<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Adding to the last comment, they can still attach an personal FM system to the computer if that is their preference. If there is not enough volume on standard headsets or without the FM system, there are also amplified headsets that can be used. Sometimes it still takes a combination of all these situations, especially if the recording is not great or if there are multiple speakers/noise in the room. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Karen</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 9:29 PM Melanie P. Thornton <<a href="mailto:mthornt@uark.edu">mthornt@uark.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:14px">My thinking is that the purpose of the ALD is to remove the barrier that results from distance and extraneous noise. Those barriers are more within the student’s control when they are joining by computer.</div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:14px">For those who typically use ALDs in such a way that the sound is directed directly into their hearing aid, having a dial in option and using a phone instead of the computer could produce a similar result.</div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:14px">For those who use them with headphones (i.e. do not have hearing aids), then connecting a headphone directly to the computer should give the same result.</div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:14px">If the student is not getting the volume output they need, I wonder if something like Boom 3D could boost their audio. </div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:14px">Of course on the output side, asking the instructor to use a headset with a mic could help improve quality as well.</div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:14px">I can’t really think of a situation where an ALD would be better than simply controlling how the audio is accessed—phone or computer—and increasing the volume.</div>
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<div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:14px">Hope to hear from others in case there is something I’m missing here.</div>
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<p>On May 22, 2020 at 7:14:33 PM, Wink Harner (<a href="mailto:foreigntype@gmail.com" target="_blank">foreigntype@gmail.com</a>) wrote:</p>
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<div>The question came up in one of my grad student's research projects and I thought I would ask our collective "hive" of experts when or whether we should be providing ALD's or FM systems to our HOH students in the quick switch made to online courses. Is
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