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Hearing aid telephone interconnect system

  • US 5,796,821 A
  • Filed: 08/08/1995
  • Issued: 08/18/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for enabling use of a conventional landline telephone employing separate base and receiver units by a hearing impaired person, said hearing impaired person using a conventional hearing aid employing an input T-coil within an earpiece, the method comprising the steps of:

  • providing a T-coupler separate from the hearing aid, the T-coupler being adapted to be hooked over the user'"'"'s ear proximate said earpiece and being arcuate in shape to correspond with a shape of the user'"'"'s ear;

    hooking the T-coupler over the user'"'"'s ear proximate said earpiece;

    switching a telephone receiver audio signal from the telephone receiver to the T-coupler;

    transmitting the telephone receiver audio signal to the T-coupler; and

    inductively coupling the telephone receiver audio signal from the T-coupler into the input T-coil of the hearing aid earpiece.

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