Meaning & use
T-coil loop system
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Meaning
nouncountabletechnical
An assistive setup in which a wire loop around a room sends sound as a magnetic signal straight to the telecoil inside a hearing aid.
Grammar: Countable: a T-coil loop system, installed loop systems.
Patterns
- a T-coil loop system in something
The theater installed a T-coil loop system so people with hearing aids could hear the actors clearly.
Switch your hearing aid to the T setting to pick up the T-coil loop system in this church.
A T-coil loop system cuts out background noise that makes speech hard to follow.
Word forms
| plural | T-coil loop systems |
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Common combinations
- install a T-coil loop system
- The council agreed to install a T-coil loop system in the town hall.
- connect to a loop system
- Her aids connect to the loop system automatically.
- a T-coil loop system at the counter
- A T-coil loop system at the counter helps staff and customers.
- switch to the T setting
- Switch to the T setting when you enter the lecture hall.
Synonyms and how they differ
- hearing loop
- Hearing loop is the everyday name for the same technology and is the term used on public signs.
- induction loop
- Induction loop is the more technical name that describes how the signal is made.
- loop system
- Loop system is a shortened form that does not mention the receiver in the hearing aid.
Word family
- telecoil noun
- the small coil in a hearing aid that picks up the loop signal
- loop noun
- a ring or circuit of wire
- hearing aid noun
- a small device worn to help a person hear
Commonly confused: T-coil loop system or Bluetooth?
T-coil loop system vs Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a radio link needing pairing, whereas a T-coil loop works through a magnetic field with no pairing.
Practice
A hearing aid user in a theater switches to the T setting because the venue has a ___.
Choose one answer.
A T-coil loop system sends sound magnetically to the telecoil in a hearing aid. The other items do not carry audio to hearing aids.
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