Colorado-Assistive Listening Systems
Learn where you can hear better with your hearing aids, cochlear implants, and borrowed headphones using hearing loops, FM/RF, and infrared systems throughout Colorado. And it’s the mighty telecoil that wirelessly connects you!
Colorado Lists-Assistive Listening Systems
In Colorado, there are 900+ assistive listening systems already installed in libraries, theaters, council chambers, event spaces, courtrooms, places of worship, senior centers, and more.
- Types of places you can find assistive listening systems (this website)
- Boulder County list of FM, infrared, and hearing loop systems. Boulder pdf. Word version also available-please email us.
- Colorado State Capitol. Assistive Listening Systems. 2 versions: Capitol pdf and Capitol Word
- Colorado statewide list of known assistive listening systems (hearing loops, FM/RF, and infrared). Working draft, incomplete list. Please email us.
Colorado Lists-Hearing Loops
Hearing loops are preferred by consumers for their ease of use and no ‘outing’ of the hearing loss disability. Hence this section
- Colorado Hearing Loop List (Colorado pdf version) and (Colorado Word version)
- List of hearing loops in other US States and Canadian provinces (this website)
- New Colorado hearing loop installations (this website)
- Colorado Media on hearing loops in Colorado (this website)
Getting Started with Hearing Loops
- Steps for installation (this website)
- Colorado hearing loop installers (this website). Usually they offer a complimentary site visit and estimate
Colorado Hearing Loop Map
- Click on the icon (top left-hand corner in map’s title bar) see the key for the map.
- Click on the upper right corner to open in a new window. (or click for the map in new browser tab).
Colorado Hearing Loss Statistics
- Statistics of hearing loss in Colorado (graph of the image above, one page, pdf)
Consumer Handouts
How the hyperlinks work:
- image or title -> opens a new webpage with more information
- download icon at bottom -> direct download
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Assistive Listening DEVICE vs. Assistive Listening SYSTEM: What is the Difference?
(2 pages) Assistive Listening DEVICES, also called personal amplifiers, are …
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(2-page) handout. What to expect with purchasing hearing aids: hearing …
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(2 pages) People with hearing loss often struggle to understand …
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Telecoil instructions (1 page) to take to your audiologist or …
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(2 pages) Why You Need Both Bluetooth and Telecoils. By …
Articles
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(March 4, 2025) Thanks to a new assistive listening system …
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(November 2025) We, as two hard of hearing patrons, recently …
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(1 page, pdf) Excerpt It is very helpful to clearly …
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Colorado Resources
- Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)-Colorado Chapters (website) Information, education, support, and advocacy.
- Colorado Disability Opportunity Office (website). Point of contact for state agencies, private sector organizations, and the public to advance the integration and inclusion of the disability community.
- Requesting accommodation for Colorado Courts (webpage, State of Colorado)
- Colorado Division of Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind (website). 1) Requesting CART in rural areas and 2) communications resources and tools, such as amplified and captioned phones, smartphones, and tablets, as well as ring signalers and neckloops or headsets and specialized equipment at no charge to qualified persons with hearing loss.
- Relay Colorado. No-cost captions for consumers during conference calls.
Colorado Laws
- Colorado Laws
- 30-day return policy for hearing aids House Bill 20-1219
- SB25-152: Health-Care Practitioner Identification Requirements. Beginning June 1, 2026, this bill requires advertisements for healthcare-related services that identify a healthcare practitioner by name must also identify the type of state-issued license, certificate, or registration held by the practitioner. Read the actual SB25-152 bill
- Colorado DORA (Department of Regulatory Agencies)
- Colorado consumer protection issues. Talk with your audiologist or hearing instrument professional to answer your questions, such as telecoils or using assistive listening systems. If you have a concern, it is likely you will get it resolved with your hearing healthcare professional. However, if you cannot, the State of Colorado can help with consumer protection issues
- SUPREME COURT OF COLORADO, Office of the Chief Justice, Juror Service for Hearing-Impaired People
Colorado Complaints Resources
- Complaint resources
- Templates. Copy, paste, and adapt templates for submitting a complaint, positive feedback, or constructive feedback.
- Places to file
- General overview. Where to submit formal feedback about problems (this website)
- Civil rights: disability discrimination in public accommodations. Colorado Civil Rights Division (website) Deadline to submit: 60-day time limit from incident date
- Simple form: 1) contact info, 2) what type of disability (“hearing impairment” with optional details-you are NOT required to disclose your medical history), 3) what happened (statement of discrimination), and 4) how you would like to resolve the complaint. You can upload attachments (optional).
- Learning about the process
- Free monthly webinars “Public Accommodation 101” (1.5 hours)
- FAQ
- About Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), mediation and conciliation
- Video, How to File an Intake Inquiry Online (5:31)
- Video, The complaint process: how it works (12:05) Explanation of mediation at 4:41
- United States Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado. Civil Rights
Contact
- Email: info@chaShedd.org