything is supposed to be "looped" for use with T-coil. In the US I have not found too many places to use the thing! It does work very well with my infared headphones that I use with the TV set....but so does the T-mic. I don't really care much for the T-coil with the phone. It works well, but the thing about it is that you have to hold the phone up to the "SPOT" and keep it there...the slightest movement away from the spot.....all is lost and you have to find it again. Not being able to hear my voice using T-coil feels weird ( 100% setting) and I don't like talking to people that way.
I guess its all going to boil down to personal choice for the person using the device. We will be able to have our processors mapped with whatever we like. I suppose a person that has used hearing aids for a long time and is a seasoned T-coil user might insist on it...and that is fine as long as its what they want and like. I personally don't have a lot of uses for it...but when I did use it the few times in a looped setting, it worked wonderfully well. I don't think we will be giving up the T-mics any time soon!!
