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Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) and Other Helpful Accessories
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ALDs are "binoculars for the ears" and may benefit people with residual hearing. They are intended to augment various audio systems, from public address systems to your home television, by providing signals directly to an individual with special receivers or their own hearing aids.
Approximately 30% of hearing aids in use today are equipped with a telecoil. This is an optional feature that couples directly with hearing aid compatible telephones and assistive listening devices, improving intelligibility in noisy situations, poor acoustical environments and at long distances from the speaker.
There are 3 types of wireless ALDs: audioloop, FM and infrared. All three types can be used with or without hearing aids and can be used with an array of receiver attachments depending on the end user's various needs and preferences. Some popular attachments are neckloops, silhouette inductors, and headphones among others.
ALDs may be installed in large areas, may be portable for personal use, or may work directly with the hearing aids.
Other assistive technology that may benefit people with hearing loss include alerting devices, such as special smoke detectors, doorbells, telephone ring signalers, telephones and alarm clocks. Assistive technologies may produce loud signals, visual signals or tactile signals. Television captioning also provides a great benefit.
Approximately 30% of hearing aids in use today are equipped with a telecoil. This is an optional feature that couples directly with hearing aid compatible telephones and assistive listening devices, improving intelligibility in noisy situations, poor acoustical environments and at long distances from the speaker.
There are 3 types of wireless ALDs: audioloop, FM and infrared. All three types can be used with or without hearing aids and can be used with an array of receiver attachments depending on the end user's various needs and preferences. Some popular attachments are neckloops, silhouette inductors, and headphones among others.
ALDs may be installed in large areas, may be portable for personal use, or may work directly with the hearing aids.
Other assistive technology that may benefit people with hearing loss include alerting devices, such as special smoke detectors, doorbells, telephone ring signalers, telephones and alarm clocks. Assistive technologies may produce loud signals, visual signals or tactile signals. Television captioning also provides a great benefit.