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From: Jack.O'keeffe@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jack O'keeffe)
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Subject: Re: HEARING AIDS
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Date: 4 Apr 91 19:36:47 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Hi Wayne,
You wrote Vixen about direct audio input (DAI) so I hafta get my
two cents in.  The ol' Telex aids I had were no longer adequate
(I insist the transistors were wearing out - couldn't be me :-)
So, since you last saw me, the VA issued a new Oticon power BTE
with DAI.  What a wonderful difference!  It's not wireless like
the Telex (there is a wire across the back of my head from the
dead side).  But this gives it a connection for a DAI boot.

I have a nice little directional microphone, and wires to connect
most any other sound source to the DAI jack. Ret likes it because
we can now communicate when I'm driving the car.  I still need to
see face to understand everything - but this is a BIG help.

I recognize that what works for me won't help everyone, but I'm
enthusiastic about DAI and my new Oticon.  I think that the old
Telex had a better T-coil though, so I'm hanging on to it.

I hope you received the information I sent on the ANSI A117
standard, and I hope you will send comments to them.  I get the
feeling that the majority of the ANSI committee thinks "access"
means nothing more than getting people in wheelchairs in and out
of buildings.  They are now attempting to get the A117 standard
and BCMC scoping accepted in lieu of the ATBCB guidelines.
If that happens, we lose most of what we hoped for under ADA.

The Congress Giveth - the regulation writers take away!

... Xpress Yourself!

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