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People with hearing loss can dream of a future when hearing
aids might also serve as wireless loudspeakers, delivering
clear, customized sound from inside their
ears. They can dream of communities where worship places, auditoriums,
business windows, and home TV rooms all broadcast
their sound through these in-the-ear loudspeakers.
Thanks to the refinement of "induction loop"
systems--which magnetically transmit sound to hearing aids
and cochlear implants with telecoils (T-coils)-- that future can be now!
To experience a hearing loop sound demonstration, click here.
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| Why
are assistive listening systems needed?...more
Why
are hearing loops the preferred assistive learning system?
Unlike other assistive listening systems, loop systems broadcast
to hearing aids...more
What
hearing aids have telecoils and can receive loop broadcasts?
Most hearing aids and all new cochlear implants now come with inexpensive telecoil
sensors...more
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What
do loop systems cost? And where can we order one?...more
What
are examples of looped venues?
See lists of looped facilities in West Michigan. Initiatives are also promoting the technology in Wisconsin, Arizona, New
Mexico, Rochester (NY), Silicon Valley, and New York City.
What
are common concerns and FAQs about loop systems?
Click here.
Is there a hearing loops discussion board? Yes, here.
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Britain's Royal
National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) notes
that "Induction loops are vital to ensure accessibility
for hearing aid wearers," and offers suggestions for
installing and checking them.
For more endorsements of hearing aid compatible
assistive listening, see here.
Articles and Media:
Nontechnical information on hearing aid compatible assistive listening has been authored or produced by
- Scientific
American (2010), the Chicago Tribune (2010 front page), and NPR's Science Friday (2010, with sound demos).
- Hearingloop.org creator, David Myers, in the Hearing
Review (2010, PDF),in blog
entries for the Better Hearing Institute, and in two dozen
other articles.
- Denise
Portis, offering an eloquent first-person
story (PDF).
- California audiologist Bill
Diles, who describes how his installation of more than
1600 home TV room loops has benefitted his patients and
his practice.
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