If a student wears hearing aid(s) or cochlear implant, they may still need additional HAT / sound amplification for particular situations or settings. A common question that is asked is how does the Sound Amplifications System work with hearings aids or cochlear implants? There are several things you will need to identify:

1. Most audiologists want to consider the age of the student in regards to how the AT is paired with hearing aids or cochlear implant. All sound amplification systems can be paired with the built in telecoil feature, but some audiologists have a preference on age appropriateness of using telecoil. If that is the case, there are other receiver options, such an audio boot that fits directly into the hearing aid or implant. It fits over the end of the hearing aid to allow a different input signal from the normal hearing aid microphone. 

2. If it is an older student, using the telecoil feature can be very useful. The question to ask is: does the individual's hearing aid or implant have telecoil, or commonly referred to as T-Coil? This most likely will need to be asked to the Audiologist.

3. If so, how do you turn them on? Every manufacturer, and every device may have a different method. This most likely will need to be asked to the Audiologist.

4. Once you have the answer to each of these, you can then use a Sound Amplification Device, such as a Phonak Inspiro with a Mylink Receiver, that has a neckloop. The neckloop allows the sound to be magnetically transferred  directly into the hearing aid or cochlear implant.

*** It is always important to consult with the audiologist or manufacture for more specific details and special circumstances.