Auracast location profile: Sheldon Road Methodist Church

Summary

A short profile of a church in Chippenham, England, that added an affordable Auracast transmitter to the hearing loop it had run for decades.

Key findings

• Reports that the church's long-standing hearing loop did not serve members whose hearing aids lacked loop compatibility, including a member whose hearing aids received Auracast, who donated a transmitter.
• Describes a do-it-yourself installation in which the church's technical team gave the Auracast transmitter the same audio feed already sent to the hearing loop, with no major changes to the sound system.
• States that the church runs the loop and Auracast side by side and plans to keep both for as long as needed.

Limits

Promotional material from the trademark owner. One small venue, an early deployment, no numbers of users for either system and no measurements.

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Cited in

• Should a venue keep its hearing loop when it adds Auracast, and can one system serve both?Partly answered
• What works in places of worship, and what do the rules ask of them?Partly answered

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