January 08, 2004

By: Sandra Ade
Website: http://www.1st-in-batteries.com

Nokia introduces new wireless phone accessory for hearing impaired

Nokia today announced the availability of a new Telecoil (T-coil) hearing aid compatible accessory designed specifically to provide improved communications for the hearing impaired. The new product works with Nokia 5100 or 6100 digital wireless phones and offers digital communications solutions to the more than two million T-coil hearing aid users in North America.

Inductive technology has been used for year in public areas such as auditoriums and concert halls to facilitate communications for the hard of hearing. Nokia has incorporated this technology into a personal accessory to offer digitally clear sound through a hearing aid for the first time. The new Nokia accessory is a mobile inductive Loopset that connects to Nokia's 5100 or 6100 series digital phones and works with hearing aids that contain a T-coil or T-switch.

Worn around the neck, the Loopset accessory attaches to the bottom of the phone. The T-coil shuts the microphone of the hearing aid off, so it becomes a receiver of the magnetic energy emitted by the Loopset. The T-coil then is able to convert those impulses to sound, thus eliminating background noise and improving the signal to noise ratio.

The Nokia LPS-1 Loopset was created by Nokia Design Engineer Mikko Haho, who has been hard of hearing since birth. In the past, when attempting to use a digital wireless handset, hearing impaired users experienced interference from the high-frequency electromagnetic signal emitted by digital phones. The interference - a "buzz" or "hum" in the hearing aid - made the use of a digital handset difficult. Inspired by his personal experience, Haho's solution now makes it possible for hearing-impaired people to use a digital mobile handset.

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