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A survey of 50 of Oregon’s largest meeting facilities about their provision of assistive listening systems as required by the ADA

From https://assistivelisteningknowledgebase.org/evidence/loop-oregon-2024-meeting-facilities/ · record checked 13 October 2026

  • Loop Oregon Committee
  • Loop Oregon, an initiative of The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts

Independent (Loop Oregon volunteer committee, supported by The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts; no separate study funding stated)

Summary

A volunteer website and telephone survey of 50 large Oregon meeting facilities found limited information and reported provision.

Key findings

  • Page 2, What the Websites Had to Say, reports no accessibility information on 24 websites and hearing-loss-related information on 14, from the 50-facility list. Website claims were reviewed separately from telephone accounts of provision.
  • Page 3, What We Were Told, says two facilities were trying to improve their systems, describes hygiene concerns and receiver problems, and notes tentative interest in hearing loops from a couple of facilities. The report does not identify the exact interview question that elicited these comments. Page 1 prints the planned questions but says interviewers rarely progressed beyond the opening question.
  • Five volunteers began in January 2024 using a published list of 50 facilities. Two had ceased public meeting use and 14 did not respond.
  • Page 2 lists two reported hearing loops, six other systems whose type staff could not identify, and 26 facilities reporting no system or accommodations. Seven respondents assigned responsibility to event renters. Page 3 identifies 34 responding facilities.
  • One facility reported four FM packs for meetings. Staff also reported receiver difficulties and hygiene concerns.
  • Pages 3–4 (What We Were Told and What We Learned) describe staff uncertainty about hearing loss and the systems available at their facilities. These are the surveyors' observations from conversations, without a scored staff-knowledge assessment.

Limits

Informal, non-random staff-report survey, without equipment tests or participant listening scores. Categories overlap; page 3 describes six of 48 as having accommodation, whereas page 2 separately lists two loops and six other systems. Do not derive a failure rate or listener preference. June 2024 date from the hosting organisation’s conference resource page.

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Loop Oregon Committee. A survey of 50 of Oregon’s largest meeting facilities about their provision of assistive listening systems as required by the ADA. Loop Oregon, an initiative of The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts. June 2024. https://centerforhearingaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/Shedd-50-OR-Meeting-Facilities-ALS-Survey-Summary.pdf (accessed 13 October 2026).

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