Set-up of Assistive Listening Systems

Summary

Guidance on feeding all programme sources to assistive listening and monitoring the received sound during operation.

Key findings

• Asks that microphones, video, online meeting and laptop audio sources feed the assistive listening system through the sound mixer.
• Calls for continuous sound checks by audio staff using a borrowed receiver and headphones.
• Warns that a microphone at the back of the room or sound desk captures room noise and reverberation and is unsuitable as the assistive listening source.

Limits

Guidance without measurements. The date is the page metadata’s last modification, 12 September 2026; metadata gives initial publication as 8 September 2025. The record uses the readable page text; embedded setup diagrams were not analysed. Its broad assertion that sound judged good by staff will benefit a person with hearing loss is not a substitute for listener feedback or measurements.

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centerforhearingaccess.org/setup

Link checked 13 October 2026. We link to the original and do not host copies.

Cited in

• How can a venue check that its assistive listening works for listeners, day to day?Partly answered
• How much do room acoustics and distance limit listening without a system, and what follows for choosing one?Partly answered

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