Using the telephone with hearing aids is a topic that comes up often during appointments. So we’ve put together our top solutions to make phone conversation clearer and to avoid any whistling.

There is currently no charge for Home Visits if:

1. If you have an ongoing support plan with Broom Reid & Harris, and
2. You live within Devon or Cornwall (some parts of Somerset and Dorset may also be covered), and
3. You can see us on one of the days we have scheduled for your area.

There may be a charge for a home visits where:

1. You want us to consultation you on a day we do not normally carry out home visits in your area.
2. For the installation/demonstration of an assistive listening device.
3. You do not have an ongoing support contract with us.
4. If you agree to an appointment but are not there when we arrive.

You may have come across the term 'Loop' or 'Telecoil' or 'Induction Coupler' or 'T Setting'. They all relate to the same thing (although there are technical differences).

So what is it and when is it useful, and how can you tell if you have one?

This article explains more, and shows how the telecoil can help overcome problems hearing over a distance or on the phone.

Watching TV (including DVDs and Videos) and listening to music is the main activity in the UK after sleep and work. It takes up a huge amount of our time, and it's usually because of the TV that people notice they're not hearing as well as they used to: volume goes up, and friends and family start complaining we have it on too loud.

This article explains why TV listening can be difficult, and how to watch TV at a volume that won't annoy anyone else.

Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) describe equipment other than hearing aids that can be used to help someone overcome difficulties with hearing. Sometimes they are used with hearing aids. Sometimes instead of hearing aids.

In this article we look at different types of ALDs, including amplified phones, personal listening devices, TV Listeners and more.