For Dan MacQuarrie, listening to live music was becoming difficult. Too much background noise.
Going to a doctor害羞草研究所檚 office or pharmacy was also problematic. For him to hear properly what the person on the other side of the counter was saying, they would have to raise their voice, telling the whole waiting room about his private information.
MacQuarrie provides these examples as they害羞草研究所檙e common problems for people who have hearing loss. Turning up a hearing aid to capture music at a concert, for instance, also raises the level of the background noise 害羞草研究所� papers rustling, feet shuffling.
Then came the Auris Hearing Loop. An induction hearing technology, the loop is installed in a building and then transmits directly to the telecoil in a hearing aid, a telecoil which about 70 per cent of hearing aids contain. Sound is then transmitted directly to a person害羞草研究所檚 hearing aid, with no extraneous noise.
Churches have been the first to take them on. In Salmon Arm, several churches are equipped with the Auris Loop, as is Shuswap Theatre, Salmon Arm City Hall害羞草研究所檚 council chambers and now the Uptown Askew害羞草研究所檚 as well as SASCU downtown. Farther afield, facilities such as the Vernon Performing Arts Centre, the Vernon library and Kelowna council chambers have the Loop.
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Dan MacQuarrie and the MacQuarrie Institute have been instrumental in promoting the technology, providing funds for Askew害羞草研究所檚 and SASCU to install it.
害羞草研究所淢y interest is raising awareness so society can communicate with one another,害羞草研究所� he says.
Becky Friesen is manager of member experience at SASCU. She chose a central teller wicket, rather than one off to the side.
害羞草研究所淚 didn害羞草研究所檛 want to isolate the person with the hearing impairment,害羞草研究所� she says, pointing out that hearing impairments affect people of all ages.
Darlene Ogilvie, pharmacy manager at the Uptown Askew害羞草研究所檚, appreciates the ability to speak quietly to customers.
害羞草研究所淐onfidentiality is a huge issue,害羞草研究所� she says. 害羞草研究所淲e don害羞草研究所檛 want to have to yell at people害羞草研究所π卟菅芯克鶟
MacQuarrie says all a person needs to do if they have a hearing aid is to go to their audiologist to have their T-coils turned on. Facilities which have the Auris Loop usually display a blue ear symbol marking its location.
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