
Mobile phones and hearing aids - FAQ
My work have supplied me with a Blackberry 7230 Enterprise, one of these all singing phones which allows me to connect to my office Microsoft outlook for working on the move. However, I am classed as profoundly deaf and wear 2 Siemans Prisma 2 D SP hearing aids which allow me to function as well as can be expected in my life and job. To allow full use of the Blackberry I am hoping that there is a connector that will allow the T Link system to work. I have tried it previously with a Nokia phone and it was excellent. I know that the blackberry does not have the holes corresponding to the Nokia I had before. In fact it appears to only have a USB style port connection into it. I am told there is a conventional hands free kit available for this model therefore I hope a suitable connector exists for my T Link. Unfortunately, the nature of my job means the Blackberry is now essential and cost dictates that 2 phones are not possible really. I would therefore appreciate your knowledge of the current status of T Link with Blackberry units.
Thanking you in anticipation of a reply at your earliest convenience and living in hope that the response will be positive.
Blackberrys are difficult to get information on but we believe it should have a 2.5mm socket to accept a T Link ‘Common Kit’ (95TLKC01B for a binaural T Link or 95TLKC01 for a monaural T Link). Apparently the socket should be on the side, so you can just use the T Link you already have.
You are correct, the binaural standard T Link plugs into the hole immediately above the USB port. These are both on the left side of the Blackberry. I have attached a very crude sketch of the location. The T Link is absolutely marvellous. The clarity of sound is superb. I really wish that landline phones had as good or similar loops. If there is I’ve never used it or a phone that comes anywhere near it.
Thank you for your assistance.
