Assistive listening systems allow people with hearing impairment to hear more clearly and to participate more fully in general conversations, order goods or services and listen to public performances.
They can also be used in noisy environments to make sound more intelligible or in applications such as museum ‘walk through’ or surveillance systems.
The most popular types of assistive listening systems in the UK are hearing loop systems but other types are available including infrared, wifi streaming and through counter speech transfer systems.