(August 27, 2025) A new Bluetooth® capability known as Auracast™ stands to improve accessibility for people with hearing loss, though it’s still in early stages of adoption. A hearing loss advocate weighs in on the benefits—and limitations—of this broadcast audio technology. Interview with Dr. Juliëtte Sterkens, AuD.
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(June 2025) “…even a top-of-the-line hearing aid can provide only a subpar listening experience in comparison. ‘It (a telecoil) augments what that hearing aid can do—that the hearing aid simply cannot do any other way.’ ” “What’s the key hearing aid feature to ask your audiologist or hearing aid dispenser for these situations? A telecoil.
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(1 page) Auracast is an emerging technology and there are items to still work out, so advocacy, asking for proof, and understanding the current status is important. Auracast™ Streamed Assistive Listening Systems has many potential capabilities.
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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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(March 23, 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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(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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(1 page, pdf) Changes Needed to Access ADA Assistive Listening Systems. Includes a) quotes from frustrated users with hearing loss b) quotes from frustrated audiologists c) summary of “ADA-Access-Ready Hearing Instruments” Resources Overview, Word document version (.docx) Right click and then select “save as” Declaration (this website)
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(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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(November 7, 2024) James Bottrill, UK Business Development Manager at Ampetronic, gave a talk on Auracast™ and the Future of Assistive Listening, exploring new developments in assistive listening technologies. It was one of 3 talks at the “Get Ahead 2024: A Look Back at ISCVE’s Annual Event” November 7, 2024. ISCVE’s annual Get Ahead 2024
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