Summary
EFHOH's campaign against removing telecoils from hearing devices, reaffirmed at its 2025 annual general meeting, with calls to makers, hearing professionals, venues and policymakers.
Key findings
- States that "Auracast™ is not ready yet" and that removing telecoils now would cut people off from proven access in public places before newer features are integrated, widely available and affordable.
- Asks makers, policymakers and professionals to ensure telecoils and Auracast coexist for at least the next 10 to 15 years, and makers to keep telecoils so that users connect to loops "without the need for additional receivers".
- Asks venues and building planners to maintain existing hearing loops and assistive listening systems, and to consult hard-of-hearing organisations before refurbishment and installation plans.
- Asks policymakers to keep existing assistive listening systems in accessibility requirements until Auracast assistive listening has matured and has a large enough user base.
- Asks audiologists to explain both technologies, encourage devices with both, and activate telecoils and Auracast where devices have them.
Limits
A campaign statement without data. The date is the page's last update; the campaign began in October 2024 and was reaffirmed at the 2025 annual general meeting.
Read the original
efhoh.org/resources/campaigns/hands-off-our-telecoil
Cited in
- Should a venue keep its hearing loop when it adds Auracast, and can one system serve both?Partly answered
Cite this source
European Federation of Hard of Hearing People (EFHOH). Hands Off Our Telecoil! (campaign page). EFHOH. 15 July 2025. https://efhoh.org/resources/campaigns/hands-off-our-telecoil/ (accessed 9 October 2026).
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