Assistive Listening Devices

This column gives information about different systems and how to manage them.

This column is intended for parents and professionals.  It explains how to ensure that you and the deaf CYP get maximum benefit from their assistive listening device.  It is recommended that you seek training from a qualified professional ie Educational Audiologist, Qualified Teacher of Deaf Children and Young People, prior to use.

This column provides information on what radio aids are and how they can be used to support children’s learning.  The criteria for issuing such a system is discussed and suggestions on good practice are given.  This includes provision for babies and preschool children.

This column also looks at the listening environment for children and young people (CYP) and how radio aid systems can be used to support CYP in such environments that might otherwise be detrimental to their listening and to their learning.

In this column we list recent research and references on the benefits and uses of radio aids.  There is also a section on UK-based Masters research, historic small-scale case studies, showing how individuals have benefited from this technology.

Educational Audiology Association (EAA) publications
Journal of Educational, Pediatric & (Re)Habilitative Audiology (JEPRA), previously named Journal of Educational Audiology, has a range of open-access journal publications.