Hearing accessibility for assisted living
Help residents hear the person and notice the event.
Every resident experiences hearing differently. Some need help understanding the person speaking. Others may not reliably notice a visitor, phone call, call button, or emergency signal. Many need support with both.
Bellman helps assisted and senior living teams identify where the hearing gap occurs and choose a simple solution for that situation.
Who can benefit?
Bellman solutions can support residents who need help following conversations, noticing important events, or both. This may include residents across a wide range of hearing needs, including hearing aid and cochlear implant users and residents who are deaf.
They also give senior living teams practical ways to match support to the individual, whether the need appears in a private room, common area, activity, appointment, or overnight routine.
Personal Amplifiers
Help bring conversations closer
Conversations can be difficult to follow when voices compete with background noise, are at
a distance or there are poor room acoustics.
Bellman & Symfon personal amplifiers bring
speech closer and make important sounds
easier to distinguish.
Simple controls that are easy to understand and operate.
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A practical choice for users with dexterity, vision, or cognitive challenges.
Ready to use without complicated setup or ongoing adjustments.
One-to-one conversations with residents, staff or family.
Personal amplifiers can make everyday conversations easier to follow, whether a resident is speaking with a caregiver, discussing a concern with staff, or visiting with family.
Clearer speech can help residents stay involved in the conversation without requiring others to continually repeat themselves.
Meals, activities, appointments, and group discussions.
Dining rooms, activity spaces, and common areas can become difficult listening environments when several people are speaking at once.
A personal amplifier can provide added listening support, helping residents focus on conversation and participate more comfortably in everyday community life.
Listen to television audio without having to raise the volume.
Personal amplifiers can help residents enjoy television at a comfortable listening level without increasing the volume for everyone else in the room.
This can be especially useful in shared apartments, lounges, and other community spaces where residents have different listening preferences.
Why personal amplifiers?
Personal amplifiers work like reading glasses, but for your ears.
Residents can use them as needed and store them away when they are not in use. Our amplifiers are quick to use, work at the press of a button, and feature easily adjustable volume and tone controls.
No fittings or ongoing adjustments are required. Their larger, easy-to-handle design also makes them easier to keep track of and less likely to be misplaced.
BE2021 Maxi Pro
Accessible controls with connected listening
Maxi Pro combines a soft-grip, easy-to-hold design with large buttons and clear indicators. Staff can introduce it for nearby conversations, while residents can also pair a smartphone or tablet for amplified calls and other audio.
A strong fit for:
Residents who benefit from larger controls and clear visual indicators
One device for conversations, connected calls, music, podcasts, and videos
Communities looking for a rechargeable option for regular use
Power: Rechargeable, with up to 70 hours of use.
BE2030 Mino
Portable support for changing listening environments
Mino is compact enough for a resident to carry between their room, dining areas, appointments, and activities. Omnidirectional mode follows changing speakers around a table, while directional mode helps focus toward one person when the setting becomes busy.
A strong fit for:
Residents who move between private rooms and shared community spaces
Meals, appointments, activities, and small-group conversations
Portable listening where added focus may be helpful
Power: Rechargeable, with up to 29 hours of use.
BE2020 Maxi Classic
Straightforward operation for residents and staff
Maxi Classic keeps listening simple: connect the listening accessory, turn it on, and adjust the volume and tone with large, clearly separated buttons. There is no Bluetooth pairing, app, or regular charging routine for staff or residents to manage.
A strong fit for:
Residents who prefer familiar controls without added connectivity
Limited vision, dexterity, or tremors that make small buttons difficult
Communities that prefer replaceable batteries over a charging routine
Power: Replaceable AA batteries provide up to 150 hours of use.
Alerting Systems
Stay connected to what matters
When you have hearing loss, sounds can be easy to miss, especially when you are in another room, asleep, or not wearing a hearing aids or cochlear implant.
Bellman translates these sounds into something you can experience.
A resident may benefit from a bright visual alert in one setting, a portable or wearable vibration in another, and a bedside alert during sleeping hours.
Smoke, fire, or carbon monoxide.
Help residents stay aware of critical safety events throughout the community.
Alerting systems can provide noticeable notifications beyond sound alone, helping support residents who may not hear a standard alarm clearly.
Call residents from patios or common areas.
Give staff a simple way to get a resident’s attention when they are outside their room or spending time in shared spaces.
A staff-triggered alert can reach the resident wherever they are within the community.
Visitors at the door.
Make it easier for residents to know when a family member, caregiver, or other visitor has arrived.
Alerts can help residents respond independently without relying on staff to notify them.
Mobile and landline phone calls.
Help residents stay aware of incoming calls, even when a phone’s standard ringtone is difficult to hear.
Notifications can make it easier to stay connected with family, friends, and care providers.
Bellman alerting systems?
Modular by design. Choose the events you want to monitor and the types of alerts that work best for each resident.
Built for confidence. Straightforward setup and dependable everyday operation make the system easy for both residents and staff to use.
Multi-sensory alerts. Important events can be communicated through sound, flashing lights, or vibration, helping residents stay aware in the way that works best for them.
One system, configured around each resident
A Bellman alerting system uses transmitters to detect selected events and receivers to notify the resident through sound, flashing light, vibration, or a compatible smart device.
Teams can choose the events and alert types each resident needs, then place devices around private rooms, common spaces, and overnight routines.
The modular design makes it possible to start with a simple setup and adapt it as the resident's needs or living environment changes.
Transmitters detect selected events
Place transmitters near the events a resident needs help noticing, such as door activity, phone calls, a call button, or a smoke or carbon monoxide alarm.
When an event occurs, the transmitter sends a wireless signal to the receivers assigned to that resident's system.
Most transmitters are wireless, with long battery life and minimal upkeep, helping teams add support without permanently changing the resident's room.
Receivers deliver alerts where they are needed
Choose receivers around how each resident notices an alert best, whether through a bright flash, strong vibration, loud sound, clear event icons, or a compatible wearable or smart device.
Place a receiver beside the bed, in the resident's living space, or use a portable option that moves with them. Multiple receivers can respond to the same event, supporting different routines throughout the day and night.
Clear indicators help residents and staff identify what triggered the alert. Compatible mains-powered receivers also include battery backup for continued alerts during a power outage.
Hearing accessibility in 3 simply steps:
Step 1:
Identify the hearing need
Start with the moment where the resident needs help: understanding speech, noticing an event, or both.
Step 2:
Choose the solution
Use a personal amplifier to make conversations clearer or an alerting system to make important events easier to notice.
Step 3:
Match the setup to the resident
Consider the environment and whether sound, flashing light, vibration, headphones, earbuds, a neck loop, or an on-wrist notification will work best.
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About Bellman
Hearing Support for Assisted Living
Bellman helps assisted living and senior communities support clearer conversations and more noticeable alerts. Our practical hearing solutions help residents stay connected, aware, and independent.
