Hearing Loop Specialists
At Starling AV, our mission is to assist the hearing impaired community by providing professional installation services for Hearing Loops. Our team is dedicated to enhancing accessibility and inclusivity in various settings, ensuring that individuals with hearing loss can fully participate and engage in their surroundings.
How do hearing loops work?
Hearing loops, or audio induction loops, send sound wirelessly to hearing aids and cochlear implants with telecoils. The system includes a microphone, amplifier, and wire loop that creates a magnetic field. The telecoil in the hearing device picks up the field and turns it into sound. This tech helps people with hearing loss hear better in places like theaters, churches, and meetings.
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Situations that many of us take for granted such as meetings, classes, or trips to the theater become an impossible feat for those with hearing loss, which affects approximately 48 million people in the United States.
For someone wearing a hearing device, a hearing aid or cochlear implant, background noise is very often audible over the speaker or performer, negatively impacting their experience.
1 to 1 communication should be easy and natural, but instead, it can be a stressful activity which causes fatigue and embarrassment for those with hearing loss. Many people affected even choose not to visit checkout counters or desks that are poorly equipped.
Technology can be installed which allows you to realize the full potential of every interaction, resulting in happy customers and an enhanced reputation. There is also legislation that specifies where hearing loops should be installed. In order to comply with these regulations, you need to know what they say.