A day in the life of two deaf people

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A day in the life of two deaf people

• Presentation prepared by
• Connevans Limited

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A day in the life of ..

• Ineedo Ivor

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A day in the life of ..

• Ineedo Help
• Ivor Gadget

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06.45 hours

• Ineedo
• Oversleeps, he doesnt hear
• his alarm clock oh whoops!
• but.
• Ivor
• Is woken by his
• Vibrating Vibralarm
• alarm clock.

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Vibralarm Alarm Clock

• Its very, very loud!
• Good strong vibrator option
• Connevans Catalogue Section 9

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Vibralarm Alarm Clock with strobe

• Strobe option as an alternative to a vibrator
• Sound strobe together option

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08.00 hours

• Ineedo
• Misses the train
• the boss will not be happy,
• its not the first time
• meanwhile.
• Ivor
• Is at the station on time and listens
• to his mp3 player on the train using
• a personal stereo direct input lead.

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Personal stereo direct input lead

• Superb sound quality
• Direct input connection to hearing aid from any
  3.5mm headphone socket
• Connevans Catalogue section 11

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09.00 hours

• Ineedo
• Is still running from the station.
• while.
• Ivor
• Is at work on time and is
• ready to start his working day.
• Its time for coffee!

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09.20 hours

• Ineedo
• Sifts through his in-tray
• unaware that his no.1 customer
• has been trying to contact him.
• across the city.
• Ivor
• Reads his text answerphone
• messages received while
• the office was closed.

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Many textphone alternatives

• Different features to suit different pockets
• Connevans Catalogue section 10

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10.00 hours

• Ineedo
• Looks out of the window.
• Why is everybody out in
• the car park?
• but.
• Ivor
• is with the rest of
• the team in the car park
• during the monthly fire drill.

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Pagetek II on-site vibrating pager

• Connects directly to building fire alarm system
• Neat vibrating pager
• Various range alternatives
• Complete installed systems available
• Connevans Catalogue end of section 7

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12.00 hours

• Ineedo
• Takes a phone call, not an easy
• experience. Ineedo used to be able to
• use the phone easily until a new phone
• system was installed. It looks very smart and
• even shows the time and who is calling, but
• the system phones are difficult to hear.
• meanwhile.

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12.00 hours

• meanwhile .
• Ivor
• Takes his phone call using a hearing
• aid compatible headset connected
• to his system phone. It leaves his hands
• free and he can easily use
• his computer while he talks.

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HA compatible headsets

• T HA pickup compatible
• Monaural or binaural options
• Connevans catalogue section 10

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13.00 hours

• Ineedo
• Time for lunch what will Ineedos
• girlfriend be doing tonight?
• Ivor
• Its Ivors lunch break too. He takes the
• opportunity of making a mobile phone call,
• using his Artone Bluetooth Neckloop,
• to his friend Vera Nice to ask for a lift home
• and to join him for supper.

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Artone Inductive Hands Free Kit

• T coil drive
• Works with most current mobile phones
• Rechargeable with USB, mains and car charger
• Connevans Catalogue section 10

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14.00 hours

• Ineedo
• Ineedo is sitting eating his lunch...
• Ivor
• Its important that Ivor remembers he has
• to talk to his boss straight after lunch.
• His smart new watch vibrates to remind
• him that he has to be there in 5 minutes...

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Vibralite Vibrating Watches

• Good vibration
• Daily alarms and countdown timers
• Range of different styles and colours
• Connevans Catalogue section 9

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15.00 hours

• Ineedo
• There is a presentation by the
• Chairman on future Company policy.
• Although Ineedo has a special seat at
• the front it is still not easy, especially
• when the Chairman turns around
• to write on the interactive whiteboard.
• however.

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15.00 hours

• however.
• Ivor
• Is attending a similar presentation,
• but he is listening using his fmGenie
• radio aid with his hearing aids both for
• the presentation and with a
• conference microphone for the group
• discussions that follow.

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fmGenie radio aid

• Superb sound quality
• Status display
• Information at a glance
• Multichannel
• Inovative features and easy to use
• Connevans catalogue section 1

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fmGenie flexible to use

• 3 output modes
• HA T Neckloop
• HA direct input
• Headphones to help with concentration

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fmGenie comfortable to wear

• How would you like to wear yours?
• Belt pouch
• Neck harness
• Hip hanger
• Waist belt
• Bum bag
• Body harness

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fmGenie conference microphone

• Designed for group discussions
• Can be used with Tx or Rx
• Effective range 0.5 to 2m radius

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fmGenie simply the best

• Advanced sound technology
• You are in control with an fmGenie
• Designed and manufactured by Connevans

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17.00 hours

• Ineedo
• The train is on time for a change.
• Ineedo watches dusk falling as the
• train winds its way home through
• the suburbs.
• Ivor
• Vera arrives slightly late, but she is able to
• text Ivor on his mobile. Ivor usually finds
• listening in the car difficult so today he is
• using his fmGenie radio aid to
• catch up on the latest gossip.

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18.00 hours

• Ineedo
• Home at the end of a busy day, and time
• to cook dinner. While at the kitchen sink
• Ineedo was frightened out of his life
• when he saw Harry from next door
• knocking at the window. Harry had guessed
• that Ineedo had not heard the front door bell.
• but our other friend.

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18.00 hours

• ...Ivor
• picks up his PPS pager from the hall table.
• The pager has trigger units for the door bell,
• telephone/textphone and smoke alarm
• system to help keep Ivor in touch with
• the world around him. Knowing his culinary
• limitations dinner is from the freezer tonight!

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PPS433 Personal Pager System

• Vibrating pager
• Alert identification
• 3 vibration patterns
• Low battery warning
• Long battery life
• Connevans Catalogue section 7

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PPS433 Trigger Units

• Fire
• Telephone
• Doorbell
• Baby
• External switch
• Call
• Alarm clock
• PIR
• Custom codings

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19.00 hours

• Ineedo
• Dinner was tasty but Ineedo was not too
• impressed that he had missed the start of
• the Bond film while he was cooking supper.
• Then he had Harry from next door knocking
• at the window again, this time it was to ask
• for the TV sound to be turned down the
• plane crash was just too realistic.
• meanwhile the other side of town.

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19.00 hours

• the other side of town.
• Ivor
• is using his uses his Humax PVR9200T
• hard disc recorder to record his favourite
• soap with digital subtitles.
• He does not want to annoy Vera
• by not giving her his full attention
• during the meal!

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Humax Personal Video Recorder

• Record digital subtitles
• Integral Freeview decoder
• 100 hours recording time
• Pause and rewind live TV!
• Connevans Catalogue section 11

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20.30 hours

• Ineedo
• Ineedo rarely watches TV nowadays,
• he is not sure it is worth the effort
  concentrating.
• on the other side of town
• Ivor
• The PPS pager alerts Ivor that the phone is
• ringing, oh dear the doorbell is ringing too!
• He has a Geemarc CL100 hearing aid compatible
• telehone with a high frequency lift.

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Hearing Aid compatible phonesGeemarc CL100

• T coil output
• Amplified o/p
• High frequency lift
• Quick dial emergency buttons
• Connevans Catalogue section 10

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22.00 hours

• Ineedo
• Time for bed, Ineedo hopes that by getting
• an early night he will wake on time.
• elsewhere.
• Ivor
• Kisses Vera goodnight. She is off home
• as she has an early start tomorrow.

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22.30 hours

• Ineedo
• Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz
• Ivor
• Time to sit with a cup of hot chocolate and
• watch the soap that was recorded earlier.
• Although he uses an inductive room loop
• he likes to have the subtitles on too.

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Domestic loop amplifier

• Echo Megaloop
• Sarabec LA215
• Both fit 6m x 6m area
• Connevans Catalogue section 12

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22.30 hours

• Ineedo
• Ineedo has left his hearing aids
• in his jacket pocket
• Ivor
• Ivor takes off his hearing aids
• and puts them in his Dry and Store,
• so theyll be ready for the morning

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Dry and Store

• Dries hearing aids and kills germs overnight
• Regular use helps reduce repairs
• Many other items can help keep hearing aids in
  great condition
• Connevans Catalogue section 6

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22.45 hours

• Ineedo
• We are not sure what would happen to
• Ineedo if there was a fire during the night ..
• Are you ?
• Ivor
• Time for bed, safe in the knowledge that his
• interlinked smoke alarm with vibrator
• will wake him if there is a fire.

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EI mains vibrating smoke alarm

• 3 smoke head options
• Ionisation
• Optical
• Heat
• All interlinkable
• Wireless version
• 2nd o/p for strobe, vibrator or connection to PPS
  system
• Connevans Catalogue section 9

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Solutions to help the quality of life

• Technology will never solve all problems
• but.
• there is a lot that it can help with.
• Goodbye from us and goodbye from them.
• Thank you for listening.

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• bye