"Bill Brannick" wrote in message
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As another confirming moment in my life, next week I will be fitted
for hearing aids.

My wife wears a HA and had no trouble using her older Cellphone, even the
new one worked FB until the local systems switched to Digital Service. If
she uses it in the country-side where it is still Analog Service there is no
problem !

The problem is- in the city, all new Cellphones automatically default
to the Digital Mode !

The only answer available is to revert to using an analog service only
Cellphone! Thank God for EBay

I think the only real solution is somewhat similar to TTY for the deaf
.. Legislation ,mandating the availability of an ANALOG service channel on
all Cell-nets as a Legacy Mode for the Hard of hearing . Apparently there
is no simple solution to the Envelope Modulation interference caused to
Hearing-Aids by the Digital Mode of Operation. It would be relatively
simple to require the owner of the Analog-Mode Cell-phone to show a hearing
aid at the time the phone is activated, a procedure that requires the
presensce of the obsolete analog Cell-phone and presumed operator to
interact with a representative of the Cellphone Network.

The operators of the Cellphone Networks would love to eliminate the
bandwidth hogging Analog Channels, but there seems no simple solution .
Inductive Neckloops seem a sloppy solution to a technicalogic problem..

Digital Cellphones and Digital service are NOT compatable with Hearing
Aids!

Yukio YANO

VE5YS