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Checklist for Effective Use of Assistive Listening Systems (ALS)

From https://assistivelisteningknowledgebase.org/evidence/ohio-als-use-checklist/ · record checked 13 October 2026

  • Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities, Accessible Ohio
  • Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities

Government (Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities, an Ohio state agency; Accessible Ohio programme)

Summary

A two-page venue checklist covering routine tests, batteries, receiver distribution, repairs, staff training and signs.

Key findings

  • Asks venues to test systems regularly, microphone batteries before each use, receiver batteries before each event, and receivers before distribution (pages 1-2).
  • Calls for a designated distribution point, assigned staff, a checkout and return tracking process, receiver setup with the appropriate channel and coupling device, instructions for guests and a known contact for assistance (page 2).
  • Calls for maintenance protocols covering charging, testing, repairs, cleaning and battery replacement, and staff training in arranging repairs and following up missing or malfunctioning devices (pages 1-2).
  • Recommends regular staff training in the installed system, device and neckloop compatibility, storage, testing, maintenance, distribution, use and disability awareness (page 2).
  • Asks presenters to use microphones consistently, positions microphones close to the sound source, and connects the system directly to videos or exhibition sound sources (page 1).

Limits

Operational guidance without outcome measurements or a trial sample. No publication date appears in the PDF; its creation metadata is 26 December 2024, which is not treated as a publication date. It names FM, infrared and loops; it supplies no Auracast or Wi-Fi-specific test method.

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dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ood.ohio.gov/Accessible%20Ohio/Resources/OOD_Checklist_for_Using_ALS.pdf

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Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities, Accessible Ohio. Checklist for Effective Use of Assistive Listening Systems (ALS). Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities. n.d. https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/ood.ohio.gov/Accessible%20Ohio/Resources/OOD_Checklist_for_Using_ALS.pdf (accessed 13 October 2026).

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