When using a strange telephone, it is necessary to adjust its positioning in reference to the hearing aid and listen for the clearest and loudest signal. For some reason, most phones seem to require a slightly different orientation. A telephone amplifier can be used in conjunction with the telecoil for those people with the most severe hearing losses. This is necessary with children when inductively coupling the hearing aid to an FM or IR system through a neckloop, but it may also be useful for adults who, while receiving an FM or Infra-Red transmission, also occasionally wish to engage someone else in conversation. The range of telephone possibilities that now exist, with and without telecoils, is so great that no person need be deprived of effective telephone communication.
Chances are the situation can be improved.