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Posted By Cr8r
We are a college and in September, one of the courses will involve an audio element, requiring the use of headphones. We will be having about 3000 potential one off users over the year and would therefore prefer not to have to buy headphones for each one.
Does anyone have any experience of this? What I am thinking is of the hygiene implications. I will state that they must buy the sort that sit outside the ear rather then inserted slightly, do we need to get some with a wipe clean surface (rather than foam), and if so, what is it sufficient to clean them with between students?
Record shops have listening headphones so must have considered this, any advice most gratefully received.
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Posted By Ron Hunter
Why not permit (or encourage) students to bring and use their own? Personal hi-fi/MP3/i-Pods are very popular with the younger student set. Let them know in advance of the course?
(Don't know where they get the money from When I was a student, etc. etc. etc.).
You could also consider providing a hire or purchase facility of the cheap in-ear type, these are routinely provided on city bus tours etc. and as a bulk purchase wouldn't be so expensive.
Otherwise, biocidal type 'wet wipes' or similar should do it - you should make these available in class for student use?
As for the record shops, I doubt they've ever considered this - customers choose to use the headset, they don't have to.
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Posted By Ian Bennett
I have heard of either paper or washable cloth covers that are disposable to go over the earpiece, but as tha previous post suggests it may be as cheap to use the £1 type phones for single use.
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Posted By Cr8r
Thanks for your responses, even if we get headphones for £1, it'll still be about £3,000 altogether so you see the problem!
Please let me hear any more ideas!!!
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Posted By MichaelM
Having travelled on planes long distance with their headsets, they issue cleaned sets on each trip. The foam pad covering the headsets can be cleaned or just swapped for new foam pads with the headset itself cleaned.
Remember if someone comes down with an infection that can be tied to the headsets, you could end up paying out more than £3000.
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Posted By Stephen P
I am the H & S Adviser at a University and our Library recently asked for the same information.
The options as we see it are to provide equipment that is cleaned and maintained between users or to advise students to provide their own and have some available to purchase. Not all 3000 will want to buy them.
As an option visit Combined Precision Components (www.cpc.co.uk) you need an account but that is easy to set up. From CPC you can purchase earphones from below £1 and they also do equipment that is retail packed. Delivery is next day and free for orders over £35. The department concerned could use it as a small source of income so that an outlay of £100 for 100 and sold for say £2.99 would then pay for the next delivery of nearly 300 sets.
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