A telephone handset that includes both a speaker and a secondary flux coil
is provided. The secondary flux coil provides improved inductive coupling
between the handset and a hearing aid. Due to the wiring configuration of
the handset, the speaker and the secondary flux coil can be independently
filtered, thus providing means for independently optimizing the
performance of both the speaker and the secondary flux coil. Suitable
filters include both passive circuits and digital signal processors.