Assistive Listening Device Program

The ALD room at the DRC contains many types of equipment used for trialing by clients prior to sale.These items include:

Aids to communication

There are a number of different human aids to communication; they include sign language interpreters, lip speakers, note takers, operators of computerized transcriptions (CART - Communications Access Real Time) or "Palantype" operators, cued speech facilitators, and deaf blind interpreters and electronic devices.

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Telephones
Some phones have extra amplification and an inductive coupler built into the handset. This enables people who use hearing aids with a "Telecoil" setting to use the phone. A telephone amplifier can also be added to a telephone to make calls louder.

Radio microphone systems can also be used to listen at a distance in classrooms, conferences, meetings or in more noisy listening situations.

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Conversation aids are easy to use and are ideal for one-to-one conversations in a quiet environment.

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