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(U.K. visitors may wish to visit the RNID
shop.)
Note: hearingloop.org is a nonprofit, informational
resource. It has nothing to sell and has no financial interest
in any loop product.
Hearing loops should be designed to meet the international
induction loop standard (see here
and here).
You may wish to ask potential installers whether they offer
engineering expertise to meet this standard and can verify
that they have done so. This will prevent dissatisfaction
with uneven, poor quality installations and will delight users
with clear, strong input wherever they sit.
American companies whose business focus is selling
loop products include:
AssistiveAudio
Vendor self-description: "North American distribution
for Ampetronic. Design, specify and supply induction loop
systems."
Contacta,
Inc.
Vendor self-description: "Manufactures commercial and
professional products for large venues and customer-facing
applications."
Hearing
Loop Systems
Vendor self-description: "Nationwide loop system design
and installation: Churches, airports, classrooms, pharmacies,
meeting rooms."
LoopAmerica
Vendor self-description: "Online source for residential,
commercial, and portable hearing loop systems."
Oval
Window Audio
Vendor self-description: "Longtime American manufacturer
of commercial and residential induction loop assistive listening
products."
Pure
Direct Sound
Vendor self-description: "Home loop kits, commercial
loop amplifiers, plus other products to assist hearing."
Wireless
Hearing Solutions
Vendor self-description: "Destributes home and commercial
inLOOP systems through hearing centers nationwide."
These companies can direct you to recommended installers
of their products. (Although we know of reputable loop design
and installation firms in places such as Michigan, Arizona,
Wisconsin, and Washington, we are unable to comprehensively
identify and screen all audio contractors installing loop
systems.)
Prominent equipment manufacturers include:
Ampetronic,
a British company whose products are in use worldwide, with
marketing in the USA by Assistive
Audio.
Bo
Edin, a Swedish loop manufacturer of Univox products
for home (including a simple chair pad system) and institutions,
via Pure
Direct Sound and other vendors, including the
Center
for Hearing Loss Help and TecEar.
Contacta
Inc., a new but technically experienced American
company manufacturing a line of loop products, including a
new home TV
listening unit, as a joint venture with Britain's
Contacta
Ltd. In the Midwest, Contacta products are sold,
with engineering support, by Hearing
Loop Systems.
Echo@MegaLoop,
a British product distributed in the USA by HARC.
InLoop,
an American manufacturer of home and institutional loop systems,
plus commercial installation training facility.
LoopAmerica,
an American manufacturer, which has developed digital loop
drivers for both large area and home applications.
Oval
Window Audio, a longtime American manufacturer of
a full line of loop equipment. Oval Window products are sold
and installed by contractors and dealers across North America.
Vivid
Acoustics, a British manufacturer of the portable
and countertop Soundshuttle and the portable Clipboard, distributed
in the USA by Pure
Direct Sound and others.
For catalogs and stores that sell other assistive
listening devices, including phones, personal listening systems,
and TV headsets, click here.
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