Designed to allow hearing aid users to participate fully in conversation and other activities. The range includes a variety of cost-effective kits for use in a wide range of business scenarios – all exceeding the requirements of current British Standards when professionally installed.

Our hearing loop equipment is the perfect choice for restricted person-to-person contact in a variety of businesses including banks, post offices and ticket booths whilst being fully portable.

Hearing loops operate from audio frequencies. The signal from an audio source is fed into a hearing loop amplifier, which amplifies and sets the signal level in the same way as a conventional amplifier. Instead of going to a loudspeaker, the signal is fed to a closed loop of cable usually placed around the room’s perimeter (although other, more sophisticated ‘loop patterns’ can be employed). Using a constant current amplifier ensures the current is maintained at the set level whilst providing a flat frequency response without equalisation.

The current flowing through the loop makes a magnetic field that radiates in the space around the loop cable. Any lines of magnetic flux that pass to the telecoil in a receiver, such as a hearing aid, will generate a current in the coil that is then converted back to audio and fed into the user’s ear.

• Unwanted sounds such as other conversations and background noise are not picked up.
• No special receivers are required – telecoils are fitted as standard in most hearing aids or are an inexpensive option.
• Magnetic induction tends to be more reliable and effective than other systems (infrared, for example, is a line of sight only).
• Modern hearing aids amplify different bands by different amounts to suit a user’s specific hearing requirements.
• Users do not have to reveal the fact they are hearing impaired.