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Holding your phone when your hearing device is in microphone or telecoil mode

This is the first video in an 8-part video series on telecommunications for hearing device users. Each of the videos is captioned. If the captions are not visible when you start the video, click on the Closed Caption (CC) icon.

This topic includes how to position the phone appropriately while wearing a hearing device and listening using the microphone or telecoil. Despite the fact that there are more and more ways to listen to phone calls using a hearing device, many people want to listen over their phones by holding the phones to their ears. With a small amount of training, you can optimize the position of any phone to have the best listening experience possible.

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