(Postcard, 4/page) 5 actions audiologists and hearing instrument specialists can take to fit and educate patients for ADA-Access-Ready hearing instruments (ones with telecoils and Auracast) 8.5 x 11 cardstock (4.25 x 5.5 cards) www.tinyurl.com/AuD-Postcard 28550 10145
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(April 10, 2025) Audiologist and hearing advocate Juliëtte Sterkens, AuD, says that although Auracast holds great promise for the future, it will take time and some specific provisions before hearing aid users and others fully benefit from it. Until then, existing systems like loop systems will continue to be important as they are far more
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(April 2025) Hearing Health Foundation, by Whyman. “ADA-Access-Ready” hearing instruments will require: 1) Both telecoil and Auracast connectivity and 2) single button access to assistive listening. I have found that the vast majority of patients are shockingly unaware they have the right and option to hear more clearly in public and private places. And why
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(23 Mar 2025) by Richard Pocker, Facebook post. The technology and infrastructure for Auracast are not yet ready. When I upgraded my external processor to a Cochlear Nucleus 8 in December 2023, the promise of being “Auracast-ready” was compelling. Auracast was touted as the future. The industry proclaimed, “Telecoils are dead. Long live Auracast.” Yet,
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(1 page) “ADA-Access-Ready” Hearing Instruments Recently, some providers are erroneously telling patients they don’t need/no longer need telecoils – “Auracast is coming.” Auracast is promising, but it will take time before it becomes commonplace, with limited availability of 1) Auracast-compatible hearing instruments and 2) publicly installed Auracast installations. Also, it’s problematic because, ironically, if users don’t
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(1 page) Today, we at the Center for Hearing Access, are deeply concerned about users/patients being able to easily connect their hearing devices to ALL assistive listening systems. These include current and future technologies: hearing loops, FM/RF, infrared, and Auracast. As you know, assistive listening systems are covered in the United States by the Americans with
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(Feb. 11, 2025) by Whyman. It took 25 years to learn about assistive listening systems, which started my advocacy. I have found that people with hearing loss are shockingly unaware they have the right and option to hear more clearly in public and private places. A Push for ‘ADA-Access-Ready’ Hearing Devices
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(1 page) We are unequivocally advocating for manufacturers to produce and providers to fit “ADA-Access-Ready” hearing instruments that connect to ADA assistive listening systems via telecoil (hearing loops, FM, and infrared), and in the future, potentially Auracast technologies. These fully “ADA-Access-Ready” hearing instruments will require: Both telecoil and Auracast connectivity embedded in the hearing instruments,
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(3 pages) Two lists of hearing instruments that are ADA-compatible devices: 1) telecoils and 2) telecoils and Auracast. Current need: Telecoils connect to ADA-compliant assistive listening systems (hearing loops, FM, infrared), now and years into the future. Future need: In the next 5-7 years, if you decide to purchase new hearing instruments, consider adding Auracast
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(Cover Article, January 2025) by Sterkens and Whyman. Auracast has certainly been in the news lately, making it seem ready to deliver. Over time, users/patients will benefit from built-in Auracast in those same hearing devices as these stand-alone 2.4 GHz transmitters become more commonplace. But today, hearing loops, FM/RF, IR, and telecoils will extend the
