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"<< Background >>Please start the introductory video ""Real Life Pictures 1"".Available at: https://ilooptimalforall.unb.cz/web-stories/indukcni-smycka-v-koline/ or skip it.The project addressed the needs of people with hearing disabilities using hearing aids or cochlear implants to reduce the communication barrier between them and mainstream intact society. With these communication aids, a significant increase in efficiency can be achieved without the user having to invest any additional funds. The condition is to equip the places where listening conditions are to be improved with a simple but effective device called an 'induction loop' (IL). This is a simple, time-tested device. However, if it is to serve users well, it must be properly designed, installed and adjusted. And that was the problem. In the Czech Republic, apart from the UNB beneficiary, there were no certified companies or individuals systematically interested in this area. Therefore, in many places IL was installed, but its effectiveness was low. The project improved this situation substantially. Thanks to its support, it was possible to prepare written and AV training materials and to start a series of training events with their support. << Objectives >>Please start the video ""Real Life Pictures 2"".Available at: https://ilooptimalforall.unb.cz/web-stories/kostel-ve-slovinsku/ or skip it.The aim of the project was to make available to all interested parties the theoretical and practical knowledge of the design, installation, adjustment and maintenance of induction loops to meet the technical parameters set out in the legal standards (IEC 60118-4, in the Czech Republic Decree of the Ministry of Industry and Trade No. 398/2009 Coll. In order to make the scope of the project as broad as possible, partners from Slovenia (Racio, Cejle) and Slovakia (ANEPS, Žilina) were invited to participate in the project. This international dimension of the project allowed to compare the conditions and experiences with the expansion of IL networks, including related legislation and specific education of people with hearing impairment in the partner countries. << Implementation >>A combination of theoretical outcomes, practical recommendations and AV support materials were chosen to deliver the planned activities. The key output of this educational mix is the ""Methodology for Educating Professionals and the General Public on IL (""Methodology"")"". Following the Methodology, a series of train. events of different nature were held within the project, where 157 professionals, mostly intact, and 451 OSPs from 3 partner countries were trained. All the train. activities implemented are documented in the documentation of each partner, including the coordinator. At the beginning of this train. series, a 3-day course for the main trainers was held in Brno, attended by 2 trainers from each partner country. These lecturers, trained directly by the authors of the Methodology, subsequently participated in the implementation of the train. activities in the partner countries and guaranteed their accuracy.A very important activity was, is and will be the continuous monitoring and mapping of of the installed IL in the project countries in the form of an interactive map showing the location and basic information about each IL (as of the date of the drafting of this report installed IL in the CZ 131,Slovenia 87, Slovakia 94.<< Results >>Please start the video ""Real Life Pictures 3"".https://ilooptimalforall.unb.cz/web-stories/indukcni-smycka-v-sokolnice/or skip it.Please start the video ""Real Life Pictures 4"".Available at: https://ilooptimalforall.unb.cz/web-stories/indukcni-smycka-v-Sokolnice/or skip it.All planned outcomes and objectives of the project have been met.The following project outputs have been implemented within the project:1) Textual and graphical Methodology (Part 1) and (Part 2). 2) Trained 2 ""lead"" trainers from each partner country - a total of 6 trained experts.3) Completely produced audiovisual sequences for the Methodology, including translation subtitles in the languages of each partner.4) Completely software-developed Interactive Map representing the locations where ILs have been installed or recently renovated and are in full operation (in partner countries).5) 157 TG1 and 50 TG2 persons trained in the Czech Republic, 207 in total.6) 150 TG1 and 50 TG2 persons trained in Slovenia, 200 in total.7) 151 trained TG1 and 50 TG2 persons in Slovakia, 201 in total.8) Complete interactive map of induction loops signal coverage in partner countries, both in content and software."
