More FM questions!

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Funny that this thread has come up, as we are going through an FM problem week

too.

Our son, , uses the Campus S. (We used to have the Handy Mic, but the aerial

that hung down from the bottom kept

getting kinks in it, so the reception wasn't great. Also it had no mute button,

so it was either on - fine- or off -horrible

static). The Easy Link/Smart Link isn't provided free in the UK (Campus S is).

Anyhow, the Campus S is fine. We use the

lapel mic (teachers hated the boom, and made it difficult for to lip read).

However, I have noticed 2 major priblems in

the last week

(1) Horrible horrible static when we turn it on for about 2-3 minutes. And then

after that a sort of background hiss while it is

working. Our TOD thinks it might be the aerial that is the problem. She is

putting a new one on the machine on Monday (and

I have, of course, now ordered spares). Has anyone come across this problem?

(2) The Phonak Superos uses have a problem with weakening battery doors.

When the doors get loose, the boots

don't fit so well, so we have been getting static/loss of connection. I have

replaced the hearing aids (I love socialised

medicine: here in the UK, you get HA free and I had ours replaced yesterday in

10 minutes!) and also the boots. That

solved the cutting out noise, but not the hiss (see above). Do others have that

problem too? I am considering buying the I-

Link for because it has the internal FM, so we wouldn't have problems with

bad connections. Anyone using those? I am

reluctant to get them, as they aren't provided free, and not only would that

mean a big outlay of cash, but it would also

mean no more 10 minute replacements (I would have to order them from a private

audiologist). However, if they are really a

massive improvement, it would be worth it to avoid having this static problem.

Any ideas?

Felicity (Mom to , 4, profound SNHL, Phonak Superos).