A new assistive listening solution has been installed in the Netherlands. The Mariëngaarde Kunstcluster in Tilburg is an arts and culture community housed in an historic building. The centre was originally a boarding house built in 1935, and now allows artists and art lovers to live and work together, sharing ideas and art through its 15 studios, meeting spaces, and apartments....
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Real-world Auracast deployments in public venues signal growing adoption of Bluetooth-based assistive listening infrastructure, which audiologists may increasingly need to counsel patients about.
- 01Bettear installed an Auracast assistive listening system at Mariëngaarde Kunstcluster in Tilburg, Netherlands.
- 02The venue is a repurposed 1935 historic building now used as an arts and culture community space.
- 03Auracast is a Bluetooth LE Audio broadcast standard that streams audio directly to compatible hearing aids and earbuds.
- 04This represents a real-world public-venue deployment of next-generation assistive listening technology.
- 05No performance data, user outcomes, or clinical evidence are presented in the article.
Bettear has installed an Auracast-based assistive listening system at Mariëngaarde Kunstcluster in Tilburg.
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