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I live in a very small coastal town an hour away from two other small coastal towns. I've yet to discover any venue that has a loop. You'd think that some of the newer hotels with meeting rooms would have one built in, but there's apparently not enough demand. I have lots of meetings at the OSU Marine Library, which was built during the late 70s and at a luxury lodge that was built during the early 60s--both of them long before loops were used. This little town doesn't have lots of things, but it has great people and is in a drop-dead beautiful location. I moved out of the big city to live here full time after spending three days most weeks here for decades. Now, when I drive back to the city, I often ditch the list of things to do just to get back to peace and quiet and beautiful surroundings with lots of animals and birds nearby.
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Loops are not extremely expensive- wires on floor with recoils connections in hearing aids. More folks especially as they get older gets hearing aids. Perhaps the library will go for it. And there are tax write offs and all. Small number of folks were able to get loops I. Utah ( what a time there learning the history of folks like us in small numbers able to turn things around ). Harris catalog has things to help you be okay at home. Doorbell / alarm devices signaler . I have through my town a smoke alarm installed in my house to make sure I get the sound/ vibration of the alarm. The town got concerned when there was fire close by and I did not know. Feel free to ask anything. Have a good day
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We all make choices about where we live. It sounds as if you've chosen a lovely place. Another choice we make is whether to learn, educate and advocate for things we believe in and/or need to make our lives better. Hearing loss is at the low end of the totem pole when it comes to public awareness and support. Most people don't have a clue about how much hearing aids cost...until they need to pay for them. A dear friend of mine used to say "Tennis elbow is far more 'romantic' than hearing loss when it comes to getting attention." True. The only way you will get hearing loops in your community is to learn all you can about them, then go out and do some educating and advocating. Pull a few other hard of hearing people together and work on this. It sounds as if your library might be a good place to start. Churches are usually more receptive to helping people with disabilities than public facilities are, so many start there. It's all about money and decisions on where to put it. It's doubtful that people in your community are even aware of the possibilities for 'communication access'. By the way, you can use telecoils with any audio device that has an audio input jack. That includes televisions, computers, radios and most other devices that broadcast something you want to listen to. A simple neckloop (cost about $60) will connect your telecoil equipped hearing aids to those devices. But first, you have to have telecoils in the hearing aids you use.