colinhove

Dear terracottalily

Thank you for your interest. My ultimate coup (using your exciting word) is for every public venue eg. town hall, theatre, lecture hall, place of worship, etc. to have a fully-functioning induction loop or infrared system and for the staff to know what they are and to service them well.

A subsidiary objective would be for me to be crowned Induction Loop King and to feature on a high-value UK postage stamp alongside Edward Snowden, and labelled 'Champions of the 21st century.'

Perhaps you might tell me if you have similar objectives?

Thanks for your encouraging response. It would be good if you could join in the campaign. I suggest you join/make contact with Hearing Link, who campaign for people with hearing loss. One of their campaigns is for people to promote induction loops. You may wish to email Sally Shaw at Sally.Shaw@hearinglink.org Good luck and I'd be delighted to hear of the response. Of course I don't know in which country you are. Colin, Hove.

The biggest problem, and one which I can't really overcome, is not being able to engage in conversations with more than one person. Pubs, restaurants and parties are no-go areas for me. I can converse very well one-to-one in a quiet environment, such as on a rowing boat in the middle of the ocean!

As hearing aids become more sophisticated we might be able to zoom in on particular speakers. It's a blessing to me that I can hear, i.e interpret, speech on the radio provided that there's none of the cursed background noise or interjections from other speakers. It would be interesting to hear of your own experiences, and to find out in which country you live.

Colin, Hove

I have a lot of urgent things to do, so would you mind if I come back to you in a week?

Colin, Hove

Thank you for this encouraging response. I have some urgent commitments so I propose to come back to you in a week. However, essentially all one needs is a standard hearing aid with a 'T' setting in order to be able to tune in to an induction loop. Of course, the venue must have an induction loop fitted and of course that is the problem. May I leave you today with a suggestion that you go to the website of the charity Hearing Link at www.hearinglink.org and take it from there? Thank you.

Colin, Hove