(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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(2 pages) by Jim Rau. This is an account of my experience requesting a hearing loop for the check in counter at my local Twin Ports VA Clinic in Superior WI. It describes VA’s responses, miscommunications, misunderstandings and bureaucratic detours and dead-ends. Chronologically it spans from about 2018 to June of 2021. The whole process
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(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
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(December 2024) This study explored clinicians’ perspectives on telecoils, including their approaches to patient education and the factors influencing their decision to implement telecoils in hearing aids. Assistive Listening Burwinkel, Justin R., et al. (February 2024) “Hearing Loops and Induction Coils: Improving SNR in Public Spaces.” Hearing Review 31, no. 2 pp 22–25. Alles, M.
(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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(February 2025) 52 pages, United Kingdom, RNID. Auracast has the potential to make the world more inclusive for all, transforming access to health, employment, transport, culture, and more. The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) report focuses on people who are deaf or have hearing loss, but there are several other groups who could
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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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(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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On the back of your counter hearing loop, either 1) tape this business card or 2) print on labels. Staff can learn and easily check that the counter hearing loop is properly working. The pdf is formatted for Avery business card #8871. If you need another format, please ask.
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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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