Videos-Hear the Difference with Assistive Listening

What do assistive listening systems sound like?  Listen for yourself. Compare the audio with and without a hearing loop (FM and IR systems sound similar).

People with hearing loss and other disabilities need adequate volume (not soft, not overly loud) and CLARITY. 

Lady Gaga at Coachella (less than 2 min)

Lecture at senior center (1 min)

Church (1 min)

Subway (less than 2 min)

Lecture (less than 1 min)

Music (less than 1 minute)

Airport gate waiting area (20 seconds)

Starkey Synchronous recordings (each less than 2 min)

Audio clips: City Hall, Historic chapel, airport baggage claim, airport ticketing area, and information desk.

Starkey has developed a system that allows for researchers to make recordings that are taken simultaneously from both a hearing aid microphone and telecoil while the user listens in different environments where hearing loop systems are present. Each recording is split in two, with the first half being taken from the hearing aid microphone, and the second half being taken from the hearing aid induction coil, which picks up a hearing loop system.

Starkey’s research on hearing loops (collection of research, articles, posters on Zotero online library)

Subway ticket counter (1:55)

Train car (1:24)

Conference, two separate videos: IN the Hearing loop (top) and OUT of the hearing loop (bottom) [each less than one minute]

Resources

Zotero online library of additional videos

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