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Assistive Listening Systems: Choosing the Right Technology for Your Campus

From https://assistivelisteningknowledgebase.org/evidence/ndc-2019-campus-listening-systems/ · record checked 13 October 2026

  • National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes

Government (developed by the National Deaf Center under US Department of Education OSEP grant HD326D160001; the document says its contents need not represent Department policy)

Summary

A campus guide to loops, FM, infrared and the equipment and loan arrangements needed to make them usable.

Key findings

  • Loops allow listeners with telecoils to attend without borrowing a receiver; listeners without telecoils still need a portable receiver. The guide identifies large lecture halls and open events as advantageous loop settings.
  • FM and infrared use receivers with headphones or neckloops. The guide describes infrared as suitable where privacy matters but vulnerable to obstructions and sunlight; FM tolerates obstructions and mobility but nearby systems need different channels.
  • Public-event receivers must be available whenever events take place, so the same stock is unlikely to meet semester-long student loans. Student-loan demand varies, and spare equipment is recommended for breakage and additional requests.
  • Purchasing considerations include durability, loanable chargers, microphone and coupling options. Systems should be kept working, charged and ready to use.
  • The page 2 legal summary describes a 50-seat or fixed-seating/amplification trigger and says a loop removes the hearing-aid-compatible receiver share. Those statements omit qualifications in ADA 219.2–219.3, including the requirement that the loop serve every seat for the receiver exception.

Limits

A 2019 guide, predating present Auracast installations, with no comparative measurements. Its legal summary should be checked against the actual ADA Standards. Portable personal-device discussion is outside venue-system scope; only shared transmission and campus loan-operation guidance is used here.

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nationaldeafcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Assistive-Listening-Systems_-Choosing-the-Right-Technology-for-Your-Campus.pdf

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National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes. Assistive Listening Systems: Choosing the Right Technology for Your Campus. 2019. https://nationaldeafcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Assistive-Listening-Systems_-Choosing-the-Right-Technology-for-Your-Campus.pdf (accessed 13 October 2026).

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