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    • Why?
    • TEDx: “What you don’t know about hearing aids”
    • FAQ-Assistive Listening Systems
    • Hearing Loss Info
      • Hearing Aids & Hearing Loss Info
      • Hearing Loss Statistics
    • Personal Stories
    • Vignettes-Loop People/Places
    • What Does Asst Listening Sound Like?
  • Users
    • TEDx: “What you don’t know about hearing aids”
    • Find Assistive Listening (ALS)
      • Places Required to have ALS
      • Hearing Loops-USA & Canada Lists
      • Google Maps
    • How to Use
      • Telecoils Info
      • Borrowed Equipment
      • Telecoils in Hearing Aids
      • Telecoils in Cochlear Implants
    • Tools, Feedback, Complaints
      • Advocacy Toolkits
      • Complaints-Where to File
      • Google Reviews
      • Templates-Inquiries and complaints
  • Sites
    • TEDx: “What you don’t know about hearing aids”
    • Places Required to have ALS
    • Funding
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    • Graphics-Signage
    • Like the Mic
    • Surveys-Compliance & Preferences
    • Templates for staff
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    • Declarations-Telecoils and Auracast
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    • Lists of Hearing Loops in USA
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    • Google Maps-Find Hearing Loops
    • Troubleshooting & Technical
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      • Diagrams
      • Counter Hearing Loops
      • Home TV Rooms, Hearing Loop
      • Specialty (elevators, floor mats, etc.)
      • Temporary Hearing Loops
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  • Other Systems
    • Comparison of Different Assistive Listening Systems
    • Audio Over Wi-Fi
    • Auracast Streamed Asst. Listening
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    • Surveys of Site Compliance
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