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Does your audiologist know how to adjust telecoils for you?

Hearing Loss | Last Active: Nov 12 1:45pm | Replies (10)
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That's great you're going to your first HLAA meeting. (for others: There are chapters across the country, and some/many meet virtually. https://www.hearingloss.org/get-involved/hlaa-chapters/find-a-chapter/)

The vast majority of performing arts venues in Denver and across the country have assistive listening (hearing loop, FM, IR), but people don't always know to ask or seek it out. Here are all the types of places required to have these systems https://www.hearingloop.org/places/

Driving laws have enforcement built in. But the ADA intentionally did not include any enforcement. It's up to the users to be informed, request accommodations, educate, give reviews, and sometimes file complaints. The mobility disability community has done that probably more than PWHL, and it's more visible than hearing loss. Yes we as PWHL need to make our voices heard and there are multiple ways to do so.

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daveshaw | @daveshaw | Nov 12 10:46am

I agree with all your points and maybe after I attend my first local meeting I will learn how to access some of these tools.
When I have gone to movie theaters in Denver and ask if they offer telecoil and they look at me like I am talking in a foreign language. I have the telecoil feature as one of the programs on my phone but when I switch it on I get nothing but static.
Maybe I am doing something wrong but I still believe our community does not speak up for ourselves. Many people who should be wear hearing aids don’t because of the stigma. I am very open in telling people I am hard of hearing and wear hearing aids.
I think if we really are honest with ourselves I think we just don’t speak up. If you don’t speak up nothing happens. A sizable portion of our population has hearing problems. Many just don’t want to admit that it exists. It is nothing to be ashamed of but just another disability we have to work harder to overcome. If everyone with hearing loss would speak up I believe great things would happen for our community.
I welcome comments from everyone on this site.

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