ADA

New Legislation Requiring Audiologists to Provide T-coil Information

To put it simply, everyone has the right to hear what they love. I am obviously not the only one who feels this way. In…

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California Building Code Requirements for Assistive Listening – Updated 2021

An overview of the California Building Code (CBC) that outlines the compliance laws for Assistive Listening.

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Cory Schaeffer at CASI Part Three: Let’s Do the Right Thing

I am a firm believer that we all want to do the right thing. We all want to provide patrons and guests with Assistive Listening and become ADA compliant. What do we do next?

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Cory Schaeffer at CASI Part Two: ADA Awareness is More Necessary than Ever

The original Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 ensures that disabled individuals are given their rights to employment, transportation, public accommodations, public services, telecommunications, and other vital services. It was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush. Revisions were made to Title II and Title II in 2010, and they took effect on March 15, 2012, to match the 2003 International Building Code (IBC).

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Cory Schaeffer at CASI Part One: Do Not Make Assumptions about Living with Hearing Loss

Very recently, I had the pleasure of presenting to the Certified Access Specialist Institute (CASI) in California. CASI is devoted to influencing positive change through awareness and proactive adaptation in building access. As one of the Co-Founders of Listen Technologies and a passionate advocate for Assistive Listening, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Compliance, and for people with hearing loss, this was a wonderful opportunity to build awareness.

Common Misconceptions about Hearing Loss (Part Two)

Last month I posted the first part of a piece devoted to dispelling some myths about hearing loss. As a continuation of this series, I’d like to discuss more of the common misconceptions associated with hearing loss; however this post will focus on the subject matter from a different perspective. In this post, I hope to go over some of the beliefs we all have associated with developing a hearing loss and why it’s important to treat it, rather than simply ignore it.

Common Misconceptions about Hearing Loss (Part One)

We frequently flaunt statistics about how many Americans have a measurable degree of hearing lossthe numbers I recently read quoted 17%but we often forget that along with these numbers come a great deal of misunderstanding about what this actually means

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Requesting and Using Assistive Listening Devices at Venues

Many people who experience hearing loss arent aware of assistive listening options that are available to them when attending concerts, museum exhibits , theater performances, lectures, sporting events in stadiums or ballparks, classes at school, etc,.

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Experiencing the HLAA National Convention

Janice Armigo Brown wrote the following letter sharing her unique experience as a first time attendee to the Heaing Loss Association of America (HLAA) National Convention.

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Standard Compliant Hearing Loop Installations to Become Law in America

I am very happy to say that we have recently made our contribution to what will become a big change for loop technology in the USA. Following a programme of advocacy, including written submissions from Ampetronic and Listen Technologies, an important national (ANSI) accessibility standard has been changed. The revised standard means that loop systems must meet clearly defined performance standards, making good performance legally enforceable.