Listen Technologies, a provider of assistive listening, multi-language audio transmission and live-streaming audio solutions, has announced that ListenTALK has been selected to support Special Interest Group tours at this year’s ISE event in Barcelona. The company is an official ISE Technology Partner, and ListenTALK is its all-in-one solution for assistive listening, language interpretation, and tours.
Paco Aguilar, a manufacturer’s representative and former Broadway sound engineer who consulted with Reeve’s teachers at Fremont High School, suggested the Listen EVERYWHERE assistive listening system to assist Reeve in participating more fully in productions.
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Listen Technologies, a provider of assistive listening, multi-language audio transmission and live streaming audio solutions, will showcase its full suite of products at ISE 2023. Among the features Listen Technologies will highlight are the improved functionality of ListenTALK, upgrades to Listen EVERYWHERE, and the interoperability of ListenIR.
According to Sam Nord, VP of Global Channel Sales, “We’ve seen a huge interest in Wi-Fi based assistive listening technology in the education sector, where so many of the students are already smartphone users.”
“We’re thrilled that Listen EVERYWHERE made it possible for Hayden to share his talents and participate fully in his school’s production of Anastasia, and more importantly, that he felt included with the entire cast, crew, and orchestra,” said Maile Keone, president and CEO of Listen Technologies.
“When people stop being able to hear well, and feel they’re not able to participate, they often just withdraw, leading to loneliness, leading to depression, to anger, and it even can affect them cognitively,” says Laura Greenberg, community engagement manager at Crown Center.
Paco Aguilar, a manufacturer’s representative and former Broadway sound engineer who consulted with Reeve’s teachers at Fremont High School, suggested the Listen EVERYWHERE assistive listening system to assist Reeve in participating more fully in productions. Listen EVERYWHERE streams live or recorded venue audio over Wi-Fi to smartphones.
The deployment of Listen EVERYWHERE at AYC22 allowed each attendee to use their personal smartphone to stream their preferred language audio, in turn listening through their personal wired earphones or Bluetooth-enabled earbuds or hearing aids. Each user was able to enjoy clear audio in a large venue environment.
With Listen EVERYWHERE, Reeve could hear what was happening throughout the musical, letting him fully participate and add his talents to the production. The school even hosted a “hard-of-hearing and deaf” performance with an ASL interpreter. Reeve invited his deaf community, family, and friends and had his own cheering section that night.
“Before I came to Fremont High School, I really couldn’t hear music that well. It wasn’t easy to provide ASL to the musical numbers at my other school because I couldn’t hear the words over the music,” said Reeve. Listen EVERYWHERE helped Reeve overcome those listening challenges and fully engage in the performance. “I’ve been so happy to be able to participate more and feel included in the production.”
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