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As you may have seen on the agenda, we will be adding assistive listening
devices to make it easier for persons with hearing loss to hear
presentations at our state convention. A transmitter is directly
connected to the sound system, and small receivers can receive the signal
throughout the meeting room. You can connect your own headphones to the
receiver, or we can supply headphones. In addition, we have a couple of
neck loops available that will allow the receiver to be heard directly by
hearing aids with T-Coil capability.<br><br>
Our intention was to have two transmitters which would allow us to have
the audio at two meetings available at the same time. A second
transmitter was ordered three weeks ago or so, but we have run into
supply chain issues and may not have the second transmitter for this
weekend. Of course, we will be set up to use our assisted listening
devices at the main sessions of the conventions on Saturday morning and
afternoon, the banquet on Saturday evening, and also the Sunday morning
session. We will also cover the meeting of the DeafBlind group at
3:30 on Saturday afternoon. Currently our plan is to also cover the
Resolution Committee meeting at 4:15 on Friday afternoon, but we do not
know if we can cover the Careers and the Technology seminars at
3:00. There are microphones in both of the meeting rooms, though,
so the sound of the speaker will be amplified which is somewhat better
than no amplification at all.<br><br>
After you arrive at the hotel, you can contact either Rocky Hart at (218)
839-4544 or Steve Decker at (612) 655-1372 to make arrangements to check
out a receiver. We has that you give a $10 cash deposit that will be
returned to you when the receiver is turned back in.<br><br>
This is our first time using these devices, so please be patient as we
learn how best to implement this approach to hearing our
convention.<br><br>
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Best regards,<br><br>
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Steve Jacobson, President<br><br>
National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota<br><br>
<a href="http://www.nfbmn.org/">www.nfbmn.org</a><br><br>
(612) 872-9363<br><br>
Pronouns: he, him, his<br><br>
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<a href="http://www.nfb.org/">www.nfb.org</a><br><br>
Live the life you Want.<br>
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