Auracast streamed assistive listening system (resource page)

Summary

CHA's Auracast page: handouts, studies and statements from professionals.

Key findings

• Quotes Dr Juliette Sterkens: it will take a decade or longer before Auracast assistive listening transmitters become commonplace, and users need a complete Auracast "ecosystem", not only new hearing aids.
• Quotes Dr Peter Mapp: loops and telecoils will be needed for at least 10 years, and it is too early to say whether Auracast systems will deliver what hard-of-hearing users need.
• Says it is too soon to say whether each installation can meet the ADA, partly because the international standard is not expected until late 2027, and estimates that 95% of users do not yet have hearing instruments with Auracast.
• Tracks IEC 60118-17, the coming standard for 2.4 GHz streaming assistive listening, which it says is scheduled for late 2027.
• Names its contributors with their roles, among them Peter Mapp as an assistive listening design consultant and Juliëtte Sterkens as an audiologist (AuD).

Limits

Statements of expert opinion and estimates rather than measurements.

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centerforhearingaccess.org/auracast

Link checked 9 October 2026. We link to the original and do not host copies.

Cited in

• Which systems satisfy the ADA and building codes, and does a listener's own phone count?Disputed
• Auracast, hearing loop, infrared, RF or Wi-Fi: which suits which room?Disputed
• How many receivers and neckloops does each code require, and how should a loan pool be run?Partly answered
• How many listeners carry a telecoil, an Auracast-capable device or a smartphone?Disputed
• What do listeners prefer, and how often do they use venue systems?Partly answered
• Should a venue keep its hearing loop when it adds Auracast, and can one system serve both?Partly answered

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