Postcard: Hear Here (HLAA)
(2 pages) A 4×6 postcard that you can print for users/guests/patrons/members to pick up.
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Tell your story of your ALS (Hope College Hearing Loops)
(6 pages) Tell the story of your assistive listening system with photos to promote hearing accessibility availability with users. Through its looping of auditoriums and larger lecture halls, Hope College has become a model for campus hearing accessibility. Its hearing loops enable people with hearing aids or cochlear implants to receive sound delivered magnetically directly
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50% Ticket discount on a performance to “Try out the hearing loop”
(3 per page, pdf) Coupons used at The Shedd. “I have a donor who will pick up 50% of the cost of a ticket for new patrons. We call it our “Let Me Introduce You” program. It makes for great promotion with low cost. I send coupons to whoever I am targeting with a special
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How to Find EMI (Contacta, McKinley)
(2 pages) Electromagnetic Interference (EMI). Why is EMI important? Hearing loops and neckloops used in FM/IR can pick up EMI and create a buzz or hum. Low and medium levels can be managed. However, higher EMI levels usually indicate a problem that cannot be corrected by the facility owner quickly. Sometimes an electrician or other
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The Telecoil-Connecting Directly to Sound-Still True (AAA)
(2 pages) Telecoils connect to assistive listening required by the ADA. A telecoil can make a dramatic difference in your ability to hear clearly and understand dialogue.
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Consumer Guide for Purchasing Prescription Hearing Aids (NY)
(2 pages) You don’t hear well and you’ve decided to do something about it. You have many unanswered questions: • Do you need a hearing aid? • Where do you go to get your hearing evaluated? • What kind of hearing aid should you buy? • Will a hearing aid restore normal hearing?
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Should You, as an Audiologist, Wait for Auracast
(2 pages) 3/29/24. by Juliëtte Sterkens, AuD. My short answer to the original audiologist: Consumers need to hear today. The library should install a hearing loop now and, down the road, add an Auracast transmitter. Email me at jsterkens@hearingloss.org, and I will gladly provide further information for you or the staff member.
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2023 Loops to remain essential assistive listening for many years as Bluetooth development progresses [IHLMA]
(2 pages) New technologies are under development in the assistive listening sector which aim to create alternative listening experiences in public places for those with hearing loss. Auracast Bluetooth is an emerging technology that is intended to give everyone listening to broadcast sound a personalised experience. Assuming that it works properly, it will require the
Comparison of Large Area Assistive Listening Systems [HLAA]
(8-pages, pdf) Wireless Technologies, How They Work, Advantages and Disadvantages. Today there are three basic wireless technologies available that are used in public areas such as government agencies, community centers, lecture halls, movie theaters, live theater, concerts, etc. Each of these systems uses a different method of sound transmission: 1. hearing loops 2. Frequency Modulation
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Are You Hearing Everything You Could? [HLAA]
(4-pages, pdf) Describes 3 assistive listening systems and other devices. An assistive listening system (ALS) or assistive listening device (ALD) bridges the gap between you and the sound source by eliminating the effects of distance, background noise and reverberation. They can bypass challenging acoustics by sending sound directly to the person’s hearing instrument.
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