[misc.handicap] Induction loops

Eric.Bohlman@f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org (Eric Bohlman) (09/05/90)

Index Number: 10077

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Here's how a loop (either the little one on an ALD or the big one on a PA 
system) works:  The loop is a coil of wire which carries an 
audio-frequency signal.  The signal produces a varying magnetic field, 
which gets picked up by the (smaller) coil in a hearing aid.  It's almost 
like radio transmission, except that the signal can only be picked up by 
coils located inside of the loop (I think this is because the coil 
produces a magnetic field but not an electric field, but I could be 
wrong).

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