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How hearing-friendly is your arts program?

From https://assistivelisteningknowledgebase.org/evidence/hlaa-washington-2018-arts-checkup/ · record checked 13 October 2026

  • Hearing Loss Association of America, Washington State Association; Loop Washington
  • Hearing Loss Association of America, Washington State Association; hosted by Loop Seattle

Nonprofit advocacy (Hearing Loss Association of America, Washington State Association, and Loop Washington; both logos appear on the checklist)

Summary

An arts-venue checklist asking whether staff can operate, test, lend and maintain listening equipment and tell patrons about it.

Key findings

  • Asks whether signs can be seen at entrances and information points, and whether hearing-access information appears in venue publicity.
  • Asks whether all staff understand the listening system, can troubleshoot it, can issue and maintain headsets and neckloops, and can explain their use to patrons.
  • Asks about regular system testing, repair contacts and protocols for charging, replacing batteries, testing, repairing and cleaning loan equipment.
  • Asks whether staff, presenters and performers use microphones each time and repeat audience questions.

Limits

An advocacy checklist, not an audit of actual venues. No printed publication date; the filename and PDF creation metadata point to 2018, but no publication day is established. Only the assistive listening and microphone provisions are used; the wider document also covers visual access outside this question’s scope. Unreferenced prevalence figures are not used.

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loopseattle.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/arts-hearing-friendly-check-up-2018-w-new-logos.pdf

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Hearing Loss Association of America, Washington State Association; Loop Washington. How hearing-friendly is your arts program? Hearing Loss Association of America, Washington State Association; hosted by Loop Seattle. n.d. https://loopseattle.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/arts-hearing-friendly-check-up-2018-w-new-logos.pdf (accessed 13 October 2026).

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