Discover Assistive Listening Devices That Can Make Everyday Hearing Easier
Looking for practical ways to hear better beyond hearing aids?
Join Better Hearing Australia Brisbane for a hands-on session exploring Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) and other helpful hearing technologies that can improve communication, reduce frustration and make everyday life easier.
This free session is designed for people with hearing loss, family members and carers who want to better understand the range of tools available to support clearer hearing at home, in social settings and out in the community.
Whether you struggle to hear in noisy places, find conversations tiring, miss the TV dialogue, or want to feel safer and more independent at home, this session will introduce practical solutions that may help.
Hearing support is more than hearing aids
Hearing aids can help, but they do not solve every listening challenge. Background noise, distance, group conversations, TV, phone calls and safety alerts can still be difficult.
Assistive Listening Devices can help fill these gaps. Some work with hearing aids, while others can be used on their own to support clearer communication, reduce listening effort and make everyday life easier.
What are Assistive Listening Devices?
Assistive Listening Devices, or ALDs, are tools that help people with hearing loss hear speech and important sounds more clearly in different situations. They can be used with hearing aids or on their own, depending on your needs.
ALDs may include:
- TV listening headphones and TV streamers
- Personal amplifiers, sometimes called pocket talkers
- FM and Roger systems
- Hearing loops or induction loops
- Bluetooth microphones for hearing aids or earbuds
- Captioning devices and live caption apps
- Alerting devices such as flashing doorbells, vibrating alarms and smoke alerts
- Remote microphones for meetings, restaurants and group conversations
- Smartphone accessibility features and apps
How can ALDs help?
Assistive listening devices can help you:
- hear speech more clearly in noisy environments
- improve one-on-one and group communication
- reduce listening fatigue and everyday frustration
- hear better when a speaker is further away
- get better results alongside hearing aids
- improve TV, phone and device listening
- feel safer, more confident and more independent at home and in the community
For many people, ALDs can help bridge the gap between hearing aids and the real-world listening challenges they still face every day.
What will this session cover?
BHA’s in-house audiologist will introduce a range of practical hearing support tools and resources available beyond hearing aids, and explain how they can help in everyday life.
Topics include:
- TV listening systems
- Amplification tools
- Fire safety kits
- Notification and alert systems
- Smartphone accessibility features and apps
This is a practical, easy-to-understand session designed to help you explore options, ask questions and discover tools that may improve your quality of life.
Our next ALD seminar
Tuesday June 2nd 10.30am – 12.30pm
Art Space Meeting Room Capalaba Library
38-62 Moreton Rd
Capalaba Central Shopping Centre
This is a free ALD information session, but places are limited.
Register via Eventbrite (click the button below) to secure your spot.
Can’t make this session?
Register your interest to hear about future assistive listening device seminars, hearing loss support events and other upcoming BHA Brisbane sessions.
Who is Better Hearing Australia (Brisbane)?
The Brisbane branch of BHA was established in 1946 by members of the local community who were hard of hearing and couldn’t find the support they were looking for.
BHA Brisbane maintains this strong philosophy of self-help and draws on the value of lived experience in all its services – from informal, volunteer-led support groups to comprehensive workplace training programs.
In 2022 we were recognised by the Queensland Government as a peak representative body representing Queenslanders with hearing loss.
We are a not-for-profit organisation registered with the Australian Taxation Office.
