January 2013

Assistive Listening Devices ~ Public Venues

— Assistive Listening Devices & Community Venues — January 22, 2013

— We hope that your 2013 is off to a great start. As always, all of us at The Hearing Center of Asheville are looking forward to making the most of our relationship with our patients.

In keeping with that tradition, we are in the process of launching some additional resources on our website and would like your help. Many of you might be familiar with community venues that facilitate Assistive Listening Devices for those individuals with hearing loss. These might include Loop Systems and/or RF or IR headsets. We have begun making contact with churches, theaters and other public meeting spaces in order to provide a list of these resources to our patients and the community.

The following is a brief list that we have collected so far. If you have any information on additional locations that offer these resources, please let us know in the comment space below. We hope to keep an updated list on a new page on our website.

Fine Arts Theatre — IR headsets

Asheville Community Theatre — RF headsets

North Carolina Stage Company — ADA compliant seats, no devices

Diana Wortham — RF headsets

Central United Methodist of Asheville — RF headsets

Sound Health in 8 Steps

— Julian Treasure: Shh! Sound Health in 8 Steps — January 21, 2013

— Julian Treasure says our increasingly noisy world is gnawing away at our mental health — even costing lives. He lays out an 8-step plan to soften this sonic assault (starting with those cheap earbuds) and restore our relationship with sound.

5 ways to listen better

— Julian Treasure: 5 Ways to Listen Better — January 21, 2013

— In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, “We are losing our listening.” In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening — to other people and the world around you.