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that are built into many
hearing aids and cochlear
implants. The t-coil turns
the magnetic signal into
an audio signal producing
clear sound directly into a
listener’s ears.
Burck said that the
nonprofit advocacy organization Let’s Loop
Ventura played an integral part in making the
project a reality.
“They came out and
showed us how it worked,
provided pamphlets and
education material about
the loop, worked with us
on a payment plan and did
the complete installation.
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added 178,000 jobs, best
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14th straight month in July
in a good sign for the overall economy.
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three months of the year.
And the Labor Department said Friday that employers added more than
200,000 jobs in July for
the sixth straight month.
Factories created 28,000
jobs in July, most since
November. Over the past
year, manufacturers have
TURIN, Italy — Fiat shareholders voted Friday overwhelmingly in favor of a E A R N I N G S
merger with Chrysler that
has been five years in the
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DETROIT — Hyundai is re- $5.37 billion, or $2.77 per
calling more than 419,000 share, in the same quarter
cars and SUVs to fix sus- a year earlier.
pension, brake and oil l
The company reported
eak problems.
revenue of $55.58 billion
The biggest of three compared with $55.31 bilrecalls posted Friday by lion in the same quarter a
U.S. safety regulators is of year ago.
225,000 Santa Fe SUVs from
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They were extremely helpful and very knowledgeable. Without them, we
would have never installed
the loop,” she said.
Let’s Loop Ventura is
a project of the Independent Living Resource
Center and funded by
the California Communications Access Foundation. It was started by
Kase Martis about two
months ago, building on
work she has been doing
for the past year in Santa
Barbara County.
“It’s an access issue,”
Martis said. “You build a
wheelchair ramp so people
in wheelchairs can come
into your space. An assisted hearing system is
the same thing. It gives
the hard of hearing freedom and dignity.”
Martis says about 20
percent of Americans have
some kind of hearing problem and she works with
venues and organizations
to help them find grant
funding and write grants
to help pay for the installation of hearing loops.
She also is involved in
outreach to those with
hearing problems and
hearing professionals
to educate them about
the value of hearing aids
with t-coils inside them
and making sure the
t-coils are activated.
“Only 80 percent of
hearing aids have them,
and so it’s important that
audio specialists are aware
and make sure they tell
their patients and customers how a t-coil works,
how it’s activated and why
they should have one,”
Martis said.
Martis is also looking
for those who are hard
of hearing in Ventura
County who will volunteer to serve as a hearing
advocate and to spend
time talking to organizations and groups they are
involved with about the
benefits and importance
of installing hearing
loops to help those with
hearing problems.
Visit loopventura.org
for more information and
for a list of participating
hearing professionals in
Ventura County.
back on the Camry sedan.
Ford offered $6,000 cash
back on a new Expedition
SUV.AndChryslerwaspeddling a $99 per month, twoyear lease on a Dodge Dart.
Edmunds.com
said
John Felice, Ford’s U.S.
sales chief, says a slowing
rate of sales growth will
force automakers to get
more aggressive to steal
sales away from competitors. That’s already hap-
less for a Ford Fusion sedan
than they did a year ago, Felice said.
But
dem a nd
for
SUVs and trucks remains strong, and so
does pricing.
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Chrysler merger
Asset sales boost
Chevron earnings
Santa Fe SUVs part
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