R.E. Lee Memorial Church brings T-coil users back into the loop
Published: WORSHIP
WORLD: Church members using T-coil-enabled hearing aids or cochlear implants at R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church in Lexington, VA, are now able to automatically connect to church services. An upgrade has recently been carried out on the historic building’s existing Listen Technologies hearing loop to upgrade it from a radio frequency system to an inductive ListenLoop system by deploying the manufacturer’s CLS2 as the driver for the main sanctuary floor. The project was carried out by Virginia-based Stage Sound.
‘It’s made a huge and positive difference for everyone with hearing challenges,’ said Jay Ensor, system designer and project manager for Stage Sound. ‘The previous RF system was great, and this is even better, because it makes getting connected to the church’s audio so much easier and simpler for those with T-coil-enabled hearing aids or cochlear implants. You walk in and you’re connected, just like that.’
The church rests above a basement on a floor supported by hand-hewn beams, which simplified the laying of the loop wire. An added benefit of this, explained the installers, is that the new system boasts ‘exceptionally strong’ signal strength up to 3.5m above the seating area.
‘We’ve installed other brands of assisted-listening products, but we’ve always come back to the ones from Listen Technologies – to the point that we became a dealer,’ concluded Mr Ensor. ‘In addition to being a great product, it’s also extremely cost effective, which allows us to pass the savings onto our customers. We trust it and our clients get the performance they expect, every time.’