More 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…
Read moreJaime Medbury, Principal of Blayney Public School in country New South Wales, kindly offered this feedback after the installation of 11 Redcat soundfield devices: “Hearing in the classroom is important and the loss of hearing can have a major impact on student learning. When we looked at supporting our classes, we research a range of…
Read moreWe identified a need to make our solutions more securable and instinctive. We are proud to announce the new SoundHouse cabinet system, and a the new PowerMount system. The SoundHouse redefines the look of soundfield and allows for an all in one solution that is aesthetically pleasing. All electronics built in and tamper proof. Lockable….
Read moreAwareness of non-educators to the implications of middle ear infection was raised recently by an article in the Sunday Morning Herald. Ella Archibald-Binge reported on Aug 30 that a federally funded screening program working with Indigenous learners in The NT revealed around 25% of the children assessed in 67 communities over the past year had…
Read moreAn advantage of Lightspeed’s soundfield solutions is that teacher Flexmikes and student Sharemikes is that they ‘talk’ to sounfield solutions (including the Redcat Access and 955 systems) on a platform that is separate and distinct from other technology in a School. But what does this mean? The platform used by wifi and live performance equipment…
Read moreHear and Learn launched new videos lately and feedback is that they love the work of Benji and asked about his background. To demystify what soundfield and hearing augmentation are, Hear and Learn engaged Benji to make a movie to explain it all once and for all! Benji has starred in such films as “Catch”,…
Read moreIt is exciting to develop ideas and products to cater for all contingencies, and be best of breed. We do our best to procure advice from stakeholders including Govt entities, audiologists, architects, Access / Disability people, electrical designers and the like. Our fresh take on things is something we try and share as efficiently as…
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Just like architects and electrical consultants in Australia, those in the US are adopting tech that Hear and Learn exclusively supplies in Australia. Watch Archtitect Joe Saffiotti of Coleman Partners Architects discuss a new construction in Louisiana, United States. With learning spaces designed to encouragement collaboration, East Baton Rouge District Superintendant Warren Drake explains the…
Read moreYou may have extra concerns regarding sanitisation at your school, and part of this may be to take steps to clean electronics and AV equipment. We encourage you to think about this in the context of our Flexmikes, Redmikes and Sharemikes, and other microphones you have in your school Our new Hear and Learn microphone…
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