As renowned assistive listening and communication solutions manufacturer Listen Technologies celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, CEO and President Maile Keone explains how the company has adapted to the demands of audiences and venues to ensure attendees with hearing difficulties are catered for, even in the most challenging listening environments.
Listen Technologies’ ListenWIFI is the next generation of the Listen EVERYWHERE audio-over-Wi-Fi solution. ListenWIFI streams venue audio to smartphones through a free, customizable app or directly to new LWR-1050 receivers. When used with proper signage and neck loops, the new receivers make ListenWIFI compliant with ADA and international accessibility requirements.
Reilly brings a long history of audiovisual (AV) sales, design, and integration experience to his new role at Listen Technologies. Specifically, he has expertise in designing and building classroom and corporate AV systems to meet the unique needs of customers and end users. Most recently, Reilly was vice president of business development at AV solutions provider ClearTech.
Listen Technologies has launched ListenWIFI, a new product suite that is the next generation of the company’s audio-over-Wi-Fi solution. ListenWIFI lets venues stream audio over their wireless network to guests’ smartphones. Guest access the audio via a free app and listen with headphones or earbuds.
“A lot of people wouldn’t know by looking at it, but our mission statement is that every space we utilize is user-centered in design, but it’s also that everything has to be sustainable, accessible, and safe,” says USC’s AV Director, Joe Way, PhD, CTS.
Students who can hear clearly are better equipped to focus, learn, engage, and retain the lesson. ListenTALK is a flexible one or two-way group communication system that can be used to support assistive listening, foster small group communications, enhance field trip coordination, ensure crystal-clear audio behind-the-scenes during theater productions, allow coaches to coordinate during practices and games, and so much more.
Fremont High School senior Hayden Reeve liked performing in high school musical theater productions, but he hadn’t had much opportunity to participate fully with his hearing loss. Reeve has a cochlear implant and utilizes an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter, but that wasn’t enough to help him keep track of lines, songs and stage cues for his high school’s theater production of “Anastasia.”
The Athens Regional Library System is now offering assistive hearing technology with Listen EVERYWHERE hearing loops in select locations. The Listen EVERYWHERE loop streams amplified sound over a dedicated Wi-Fi network. The audio can be accessed via a free mobile app or a smart lanyard receiver available upon request. The technology is helpful for anyone who would like to listen to an event’s audio on their own device. It is especially beneficial to people who have hearing loss.
“I am thankful for this opportunity at Listen Technologies. It’s great to connect with new business associates while helping AV professionals I have known during my career as an integrator,” said Reilly. “My goal at Listen Technologies is to get to know each of our customers really well and provide excellent products that deliver the right audio at the right place at the right time. Just like Listen Technologies strives to be the easiest company to do business with, I want to be the easiest and most responsive representative to do business with.”
Reilly brings a long history of audiovisual (AV) sales, design, and integration experience to his new role at Listen Technologies. Specifically, he has expertise in designing and building classroom and corporate AV systems to meet the unique needs of customers and end users. Most recently, Reilly was vice president of business development at AV solutions provider ClearTech.
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