Assistive Listening Knowledge Base
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Assistive Listening Technology

From https://assistivelisteningknowledgebase.org/evidence/iscve-training-courses/ · record checked 13 October 2026

  • ISCVE
  • Institute of Sound, Communications and Visual Engineers (UK)

Trade body (ISCVE, the professional membership institute that delivers the courses)

Summary

ISCVE describes separate courses on loop design and installation, and on measurement and certification.

Key findings

  • The design and installation course covers loop types, low overspill, field-strength calculations, cable sizing, loop height, building metalwork, magnetic noise and audio inputs, with an outline of commissioning, maintenance and documentation.
  • The measurement and certification course covers what to measure and where, background noise, field strength, frequency response, test-equipment limitations, test signals, measurement positions and records.
  • Target audiences include designers, installers, engineers, consultants and local authorities; the measurement course also includes equipment manufacturers and maintenance personnel.
  • The accompanying training catalogue describes ISCVE courses as CPD accredited and lists these two courses under assistive listening.

Limits

Course descriptions, not comparative evidence of competence or installation quality. The detailed page shows a last-change timestamp of 27 June 2023, and the catalogue 25 August 2026, without a clearly identified publication date. No upcoming course date or pass criteria are given in the retrieved detailed page. Its heading mentions infrared, but no detailed infrared syllabus is shown, so the record is tagged only for hearing loops. The catalogue is also privately archived.

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iscve.org.uk/training-development/training-courses/assistive-listening-technology

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ISCVE. Assistive Listening Technology. Institute of Sound, Communications and Visual Engineers (UK). n.d. https://iscve.org.uk/training-development/training-courses/assistive-listening-technology/ (accessed 13 October 2026).

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