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Open Letter About “ADA-Access-Ready” Hearing Instruments

(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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2025 article, Helping People Hear Anywhere with Telecoils and Auracast (Canadian Audiologist)

Cover Article. 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 capabilities of hearing instruments for years

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2024 U.S. Declaration, ADA-Access-Ready Hearing Instruments: Auracast™ and Telecoils

(5 pages) To guide the critical changes needed, the Center for Hearing Access has issued a new 2024 United States Declaration, “ADA-Access-Ready Hearing Instruments: Auracast™ and Telecoils.” This timely statement comes on the heels of 16 years of national and international documents, and gives specific actions that have not been specified before. Resources: Declaration, Word

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