Hearing augmentation is the process of transmitting audio in learning spaces to receivers in hearing aids. In reference to this today we were asked a very important question; when a message from the front office to a learning space is broadcast, what happens to other audio? All Hearing Augmentation products of Hear and Learn have…
Read moreMilikapiti Community in Melville Island has a population of about 450. The School has an enrolment of nearly 80 students from Pre School to Middle Years. Kathryn Cochrane, Classroom Teacher has a Hear and Learn Redcat in her classroom and reports it “has been great” as “the students love taking turns to use the (Sharemike)…
Read moreAgainst the background of stakeholders respecting that sound in learning spaces is as important as sight, here’s a couple of snaps of Daniel assisting in the installation of numerous Soundhouses at a State School in Melbourne. The Hear and Learn SoundHouse is steel, is recessed into a wall or surface mounted, and offers the capture…
Read moreImagine if you were trying to learn a new language. Perhaps a new Australian for whom English is not their first language, or for some one learning French. Here’s some awesome feedback… “I just love that the children can CLEARLY hear the intonation of my voice and the sounds that we don’t have in English…
Read moreAn English teacher in WA went out of her way to share this with us: I have used a Redcat since the 2nd one was ordered in the Junior School and they are a real asset to teaching. I do have voice strain issues and it really helps with that. It enables all students to…
Read moreRecent feedback from an independent school: The Redcat Access system is incredible and I feel so lucky to have on in my main teaching room. The set up works best if the system is mounted in the centre of the room. The microphone is very clear and easy to transfer from teacher to student during…
Read moreHear and Learn has welcomed a new staff member. Ex-teacher Kristine Paphazy (whose parents, stepmum, aunt and grandmother and aunt were all teachers – with father, stepmum and aunt being principals as well throughout their careers)has embraced her new role as account manager to help our thousands of clients getting the best out of your…
Read moreIn 2015 Hear and Learn hosted Carol Flexer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Audiology, The University of Akron and Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium (NOAC) to present seminars around Australia. Please see a ‘best of’ video from the Melbourne Seminar. Among other topics, Professor Flexer explains how explains how connecting sound to the brain is crucial. Using technology,…
Read and watch moreMore and more, educators, architects and other stakeholders are responding to regulation, policy and research about speech intelligibility. But why? It makes sense that a child’s growing brain needs all the best food it can get and learning via the ears is part of that. Simply because children haven’t got as many word files stored…
Read moreWhile regulations in Australia continue to push towards building learning spaces that cater for the needs of children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, research supports this evolution. The latest rules attached to the construction of new Vic State Schools states “students with English as a second language … need sound-field systems” and and similar…
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