While current assistive listening system (ALS) technologies, such as inductive loops, have been providing great benefit to people with hearing loss, they suffer from a number of challenges that have limited their deployment, including poor quality, high cost, and lack of privacy. The Bluetooth SIG worked closely with the hearing aid industry to define and introduce the next generation of assistive listening system technology, Auracast™ broadcast audio. Click on link for more information.
Written by Amy Sarow, AuD, CCC-A Dr. Amy Sarow is a practicing clinical audiologist and serves as Audiology Lead for Soundly.
Question and Answer session with Andrew Bellavia, founder of AuraFuturity, a consultancy in the hearing, hearables, and broader communications spaces.
Industry analysts predict that 2.5 million locations will deploy Auracast™ broadcast audio by 2030
Auracast™ enabled transmitters and receivers are on their way. In the meantime, we all will be able to experience Auracast™ broadcast audio sooner than later thanks to a complete suite of Auracast™ retrofit transmitter solutions.
In this session, you’ll learn that even when people wear hearing aids, they still need assistive listening systems to hear clearly in public and private entities. The session will cover which systems fall under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the ADA standards, the practicality of the different ALS, and best practices for managers so that users have a positive experience, whether they wear hearing devices or not. Also, the session will cover how Auracast may be used as an assistive listening system with International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards to be released in 2027. For years to come, all assistive listening systems will coexist for users to access clear speech anywhere they go.