Museums

Statute of liberty, outside view
Statue of Liberty, New York. Read about the multiple exhibits with hearing loops below
9/11 Museum, New York. Overhead hearing loop drive audio for each exhibit to telecoils in hearing aids/implants. Photo credit: Audio Directions
Flour Tower-Mill City Museum. Sign on wall
Mill City Museum, Flour Tower, Minnesota
Photo of counter hearing loop at service desk
TIllamook Air Museum, Oregon
Staff person standing behind the counter hearing loop at the entrance.
Clyfford Still Museum, Colorado
handheld audio tour device focusing on the jack for earphones
Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, Nebraska. Handheld audio tour, showing where a neckloop could be added.

Other Hearing Loops

Statue of Liberty

Hearing every word at the Statue of Liberty museum

The Museum wanted to create a listening environment where visitors could move seamlessly from one exhibit to another, hearing the correct playback in each area, without the need for additional equipment. Each exhibit was looped thereby allowing guests to move about and enjoy listening to the numerous exhibits with ease.

See photos and read about the multiple hearing loops at the exhibits and the planning and coordination of the project. Article in AV Magazine (webpage). Installation by North East Hearing

“True accessibility offers an equal experience for everyone,” said Meyrav. “Hearing loss is a ‘hidden’ disability because people often don’t disclose they have it. With a clearly identifiable hearing loop system, they don’t have to. They can listen with parity and discretion.”

Statue of Liberty hearing loop wires for numerous exhibits,
Statue of Liberty hearing loop wires for numerous exhibits. Photo credit: North East Hearing.
Wires for phased array at the Statue of Liberty.
Statue of Liberty-hearing loop using a phased array design. Photo credit: North East Hearing.

Possible Assistive Listening System Locations

These systems should be available during a variety of settings, to provide accommodations for individuals with hearing loss.

  • Entry/Ticket Desk/Points of Sale/Customer Service: a built-in counter hearing loop
  • Theater or classroom space or an installation space that regularly has an audio feed with guests listening: installed hearing loop, likely a “phased array” layout depending on the room size. The spaces could also use an FM system.
  • Guided tours: mobile FM tour guide systems with receivers that folks can use either headphones or neckloops for those who have telecoils in their hearing aids/cochlear implants.
  • Handheld audio tours. Neckloops are available for those who have telecoils in their hearing aids/cochlear implants.

Resources