Technology for Persons with Hearing Loss Rose Aird Minette, M.A. DARS - Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services

1. Technology for Persons with Hearing LossRose Aird Minette, M.A.DARS - Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services

2. Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) Blind Services Disability Determination Services (SSI) Early Childhood Services (ECI) Rehabilitation Services (Vocational Rehabilitation Services) --Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services http://www.dars.state.tx.us/dhhs/

3. OFFICE FOR DEAF & HARD OF HEARING SERVICES RESOURCE SPECIALIST PROJECTS Edith Tillery Cynthia Maldonado Karen Moulder Rebecca Hernandez Esther Kelly Carol Johnson Olivia Bills Gordon Greer Teri Wathen Linda Belk Sara Fillippone Deafness RSs Hearing Loss RSs Judy Kurz

5. High Frequency Consonants • F , S, Th, T, Sh, K • You can not say these sounds louder • When you shout, you emphasize the vowels, which have more power and are lower frequency. • There’s also more distortion when shouting, as well as the “emotion factor.”

7. Pocketalker by WilliamsSound Retail $100 - $160 Great for the car or other noisy situations Recommended for elderly who need large item and inexpensive 5 year warranty

9. Motiva FM 360 system by WilliamsSound Environmental Microphone Aux input- broadcast any sound WilliamsSound reliability $850.00

10. FM Systems Comfort Contego • Dual microphones • User has control over feature selection • Omni, directional mics • $900.00 Photo courtesy of BeyondHearingAids.com

11. You know about these…Ear Level Built in FM Systems

12. Dealing with Office Telephones Radio Shack Phone Adaptor # 43-1237 Vista Amplifier Plantronics H101N Speech Adjust-a-tone Photo courtesy of BeyondHearingAids.com & Radioshack.com

13. GN Netcom GN 2100 Telecoil - headset Equipped with a hearing aid-compatible telecoil, suitable for all standard telecoil-equipped hearing aids and fitted to the plain side of the earpiece. Telecoil cancels out surrounding background noise and heightens the sound quality from the telephone for clearer, crisper phone conversations. Can be used with GN Netcom GN 8050 TC Amplifier if sound from headset is not amplified enough. Photos courtesy of www.hellodirect.com

14. Dealing with Office Telephones Oticon EPOQ Streamer Jabra A7010 Bluetooth Hub and JX10 Hub You can keep your Streamer paired to both the office phone and the cell phone at the same time. You just cannot turn off the Streamer. As long as it is kept on, it will automatically switch back and forth between the two as they come into range. You do have to turn off the BT on the cell so that the hub knows to ‘find’ the office phone, but you don’t have to ‘re-pair’. Photo courtesy of BeyondHearingAids.com

15. Univox 2A+ Loop …. Office phone solution and more!

16. Sprint WebCapTel is a FREE web-based service that allows a person who can speak but has difficulty hearing over the phone to read word-for-word captions of their call on a web browser during the call, while at the same time hearing the other person using any telephone. A WebCapTel user would make or receive calls while logged into a website (www.sprintcaptel.com) and hear the person on the other line using their own cell phone, desk phone, cordless phone, or even an amplified phone. The user hears the person speaking through any telephone of their choice. During the call, captions appear on the user's web browser.  Skilled human captioners use speech recognition software to relay what the other party is saying. English and Spanish captioning service is available.

17. Cell phone options- wired Cell Phone Accessories HearBuddy DAI Geemarc Neckloop T-Link or NoizFree Hatis Freedom NEW CLA7-v2 Amplified Neckloop By ClearSounds Photo courtesy of BeyondHearingAids.com

18. You know about these…. Cell Phone sends Bluetooth signal SmartLink transmitter Phonak receivers Siemens TEK Connect Oticon EPOQ Streamer Photo courtesy of BeyondHearingAids.com

19. Don’t forget about these…. Generic Bluetooth Products Texas STAP voucher can cover cost ClearSounds CLA7BTBluetooth Wireless connectivity between your cell phone and hearing aid Amplified Neck LoopT-coil inductive neck loop and Bluetooth transceiver with built-in microphone and volume control

20. Bluetooth - MaxIt Bluetooth Neckloop- Amplified Texas STAP voucher can cover cost .

21. Clipboard Loop • Allows for additional stronger microphone to be added Photos courtesy of http://www.tecear.com

22. Technology Worth Talking About Hearing ProtectionEarmuffs Williams Sound HED008 Photo courtesy of BeyondHearingAids.com

23. Technology Worth Talking About StethoscopeOptions Photo courtesy of BeyondHearingAids.com

24. Specialized Telecommunications Assistance Program STAP A voucher program that provides financial assistance for the purchase of specialized assistive equipment or services for individuals whose disability interferes with their ability to access the telephone network. www.dars.state.tx.us/dhhs/stap.shtml

29. Rose Aird Minette, M.A. DARS Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Rose.minette@dars.state.tx.us www.dars.state.tx.us/dhhs 512 407-3250 Main 512 407-3255 Direct 512 407-3299 Fax