And I think I recall that Motorola used to market a phone, since
discontinued, that included hearing aid support. This is the primary issue
that's sort of kept me on the fence with respect to getting a cell phone--I
wear aids in both ears.

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Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: hearing aids and cell phones


Samsung will work with you on a cell if you have a hearing aide, it says so
right on the web site, they strongly recommend flip phones as that gets the
antenna a little away from your hearing aide.
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Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 4:03 PM
Subject: hearing aids and cell phones


>I just wanted to clarify a comment I made yesterday.  When I said that
>there
> should be no problem with cells and hearing aids I was refering to the
> cell's
> transmitter.  Despite what the law and manufacturers say many cells simply
> do
> not work with hearing aids.  I believe this to be more of a problem when
> both
> the cell and the hearing aid are digital but it is a real problem and
> Don's
> suggestion to try any cell you'
> re considering with your hearing aid is an excellent one and the only one
> I know
> of to effectively deal with the problem.
>
> Tom
>
>
> Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>