Scotland’s attractions ‘failing the deaf’

Summary

Contemporaneous coverage reports working loops at the main ticket or information point of three of 21 Scottish attractions.

Key findings

• Reports that Action on Hearing Loss Scotland checked 21 venues and found working loops at the main ticket or information point in three.
• Names Stirling Castle, McManus Museum in Dundee and St Mungo’s Museum in Glasgow as the three with working loops.
• Separately reports high overall deaf-friendly ratings for Stirling Castle, the National Museum of Scotland and Holyrood Palace.
• Quotes the charity’s call for information-point loops to be installed, maintained and switched on, and for staff awareness training.

Limits

Secondary coverage, not the original charity report. The original check sheets, selection method, number of visitors, measurements and project funding were not available. The article was published in December 2013 but does not date the checks; these findings cannot describe current equipment. The article spells Stirling correctly in its working-loop list but differently in its overall-rating list.

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www.alva.org.uk/details.cfm?p=413&codeid=307847

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Cited in

• What works for guided tours, museums and visitor attractions?Partly answered

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