1 Hearing every word at the Statue of Liberty museum Accessibility was a keyword in the development of the new Statue of Liberty Museum on Liberty Island in New York in 2018/19. Central to that was a comprehensive assistive listening system from Contacta to give visitors with hearing loss the best possible experience of the new attraction. With 12 exhibits all requiring separate audio playback, our challenge was to design a network of hearing loops in close proximity without creating overspill into the neighbouring display. The Museum wanted to create a listening environment where visitors could move seamlessly from one exhibit to another, hearing the right playback in each area. The Museum needed the cables to be invisible but didn’t want any scoring of the floor and the

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