Hearing (accessibility page)

Summary

The Sydney Opera House's page on the hearing services in its venues, which now offer both Auracast and hearing loops.

Key findings

• States that Auracast is installed in all venues with full venue coverage, that receivers can be collected from the cloakroom with headphones or a personal induction loop, and that Auracast-enabled hearing devices can connect directly.
• Describes hearing loops that telecoil users connect to directly, and lists their coverage by venue: full in the Playhouse, all rows except the front row of the Joan Sutherland Theatre stalls, and several front rows and sections excluded in the Drama Theatre and Concert Hall.
• Thanks a donor for funding upgrades to the induction loops in the Drama Theatre and the Joan Sutherland Theatre.
• Its venue-coverage section lists six loop venues, including the Utzon Room and the Centre for Creativity.

Limits

A venue information page with no measurements, user numbers or costs. The page shows no date.

Read the original

www.sydneyoperahouse.com/visit/accessibility/hearing

Link checked 9 October 2026. We link to the original and do not host copies.

Cited in

• Should a venue keep its hearing loop when it adds Auracast, and can one system serve both?Partly answered
• What works in theatres and cinemas, and what do the rules ask of them?Partly answered

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