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Inside Santa Barbara - Hearing Loops

Learn how hearing loops have transformed the experiences of many Santa Barbara residents at church, theater performances, and city council meetings.

Nationals Media Articles

A Hearing Aid That Cuts Out The Clatter (New York Times)
The Real Sounds of Hearing Loos (NPR)
How Hearing Loops Can Help
(The Washington Post)
A Surge in Hearing Loops Gives Hearing-Impaired Front Row Seats (The Hearing Journal)
 Loop America Worship Centers
(Technologies for Worship)
Roadmap to Looped Community
(Audiology Toady)
A comparison of assisted listening system technologies (Technologies for Worship)

Local Radio Interviews

Interview with Otojoy founder Thomas Kaufmann

Interview with audiologist Donna Gilmartin

October 16, 2014
Santa Barbara News-Press
January 29, 2015
Santa Barbara Independent
April, 2014
Successful Aging
March 7, 2014
Pacific Coast Business Times
July 9, 2013
Successful Aging
June 26, 2013
Daily Nexus
May 1, 2013
Ojai Valley News
April 4, 2013
Santa Barbara News-Press
January 4, 2013
Santa Barbara News-Press
July 21, 2014
Santa Barbara News-Press
January 22, 2015
Coastal View News
March 11, 2014
Santa Barbara News-Press
September 29, 2013
Coastal View News
July 2, 2013
Santa Barbara News-Press
June 11, 2013
Santa Barbara News-Press
April 18, 2013
Costal View News
January 7, 2013
Santa Barbara News-Press
October 31, 2011
Santa Barbara News-Press

Local Media Articles

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