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What Is An AudioLoop System?

  • Audio Loop System

An audio loop is a special type of sound system for use by people with hearing aids. The audio loop provides a magnetic, wireless signal that is picked up by the hearing aid when it is set to ‘T’ (Telecoil) setting.

The audio loop consists of a microphone to pick up the spoken word; an amplifier which processes the signal which is then sent through the final piece; the loop cable, a wire placed around the perimeter of a specific area i.e. a meeting room, a church, a service counter etc to act as an antenna that radiates the magnetic signal to the hearing aid.

Why use a hearing loop?

  • Cuts out unwanted background noise
  • No need to use a receiver/headset
  • Sound goes directly into the hearing aid
  • Can be used by anyone with a compatible hearing aid
  • It is inconspicuous
  • Cost effective
  • Any number of users can use the system

Reference:
https://www.hearinglink.org/living/loops-equipment/hearing-loops/what-is-a-hearing-loop/

Locations with an Audio Loop System

Arichat

  • St. Josephs Church

Baddeck

  • Knox Presbyterian Church
  • Masonic Lodge
  • St. Michael’s Roman Catholic
  • Baddeck Council Chambers

Bras D’or

  • St. James
  • St. Joseph Parish

Christmas Island

  • St. Barra

Glace Bay

  • Knox Church
  • Masonic Lodge
  • Newsom United Church
  • Savoy Theatre
  • Warden United

Grand River

  • Grand River Presbyterian Church

Iona

  • St. Columba Church

Little Narrows

  • Little Narrows Presbyterian Church

Margaree Centre

  • Wilson United

Marion Bridge

  • Bethel United Church
  • St. Columbia Presbyterian

New Waterford

  • St. Leonard

North Sydney & Sydney Mines

  • Clyde Avenue Baptist Church
  • Grace Fellowship Church
  • Seventh Day Adventist
  • St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
  • St. John’s Anglican & Church Hall
  • St. Joseph’s Parish
  • St. Matthew Wesley Church

Port Hawkesbury

  • St. Marks Church

South Haven

  • Ephraim Scott Memorial Presbyterian

Sydney, Sydney River & Westmount

  • Bethel Presbyterian
  • CBU Theatres
  • Chants Funeral Chapel
  • Holy Rosary Parish
  • Justice Centre Courtroom 7
  • Marco Hearing Health Centre
  • Our Lady of Fatima
  • Pier Funeral Home
  • Society of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Nova Scotians
  • St. Albans Church
  • St. Marguarite Bourgeois
  • St. Theresa’s Church
  • Sydney Memorial Chapel
  • Sydney River – United Protestant
  • The HAT Theatre
  • United Heritage Church
  • Westmount United Church

Whycocomagh

  • St. Andrew’s Presbyterian
  • Stewart United Church

Dominion

  • Church of the Good Shepherd