[Access] Hearing Aids and the service

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> From: Rachel Cummings <Cummings_r at mercury.osac.state.or.us>
> Date: March 5, 2008 12:37:50 PM PST
> To: "'uuRuth Ross'" <ruthken at pacinfo.com>, Access Issues and  
> Discussion <access at uueugene.org>
> Subject: [Access] [sound] Hearing aids and the service
>
>
> Ruth--
>
> I know many of us leave the pulpit mic and/or flexible mic un-muted  
> for convenience even when the mics are not in use.  I thought  
> perhaps during meditation periods (when the fellow said the high  
> frequency pitch was most annoying)  I will mute them.  I don't know  
> if this situation is a source of a feedback problem, but it is a  
> small thing that may help with no technical changes required.
>
> The fellow who talked with me did say he has heard this feedback  
> before at services, and once there is sound again the feedback  
> disappears.  He was perhaps in his late forties and seemed  
> experienced with sound (I didn't know him).  He said he has  
> unusually good hearing (like teenagers) and that this was  
> definitely a feedback problem from our sound systems.
>
> I did ask another sound person if they heard the feedback during  
> the services and was told, that they had been told, it was from  
> hearing aids!  I was surprised to hear this too-probably a  
> misconception has gotten out of control.
>
> Good luck and keep me posted.  As always, I am willing to following  
> your expert direction.  I like everyone to be happy too.
>
> Rachel
>