hearing often rely on their hearing to access auditory information, and request technologies such as assistive listening systems and devices to focus and amplify targeted sounds and overcome background...
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Accommodations for Deaf Individuals or Those Experiencing Hearing Loss
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Practical Suggestions for Communicating Effectively
Minimize background noise and other distractions whenever possible. When you are communicating orally, speak slowly and distinctly....
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11B-704.3 Volume control telephones
If the microphone in the handset is not being used, a mute button that temporarily turns off the microphone can also reduce the amount of background noise which the person hears in the earpiece...
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11B-706.1 General
Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR or S/N), also expressed in decibels, represents the relationship between the loudness of a desired sound (the signal) and the background noise in a space or piece...
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II. Definitions of Standards and Guidelines Referenced in This Document
Access Board’s Web site, http://www.access- board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and- sites/about-the-ada-standards/background/ada- aba-accessibility-guidelines-2004. 2 24 CFR...
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1.4 Overview of Report
The ensuing seven sections address the following: Section 2, Background, describes important contextual issues that guided the thinking of various Committee members about the need...
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2.1 Overview.
Summary of Regulatory Requirements The following statutory requirement… Is codified at… Is implemented in the following regulation… And applies to the following...
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Passenger Elevators
The ADA’s statutory language exempts certain facilities from the requirement for an elevator....
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Section 36.403 Alterations: Path of Travel
These commenters also stated that they did not believe there was a statutory basis for “grandfathering’’ facilities that comply with the 1991 Standards....
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Effective date: Time period. (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Covered entities are no longer dealing with a new statutory obligation. Rather, the Department is dealing with a transition between two similar editions of the title III regulation. ...
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Section 1. Introduction
These guidelines are issued under this statutory authority....
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DOT Memorandum: INFORMATION: Snow Removal on Sidewalks Constructed with Federal Funding
Both of these provisions fall under current statutory and regulatory maintenance requirements....
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Sections 35.108(f) and 36.105(f)—Is Regarded as Having Such an Impairment
35.108(f)(1) and 36.105(f)(1), which are intended to restore the meaning of the ‘‘regarded as’’ prong of the definition of ‘‘disability’’ by adding language that incorporates the amended statutory...
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Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of Transportation Secretary of Veterans Affairs The individuals in the positions listed above, known as the ICDR statutory...
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Regulatory Flexibility Act
titles II and III NPRM sections entitled, "Summary," "Overview," "Purpose," "The ADA and Department of Justice Regulations," "The Roles of the Access Board and the Department of Justice," "Background...
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Regulatory Flexibility Act
titles II and III NPRM sections entitled, "Summary," "Overview," "Purpose," "The ADA and Department of Justice Regulations," "The Roles of the Access Board and the Department of Justice," "Background...
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Typical examples of reasonable accommodations are:
Allowing an employee with tinnitus to play soft background music or sounds to help block out the ringing in his ears....
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Electronic documents implementation
To remediate a PDF with direct editing in Adobe Acrobat Pro: (1) mark the reading order for the image as ‘background’; (2) mark the image as ‘Figure’; (3) Right click the image and go to...
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Grab bars
ADA-ABA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADA-ABA). 2002. http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites/about-the-ada-standards/background...
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Service Animal Policy
The Policy shall be printed in a dark bold font on a contrasting background in the largest font that fits on two 8.5" by 11" pieces of paper....
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Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
membership of the DMRF is comprised of individuals living with all forms dystonia, their friends and families, donors, healthcare professionals, and researchers, uniting people of all backgrounds...
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Section 1193.39 Prohibited reduction of accessibility, usability and compatibility [1193.29 in the NPRM] (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Since any new product introduced to replace another would be subject to the statutory requirement to provide accessibility or compatibility if readily achievable, a specific exception has...
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‘‘Commercial facilities’’ (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
(Transportation by aircraft is specifically excluded from the statutory definition of ‘‘specified public transportation.’’)...
