HLAA Convention 2011 Special: Exhibits #10

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NVRC News - June 30, 2011

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HLAA Convention Exhibits #10 -- ClearSounds, Oticon, QuickCaption

By Marla Dougherty 6/30/11

ClearSounds Communications, Inc.

At the ClearSounds booth I spoke with Maher about their latest

amplified phones like the A600 with digital answering machine that allows

you to listen to messages through the handset earpiece or through the

speakerphone.

As a consumer using a ClearSounds product, I was interested to learn more

about their product line and discovered more about the Bluetooth products

they now have available. The Bluetooth amplified neckloop accessory can be

used with the cell phone, TV and MP3 player. The loop receiver requires

T-coils or there use of a headset jack to accommodate non-T-coil users. The

QLink Bluetooth Stereo Transmitter is a Bluetooth adapter which can link to

an assortment of devices using their neckloop/headset system.

http://www.clearsounds.com <http://www.clearsounds.com/>

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Oticon

Oticon was back this year introducing their new small hearing aid, the

Oticon Chili, which came out in March.

The Chili BTE is very slim and discreet. It was developed for people with

severe to profound hearing loss. It offers an instant mute control as well

as volume adjustment and program selection. When used with the Oticon

ConnectLine Streamer, you can wirelessly connect to the TV, telephone, cell

phone, computer and stereo.

The ConnectLine Microphone really caught my attention. The small microphone

is worn by the person you are talking with so their voice is transmitted

wirelessly to the Streamer and then to your hearing aids. It can transmit up

to 15 yards away and works well in noisy surroundings.like a restaurant!

http://www.oticonusa.com/

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QuickCaption

The friendly people at QuickCaption were pleased to share information about

all the captioning services they have been providing for 12 years. They have

103 contractors that provide captioning nationwide and offer CART, remote

CART, video/DVD captioning and streaming media captioning.

Last November I experienced remote CART at the HLAA Walk4Hearing in

Washington DC. s with a smart phone or iPad could enjoy the streaming

of live CART if they were too far away to see the remote CART. By going to

the QuickCaption homepage and clicking on the HLAA event, they had instant

streaming of the speeches.

QuickCaption makes it easy for you to get a copy of the event transcript. On

their website you can copy and paste the transcript once the program is

over. The information remains " live " on the website for about 15 minutes.

After that, it is archived and the text can be mailed to you.

http://www.quickcaption.com/

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