{"id":799,"date":"2024-02-28T18:34:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T18:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imago.cs.manchester.ac.uk\/flag-me-vision\/?p=799"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:57:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:57:46","slug":"assistive-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imago.cs.manchester.ac.uk\/flag-me-vision\/assistive-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Use of Assistive technology (Audio Loop)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"799\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"ip\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">0    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"pld-dislike-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-dislike-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"799\" data-trigger-type=\"dislike\" data-restriction=\"ip\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-down\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-dislike-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">0<\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Whilst many people with hearing loss have hearing aids, not everyone wears them or has them correctly set. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, some pharmacies have a hearing or audio loop (HL) system. This provides a magnetic, wireless signal that gets picked up by the hearing aid when it is set to Telecoil \u2018T\u2019&nbsp;setting. Places with a HL system you should display the logo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/imago.cs.manchester.ac.uk\/c10643e9-7448-4faf-bfa2-baa10a9fda7b\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can help people with hearing aids by finding out if you have a HL, and making sure it is activated so you comply with the Equality Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please ensure that you know whether or not you have a loop in your pharmacy. If there is one, please make sure that it is regularly tested and that new batteries are installed periodically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it can be used immediately as needed, this helps as does a sign displaying the hearing loop system is on prominent display in the pharmacy to help people with hearing impairments.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resources:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rnid.org.uk\/\">https:\/\/rnid.org.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0 0 Whilst many people with hearing loss have hearing aids, not everyone wears them or has them correctly set. &nbsp; Similarly, some pharmacies have a hearing or audio loop (HL) system. This provides a magnetic, wireless signal that gets picked up by the hearing aid when it is set to Telecoil \u2018T\u2019&nbsp;setting. Places with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-generally-applicable-show-all-sound-strategies","category-all-sound-strategies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imago.cs.manchester.ac.uk\/flag-me-vision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imago.cs.manchester.ac.uk\/flag-me-vision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imago.cs.manchester.ac.uk\/flag-me-vision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imago.cs.manchester.ac.uk\/flag-me-vision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imago.cs.manchester.ac.uk\/flag-me-vision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/imago.cs.manchester.ac.uk\/flag-me-vision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1009,"href":"https:\/\/imago.cs.manchester.ac.uk\/flag-me-vision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions\/1009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imago.cs.manchester.ac.uk\/flag-me-vision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imago.cs.manchester.ac.uk\/flag-me-vision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imago.cs.manchester.ac.uk\/flag-me-vision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}