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Dec 2006 - (CD Publications) Residents with hearing aides at Sterling Glen of Stamford, CT, now are able to turn up the volume at public events without disturbing their neighbors. The independent- and assisted-living community has installed the Satellite III Induction Loop system, an assistive-listening system in its Town Hall meeting room.
Produced by Oval Window Audio, the system does not require a public address system. Instead, its signal is picked up through an individual’s hearing aide. A thin wire is placed around the listening area. Speech signals are amplified and circulated through the loop wire. The resulting magnetic energy field is detected and amplified by the “telecoil” or telephone switch circuitry common to many hearing aides, cochlear implants and induction loop receivers.
“The end result is a high-quality amplified reproduction of the original speech signal,” says Felix Andreoni, director of maintenance at Sterling Glen.
“Before we installed the system, residents with hearing impairments told us they often did not get much out of lectures or musical entertainment,” explains Michele Piskin, associate executive director. “Now they enjoy these events. We make a point to remind them before each performance to switch their hearing aides to the telephone mode so they can hear through the audio loop system.”
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