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Lady Rowallan House Loop System

Collection
Artefacts, Deaf Places

This photograph was taken by the Mercury newspaper in Tasmania in 1962, at Lady Rowallan House school in Hobart. It is described as showing a hearing loop being used to help deaf children to hear better in the the playground.

Source
Photograph taken by the Mercury newspaper. Courtesy of Libraries Tasmania https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/Archives/AA193-1-2304
Photograph taken by the Mercury newspaper. Courtesy of Libraries Tasmania https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/Archives/AA193-1-2304

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