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Hearing aids are extremely helpful for most day to day activities, however there are certainly more challenging listening situations that may require additional help. An Assistive Listening Device (ALD) is an instrument that can be used alone or in conjunction with your hearing aids to provide assistance in those rather tough environments. 

There are a variety of ALD’s available which provide you with the ability to directly connect your hearing aid to cellular telephones, personal FM systems, computers, stereos, television, MP3 players, as well as Loop Induction systems.  You would need to speak with your Hearing Healthcare Professional to choose the device that is best suited for your listening needs.
Your Widex hearing aids can be coupled to an ALD either through use of the telecoil (T-coil) or Direct Audio Input (DAI).
The telecoil is a feature in your aid that detects a magnetic induction field. Through the telecoil, the hearing aid picks up the inductive, magnetic field generated by a specific device (neckloop or loop induction field) and transmits the information through the hearing aid and then into the ear.
Direct Audio Input (DAI) consists of a “boot” that attaches to your behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid. A device plugs into the “boot” which in turn delivers the sound directly to your hearing aid(s). Most Widex BTE hearing aids (with the exception of the m-series and Passion series) are compatible with both T-coil and DAI. Most custom hearing aids --in-the-canal (ITC), half shell and full shell-- have a telecoil.
Please refer to the individual sections for more information about specific ALD’s and your hearing aids.
 
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