Loop Oregon. June 2024. Findings: Only 16% of businesses reported having an assistive listening system of any kind.
The Loop Oregon Committee conducted a survey of the 50 largest meeting facilities in the state, to learn how these 50 facilities accommodate people with hearing loss.
The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts in Eugene sponsors the Loop Oregon Committee. This volunteer committee is a group of people with hearing loss and their allies. We are working to ensure that people with hearing loss can participate fully in public places, i.e., as the ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] specifies, using the accommodations that allow them to hear as well as people with typical hearing.
Having received numerous anecdotal experiences, both positive and challenging, regarding hearing access in public meeting facilities, we were interested in testing these impressions more systematically and accurately.
Beginning in January 2024, using a 2023 list published by the Oregon Business Association of the 50 largest meeting facilities in the state, a subgroup of 5 members of the Loop Oregon Committee conducted a survey. We set out to learn how these 50 facilities accommodate people with hearing loss. Our plan was, first, to explore their websites for any information we could find, and then call each place and asked questions.
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