Induction Loop Advantages
Low equipment costs after installation
Induction receivers are compatible with ALL loop systems
Unobtrusive with T-coil hearing aid
Notes:
Once induction loop systems are installed, they should last a long, long time. They are one of the easiest systems for hearing-impaired users to access, as long as they have functioning T-coils in their hearing aids. Loops are used in many different situations. Information desks in airports can be looped, as well as bank windows, offices or desks, and classrooms. In homes, dining room tables, family rooms, sofas, any area where much of the family interaction takes place, can be looped. Even cars and tour buses can be looped. A carefully placed omnidirectional mic (placed in a flower arrangement, say) can pick up the sound from around a table so that the hearing-impaired user does not miss out on talk around the dinner table. The TV can be plugged into the system so that the hearing-impaired user switches to T instead of turning the volume up on the TV.
Here, again, you can see through these various applications why it would be advantageous to have hearing aids that have the option to have BOTH the T-coil and the hearing aid microphone active at the same time.