The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of telecoil programming on word recognition performance and listener satisfaction when listening in an induction loop system. Each subject was tested using IEEE sentences in quiet and in noise in three hearing aid configurations (programmed microphone, default telecoil and programmed telecoil). In addition, each subject was asked to rate satisfaction for each listening condition. Evaluation of word recognition results and satisfaction ratings suggest that programming a telecoil is beneficial to patients.