Assistive Technology

Sound Systems and Hearing Loops

Induction loops or hearing loops are a popular method of providing assistance. The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) offers a number of resources, including the ”Get in the Loop“ program.

• Google Maps: add a hearing loop
• What You're Saying When You Say “I don't need a mic”, Unitarian Equal Access
• Hearing Loop Workshop CRC Disability Concerns, captioned video with ASL and transcript
• “Like the Mic,” captioned and AD video about using microphones (and sound systems) in all situations
  
• “Universal Design and Barrier-Free Access: Guidelines for Persons with Hearing Loss,” Canadian Hard of Hearing Association
• How Hearing Loops Work
  
• Hearing Loops Don't “Just Happen”
  
• Promotion of assistive listening systems: templates, graphics, and ideas that you can adapt
• Assistive Listening System for Places of Worship: ideas, videos, resources
• ADA-Access-Ready Hearing Instruments List (PDF)
• Troubleshooting FM signals and hearing loops
• How Hearing Loops Revolutionized my World, DHM Autumn 2022 Newsletter, Ibrahim Dabo, GBGM
• Resource UMC: reprint of How Hearing Loops Revolutionized my World
• Hearing Loop at Bothell UMC, WA (2022)
• First UMC of Red Wing Hearing Loop, Minnesota AC (November 2018)
• Read about the listening system at the UM Church of the Messiah in Westerville, Ohio (2012).