Hearing Clearly

audience with a man holding a microphone

Assistive listening systems bring clarity by minimizing the negative effects of distance, noise, and reverberation.

5 quotes from users about hearing loops

73 Million

People with Hearing Loss in USA (1 in 5)

Assistive Listening Systems

What Assistive Listening Means- compilation of individual responses
What Assistive Listening Means to Me
Phased array hearing loop illustration
Illustration of a hearing loop, where a person with a hearing loss can sit anywhere and have clear speech. In addition, there are four additional assistive listening technologies.
TEDxOshkosh and photo of Juliëtte Sterkens

Over 1.1 MILLION views for Audiologist Juliëtte Sterkens’ TEDx Oshkosh talk, “What you don’t know about hearing aids.”  Less than 1% of TEDx talks reach this milestone. Have you watched it?

ADA-Access-Ready” Hearing Instruments

Models of hearing aids and cochlear implants that allow you to connect to assistive listening systems, so you can hear clearly in public, anywhere in the world.

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(3 pages) Two lists of hearing instruments that are ADA-compatible …
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(April 2025) Hearing Health Foundation, by Whyman. “ADA-Access-Ready” hearing instruments …
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(August 27, 2025) A new Bluetooth® capability known as Auracast™ …
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(June 2025) “…even a top-of-the-line hearing aid can provide only …

About The Center for Hearing Access

As a national nonprofit, we provide advocacy tools, ADA info, videos, presentations, and vendor lists for all ADA-compliant assistive listening systems (hearing loops, FM/RF, infrared, and, anticipated in the future, Auracast streamed assistive listening) for people with hearing loss, advocates, audiologists, and facility staff.