[TenTec] Rag Chew, DX, or Contest with Hearing Aids

[Jerry Haigwood]

Gary,
     I am happy you have found a solution!
Jerry W5JH
"building something without experimenting is just solder practice"




-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of GARY HUBER
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:44 AM
To: TenTec Reflector
Cc: SMC; W9AML group-email
Subject: [TenTec] Rag Chew, DX, or Contest with Hearing Aids

For those with hearing impairments, the joy of using amateur radio is
diminished if you can't hear or understand the sounds coming from your
radio.

If you buy or have hearing aids with T-coils (telephone coils) you already
have part of the solution. Hearing aid T-coils normally are used to
inductively couple with the coil in the telephone handset, bypassing the
hearing aid microphone. In many hearing aids the T-coil program has a
separate profile since normal telephone audio frequencies are from 300 to
3000 Hz with a 6 dB per octave rising response providing equal loudness.

With open hearing aids which have a small opening which allows some sounds
to pass unamplified to the eardrum, the use of a headset allows the sounds
from the headset to mix with any sounds produced within the headset as the
result of the T-coil and inductive coupling with the headset. I've found
this to not work well for me.

I found J-hooks
(http://www.hearinglosshelp.com/products/earlinks.htm#musicliks) which
provide NO external sound, but do inductively couple to the T-coils of my
hearing aids to produce sounds inside my hearing aides to be the best
solution. I can now copy CW, chase DX, or participate in an AM net (I can
even be net control).

I have NO relationship or interest with
http://www.hearinglosshelp.com/products/earlinks.htm#musicliks except as a
satisfied customer.

Having been through the disappointment as the result of not being able to
hear in a hobby where "you can't work them if you can't hear them", I'm
trying to get the word out to others with problems hearing their radio. If
you know someone with hearing problems, please pass this on to them.

73 ES DX,
Gary -- AB9M
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