56 57Using the telephoneAs telephones do not all work the same, youmay experience different results from differentphones. You can use many phones by simplyholding the receiver to your ear, without theneed to change to a dedicated telephoneprogram on your hearing aids. Remember tomove the handset slightly up or back to find theposition that sounds best to you.Depending on the phone type you use, yourhearing healthcare professional might haveselected a dedicated phone program on yourhearing aids. Your hearing aids may have anautomatic telephone program (easy-t feature),which automatically switches to a dedicatedtelephone program when a telephone receiveris brought close to one of your hearing aids. Youwill hear a short melody to indicate you are inthe telephone (easy-t) program.When the receiver is moved away from thehearing aid it will automatically return tothe previous listening program. If DuoLink isenabled on your hearing aids for the automatictelephone program, both hearing aids aresynchronized and the listening program forthe opposite ear will also change when theautomatic telephone program is activated.If the hearing aid does not switch to thetelephone program automatically when thetelephone receiver is placed in proximity, themagnet for easy-t hearing aids should beattached to the telephone receiver. The magnetis designed to strengthen the magnetic fieldat the ear piece of hearing aid compatibletelephones.