Where Loops Are or Should be Installed
Can I install a loop in my living room? How would I go about that? Does
it make sense to have my car looped? You might be surprised by some of these
answers!
March 2001 - Does a loop sound like something that might
benefit you? Does installing one in your living room to help you hear
the TV sound like a good idea? How about trying one in your car?
June
2003 - OK, your church is looped, and maybe even part of your house. But
is your taxi looped?
December 2004
- The US House of Representatives chamber is now
looped!
March
2006 - Loop System Installed in Australian Mall!
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June 2003
We've been following the efforts of David Myers and hearingloop.org
to get induction loops installed everywhere. They're doing a great job
of providing access in certain localities here in the US. But we know
that much of Europe has already looped pretty much all public
facilities. But they forgot the taxicabs! Not to worry. That's soon to
be resolved. Here's a short note from David to bhNEWS.
"Hearing aid compatible assistive listening (aka loop systems
for the present) continues to spread throughout the UK . . . its
cathedrals, churches, lecture halls, etc., and now, in the not too
distant future, all London Underground ticket stations and even all
London taxis (all new taxis immediately, and all existing taxis by the
beginning of 2007). (For press releases see links on www.hearingloop.org.)"
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Editor: For several years we've been enthusiastically reporting on
David Myers' "Let's Loop America" campaign. I don't know if
Dr. Myers was involved in this latest development, but it sure wouldn't
surprise me! Here are his comments on the looping of the U.S. House of
Representatives chambers.
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News flash! This just in from the just-elected president of SHHH's
newest chapter (Grand Rapids), a real dynamo who is a former Michigan
state legislator (and who is arranging for the looping of the State of
Michigan's House and Senate chambers as part of the spread of hearing
aid compatible assistive listening here in Michigan).
Congressman Ehlers, to whom he refers (and whom I know from his days
as a physicist at a nearby college), is a member of the Congressional
Hearing Health Caucus. We've corresponded about the spread of loop
systems here in west Michigan and he's fully apprised of the rationale
for such.
Based on our prior conversations about this rumored installation, I
can tell you that Vic is referring to the main chamber of the U.S. House
of Representatives (in which the President will be giving his State of
the Union address next month) . . . and, therefore, a signature
installation (*the* signature installation?) of hearing aid compatible
assistive listening.
Dave Myers
www.davidmyers.org
www.hearingloop.org
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Hi Everybody
Congressman Vern Ehlers informed me yesterday that a hearing loop
system has been fully installed in the United States House of
Representatives, and will be operational when Congress convenes on
January 4. The only problem the installers had was interference with the
voting system wiring that was resolved. Please spread this good news to
anyone that might be interested.
Vic
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March
2006
It's
possibly a world first. Lawrence English, a Brisbane-based sound artist,
has just put a sound installation for the hearing-impaired in the Queen
Street Mall. That induction loop amplifier system is already in place in
the mall, where it is used for announcements alongside the regular
speaker system. If you're one of the more than 58,000 people in
Queensland, according to Disability Services figures, who are hearing
impaired, you can take a seat, switch your hearing aid to t-mode, and
enjoy a 15-minute loop of sounds gleaned from around Brisbane. Full
Story
