Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) - radio aids and proprietary remote microphone systems - optimising listening opportunities

Revised version: Contributions by members of the ALTWG (Stuart Whyte, Brian Copsey, James Mander) including Educational Audiologists from the professional associations; British Association of Educational Audiologists (BAEA) (Claire Bateson, Anne Bailey) and BATOD (Teresa Quail). | View as single page | Feedback/Impact

Good practice

The Assistive Listening Technology Working Group formerly known the UK Children's Radio Aid Working Group, working with the NDCS, produced the Quality Standards for the use of personal radio aids.  This is a resource for those who commission services for deaf CYP, practitioners who work with them and manufacturers.  It aims to provide realistic and attainable quality standards and describe good practice for the selection, fitting, management and evaluation of radio aid systems for CYP.

There is also a Good Practice Guide, accessible on the website, on the ‘Quality Standards 2017’ tab which gives practical ideas on how to attain the Quality Standards.

See also ‘Routine Checks’, ‘Use in Educational settings’ and ‘Use in everyday life’ in this MESHGuide.