How to Use Borrowed Equipment From the Site
How do you operate borrowed equipment for assistive listening systems? Who is responsible for what aspects? Below are graphics, a video, and some written information to get you started. Try it out and learn by doing also works!
Responsibilities
- Under the ADA to provide equal access, the site (venue, facility, organization, institution) provides the assistive listening system and equipment at NO charge.
- It is the responsibility of the audiologist and hearing instrument specialist to fit, verify, and educate patients about telecoil use in their hearing aids and cochlear implants.
To use hearing loops:
- With hearing aids or cochlear implants that have a telecoil, NO equipment is needed. Just switch to your telecoil program (this website). This is one of many reasons why users prefer and love hearing loops! Easy!
- Without hearing aids or hearing aids without a telecoil, borrow a receiver and or headphones. Or, you can borrow a receiver and bring your own wired headphones with a 3.5 mm jack.
- Watch a YouTube video “How to Use a Hearing Loop” (5:41, webpage) by Thunder Hearing (webpage)
To use an FM/RF or Infrared (IR) system
- With hearing aids or cochlear implants that have a telecoil, borrow a receiver and neckloop. Switch to your telecoil program (this website). All about neckloops (this website)
- Without hearing aids or hearing aids without a telecoil program (this website), borrow a receiver and headphones. Or, you can borrow a receiver and bring your own wired headphones with a 3.5 mm jack.
Some sites are not aware they they are required to have neckloops on hand, based on the capacity of the room.
Related Info
Using your telecoils with the site’s equipment:
- Hearing aids (this website)
- Cochlear implants (this website)
Telecoil, Audiologists/hearing instruments specialist info
- Telecoil info (this website)
- Audiologist and hearing instrument specialist info (this website)
Troubleshooting
- The minimum quantities of the receivers, headphones, and neckloops that always need to be on hand is based on the capacity of the site. Online Receivers calculator Northwest ADA Center (webpage).
- FM/RF and IR (this website)
- Hearing Loops (this website)