Dan is one of our engineers and for him, travelling through the countryside of northern England is one of the big draws of the job.“I can’t imagine working in an office,” he said. “I’m based in County Durham, but I get to go all over...
Sometimes installations really touch the hearts of our team, and our recent work for the children’s charity, Demelza, is one such example.Demelza delivers extraordinary care to extraordinary children who are facing serious or life-limiting conditions throughout Kent, Southeast London and East Sussex.The charity contacted RNID...
Assistive listening specialists Contacta Systems Ltd have entered the Asia-Pacific market with a region-wide distribution deal with YYST Global.YYST Global is a leading provider of IT and AV services, and will distribute products from Contacta’s window intercom, RF, IR and hearing loop ranges.Ran Meyrav, Head...
Sales coordinator, Kelly Sands, could have had a career in hairdressing but much as she loved chatting to clients, she soon found styling hair wasn’t for her.She wanted a role that still had plenty of contact with people, and after a number of administrative roles,...
Hearing loop systems are an essential part of meeting equality legislation and creating an inclusive experience for hearing aid users.Integrated in thousands of public spaces, loop technology benefits the millions of people who struggle to hear.Spaces like theatres can have good acoustics, but it is...
Many businesses assume they don’t need assistive listening systems simply because no one has asked for them. But the real question is: how would they know?Hearing loss is often invisible. Hearing aids can be hidden by hair, head coverings, or sit discreetly inside the ear....
Representatives from the charity, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, visited our offices to say thank you for money raised by our engineer, James Graves.James hiked the Three Peaks in May of this year to raise almost £600 for the charity which trains dogs to alert...
The 28th June saw the new European Accessibility Act come into force. It sets out accessibility standards for digital-based products and services including computers and operating systems, payment terminals, telecommunications and consumer banking.Its aim is to improve accessibility for the millions of disabled people in...
An important part of planning an assistive listening system is the site survey.No matter how much information we have from architects’ drawings, detailed conversations with clients or photographs of the space, there is no substitute for being in the room.So why are site visits essential? ...
Nobody likes to be told that they 'don't matter', yet hearing aid users can often find their needs being disregarded.Hearing loss is a 'hidden' disability so it's not possible to tell who might need assistive listening and whether it's 'important' to provide it. It is...
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