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How Assistive Listening Systems
Support Courtroom Interpreting
Courtrooms are challenging listening environments, even for people
without hearing loss. That's why ensuring all courtroom participants can
hear and understand is critical to a fair and efficient trial.
By Mikey Shaffer
C
Figure 1: Universal signage
for assistive listening systems
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ourtroom
interpreters need to
know about assistive
listening systems. Whether
they're new to courtroom
interpreting or veterans of
this specialty, they've likely
seen the universal signage for
assistive listening systems
(see Figure 1) or worked in
courtrooms where people
were wearing/using assistive
listening receivers. Read on to
learn what assistive listening
systems are, how they work,
why they're necessary, and
how interpreters can use
them to facilitate their own
work and communication.
What Are Assistive
Listening Systems?
Assistive listening systems
use technology to deliver
audio from a source to an
assistive listening device.
The device might be a
cochlear implant, hearing
aid, or a portable receiver
that a user borrows from a
venue. Audio sources include
microphones, video screens,
and speakers. There needs
to be a transmitter to send
the sound from the audio
source and some sort of
receiver that listeners wear
or carry. Listeners can hear
audio from the receiver via
connected headphones or
earbuds. If they have hearing
aids equipped with a telecoil
(a small copper wire built into
the hearing aid), a portable
neck loop (also called an
induction loop) can be used
to transmit audio from
the receiver directly to the
hearing aids. (See Figure 2 on
page 16.)
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