Residents of Sarasota, Florida, will have the chance to try Auracast through a pilot programme at the Cook Theatre this November. Members of the Asolo Repertory Theatre are teaming up with Complete Hearing Solutions for the project. The assistive listening company installed the theatre’s original hearing loop system 16 years ago, and is returning for this trial....
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No actionable change — this is an early-stage real-world pilot of Auracast assistive listening technology at one venue, with no clinical outcome data reported.
Real-world venue deployments of Auracast signal growing momentum for Bluetooth-based assistive listening as a potential successor to legacy loop and FM systems in public spaces.
- 01Auracast assistive listening technology is being piloted at Cook Theatre, Sarasota, Florida.
- 02The installation was carried out by Complete Hearing Solutions for Asolo Repertory Theatre members.
- 03Auracast uses Bluetooth LE Audio to stream audio directly to compatible hearing aids or earbuds.
- 04This is a pilot programme — no outcome or performance data are yet reported.
- 05The deployment represents one of the early real-world public venue trials of Auracast in the US.
Auracast assistive listening technology has been installed at Cook Theatre in Sarasota, Florida.
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