SCOLA for children and youth

Children and youth feel best when they can participate in activities on equal terms with others. As they are often in noisy environments, this can be difficult for those with hearing loss.

SCOLA gives children and young people with impaired hearing optimum opportunities for hearing and understanding speech when they are in noisy environments with poor acoustics. The SCOLA FM system doesn’t just make everyday communication easier, but is a particularly vital link in the classroom, where it is essential that the full content of lessons is heard.

How does it function?

The receiver plugs into the hearing aid and the transmitter is placed close to the sound source the hearing aid user wants to hear. The transmitter could, for example:

hang around the neck of a friend

hang around the neck of a teacher

be held in the user’s hand, pointing towards the person speaking.

This means the distance from the person speaking is no longer an obstacle to hearing well. The user’s effective listening point is where the SCOLAtalk microphone is positioned. The microphone in the transmitter employs sophisticated directional technology, so it can be set to pick up sound only from a focused direction. This allows the user to hear the person speaking clearly, while surrounding background noise is significantly reduced. Widex calls this “Straight talk”.

Participating on equal terms

A SCOLA system allows the user to participate on equal terms with others in social activities, such as sitting at the campfire with classmates, or being at parties with loud music.