Great to see that you are responding to the needs of your audiences. You might want to check out Sound Associates Inc (soundassociates.com) - they provide consultation and sales of equipment that includes personal amplification systems. Captioning services should also be available in your area or remotely, via organizations such as https://dhcc.org/interpreting-services/cart/. I suggest you also get in touch with your local Museum Access Consortium and your state department of disability services for recommendations on providers.
Claudia
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Claudia Ocello
President & CEO
Museum Partners Consulting, LLC
Maplewood NJ
Original Message:
Sent: 11-30-2016 04:33 PM
From: Karen Christianson
Subject: Hearing accessibility systems
I am interested in exploring systems to provide assistance to public programs audience members who are hard of hearing. Most of our patrons who ask have age-related hearing loss, and would not be helped by sign language interpreters. They need either audio-boosting headphones or some kind of closed captioning. I would appreciate hearing about others' experiences.