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Oh!--You need those wireless transmitters like the one George W. was
wearing beneath his coat during the first debate! :) ha
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18734-2004Oct8.html?
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I'm just being cheeky--I don't have an answer for you, Julia, other
than to say I recently went on a multiple-retailer hunt for good
headphones for my own personal use, and saw some with retractable wire,
but it's not the sort of thing I'd expect to survive for long,
especially during repeated use by children.

My gut instinct advises cheap and replaceable, as lame as that is, like
the headphones they hand out on long airplane flights.

good luck,

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> We're currently using a very tangly jumble of headphones for outreach
> sessions of a hundred or more kids at some stations which require
> auditory information.
>
> We're looking for alternatives to serve large audiences in school
> settings.  Portability is essential, as is ease-of-use.  (We train
> parent volunteers to help the kids with the equipment.)
>
> Are there perhaps retractable cords?  Single-ear paddles that can be
> hooked up to a multi-jack?  (We're using a walkman setup that can be
> extended to plug in to several sets of headphones.)

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