The City of Colorado Springs has done an excellent job promoting hearing loops-what they are, how to use, and availability. You can adapt this webpage, incorporate other information, and add any FM/RF or infrared system description. Title II entities. “Public entities are required to ensure that interested people, including people with vision or hearing impairments, […]
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(3/page, pdf) Learn how hearing loops work! Try out a loop at The Shedd! Hear speakers, music, and conversation clearly (even through Plexiglass!) Share questions with other hearing loop users. Holding our Sound Advice consistently on the “second Saturday” of each month from 10:00-11:30 am has allowed people to plan both drop-in and regular attendance.
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(3 pages) A variety of photos of hearing loops and sample positioning.
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Loop Oregon. June 2024. Findings: Only 16% of businesses reported having an assistive listening system of any kind. The Loop Oregon Committee conducted a survey of the 50 largest meeting facilities in the state, to learn how these 50 facilities accommodate people with hearing loss. The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts in Eugene
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(1 page) When explaining to “hearing” business people (Rotaries, Chambers of Commerce), this sheet helps to explain the simplicity of a counter hearing loop. Describing the invisible, somewhat magical, process can’t be seen but profoundly enhances hearing accessibility.” As advocates for this powerful, and empowering, tool everyone needs to be able to describe the essential,
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(20 pages) Beginning in 1994, a summary and excerpts of legislation and rulemaking for telecoils, assistive listening systems, and buildings. Last updated 2025. Additions and revisions are welcome.
(2 pages) Paragraph templates to describe your assistive listening system – easy to adapt for your webpage, as well as other promotional ideas. When an elevator is installed, no one asks how to use it. In comparison, when an Assistive Listening System (ALS) is installed, almost everyone will say, “Huh?” Accessible version for screen readers
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(3 pages) Easily compare 5 assistive listening systems, and have some guidelines to help people hear clearer today. For staff, choosing an ALS can be complex, often driven by marketing forces rather than actual user experience. For users, they often don’t realize that they need, and have the right to, an assistive listening system (ALS)
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