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From: dmimi@uncecs.edu (Mimi Clifford)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: FM ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES
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Date: 22 Feb 90 04:41:47 GMT
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Hi:

BTW, FM and wired (Pocket Talker) ALDs can be used with various
microphones.  They usually come with an omni-directional mic--one
that receives equally from all directions.  (Am I right about the
name?)  Anyway, there is also a semi-directional mike available for
most of them which makes it MUCH easier to listen to--the
noise-signal ratio apparently is better.  I have a very directional
mike also, that I love, but it is bigger and must be aimed at the
sound source to 'hear' it so it is clumsy.  Try to get, or at least
to try, the semi-directional mike before you purchase the omni-
one.  Let's see, that's at least 3 different spellings of mike.  I
type directly into a vax, and editing is a pain, so mistakes are
difficult, almost impossible, to fix.  Apologies.