Hi Sue.  Maybe this suggestion will work.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gladys Loewen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Betty Nobel" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: Fw:


> Sure Betty,
> she should go to a local hearing clinic and try the options.  We just
purchased
> a pocket talker for Mel's 88 year old mother who refuses to get hearing
aids nor
> acknowledge that she has a hearing loss.  She wears a head phone and then
there
> is a receiver box with a mic on it.  We put the receiver with mic on a
chair or
> table between us and his mother and she was stunned at how easy it was to
hear.
> Cost about $250 at WIDHH.
> have a good holiday season
> GLadys
>
> Betty Nobel wrote:
> >
> > Do you have any ideas for this person?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kuehn Sue" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 8:12 AM
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > Can you provide suggestions about how to provide hearing assistance to
> > > someone with significant hearing loss, when kayaking?  Is there an
> > assistive
> > > listening device that would work outdoors to allow communication
between
> > > instructor and student?  This student does not wear any hearing aids
> > > presently (though they are recommended), and reads lips.  The most
recent
> > > audiogram results indicate a bilateral mixed hearing loss with a
> > significant
> > > conductive component, especially on the left side.
> > >
> > > Many thanks for your advice,
> > > Susan Kuehn
> > > Director
> > > The Learning Enhancement Center &
> > > the Office for Students with Special Needs and Disabilities
> > >
> > >
> > > Susan Kuehn
> > > Director
> > > The Learning Enhancement Center &
> > > the Office for Students with Special Needs and Disabilities