Tell me more about who this Dick Meyers is, and I will
include him in the press release so the news can maybe
contat him as well.

--- Doreen Pettipas <dodiepettipas@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Kim,
>
> I am not sure of all the details. I do know that
> they did it during construction and it is actually
> laid in a groove in the floor. Dick Myers (Richard
> A. Myers" amco@mindspring.com) from another group I
> am in did the actual consultation with my church's
> building committee. He is the brains behind it.
>
> He is really helpful about answering questions.
> Just tell him I told you about our loop and that I
> told you to contact him.
>
> Kimberley J <anij_jnaii@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dodie !
>
> I'm soo happy you were able to loop your church !
>
> actually I'm in the process of looking into it for
> mine -
> would you be able to share some more details on
> what you ended up getting etc ??
>
> Kim
>
>
> Doreen <dodiepettipas@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Our church just completed the building of our
> new sanctuary, after a
> 10 year struggle with the city over a conditional
> use permit. Once
> we got our conditional use permit (about 2 yrs ago)
> I started
> researching what was available out there for looping
> the church for
> the hearing-impaired congregants. I went to a
> meeting with the
> building committee and told them about the need and
> how it would be
> better for the people needing it than using the
> portable FM receivers
> previously used. I stressed that using headphones on
> a personal FM
> deprived the user of the amplification of their
> hearing aids which
> are adjusted individually based on the wearer's
> loss.
>
> Well, they agreed to pursue it. We moved to the new
> sanctuary on
> June 25th. The building wasn't complete and the
> sound system wasn't
> entirely finished. This past Sunday I got to try the
> loop out. It
> was so nice to be able to hear the sermon without
> all the background
> noise in the sanctuary. People don't seem to realize
> how distracting
> it is when they are moving around, shuffling papers,
> coughing, baby
> crying, etc. When you have to work hard to hear in
> any situation you
> quickly find out how distracting these sounds are.
>
> We are looking into getting signs to let people know
> the loop is
> there and working. I hope there are lots of others
> who can benefit
> from it. We also have large screens at the front of
> the sanctuary
> where the sermon outline is posted. This is very
> helpful, since I
> sometimes miss what the fill-ins are when I have to
> look down at my
> paper.
>
> I am going to see if there is someway the church can
> get free
> publicity from the local paper regarding the loop
> system. There
> aren't many places here in the Southern Oregon area
> that have any
> amplification systems. The ones that do are just
> infrared or FM and
> use headphones. Again, back to taking out your aids
> to use the
> headphones and not having enough amplification
> without the aids to
> really hear. At least for those of us with severe or
> profound
> losses.
>
> Anyway, just thought I would let you guys know that
> this happened.
>
> Dodie
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Kim J
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