First, for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing or blind or have low vision, the unavailability of captioned or audio-described movies inhibits their ability to socialize and fully take...
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a. Summary of Reasons for Proposed Regulation
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Keeping Medical Information Confidential
Under the following circumstances, however, an employer may disclose that an employee has a hearing impairment: to supervisors and managers, if necessary to provide a reasonable...
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Meeting Room Layouts and Considerations
Those who use mobility aids, such as wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, crutches, and braces, require more space to move around....
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M306.1 General
A volume control can be helpful, particularly in diagnostic equipment where hearing aids cannot be worn....
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United States of America v. Humboldt County, California - Settlement Agreement
Press Release IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. HUMBOLDT...
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United States of America v. Humboldt County, California - Consent Decree
Press Release IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. HUMBOLDT...
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Subpart I—Stowage of Wheelchairs, Other Mobility Aids, and Other Assistive Devices
[See subsections ...]
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General Information About Text-to-9-1-1 for the Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, & Speech Disabled
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Important Facts About Text-to-9-1-1 for the Deaf, Deafblind, Hard of Hearing, & Speech Disabled
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Disability Emergency Supplies Kits
(Items such as teeth, hearing aids, prostheses, canes, crutches, walkers, wheelchairs, respirators, communication devices, artificial larynx, sanitary aids, batteries, eye glasses, contact...
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PLANNING
In planning for emergency services, you should consider the needs of people who use mobility aids such as wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, canes or crutches, or people who have limited stamina...
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F. Training
and which auxiliary aids are effective in which situations; To secure Qualified Interpreter Services as quickly as possible when necessary; To encourage medical staff members...
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1. Importance of Movies in American Culture
Commenters who have some functional degree of hearing, like those who use hearing aids or cochlear implants, explained that going to the movies is frustrating and unenjoyable for them. ...
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5. BENEFITS DISCUSSION
Individuals with hearing loss who have some level of improved hearing comprehension aided by hearing aids, middle ear implants, and cochlear implants may also experience the same difficulty...
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Section 1193.51 Compatibility [1193.41 in the NPRM] (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Paragraph (c) of the proposed rule provided that products shall not cause interference to hearing technologies (including hearing aids, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices...
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§382.53 What information must carriers give individuals with a vision or hearing impairment at airports?
[Doc. No. DOT-OST-2004-19482, 73 FR 27665, May 13, 2008, as amended at 74 FR 11471, Mar. 18, 2009]
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§382.131 Do baggage liability limits apply to mobility aids and other assistive devices?
With respect to transportation to which 14 CFR part 254 applies, the limits to liability for loss, damage, or delay concerning wheelchairs or other assistive devices provided in part...
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A. The ADA and Its Legislative History
The statute specifies that auxiliary aids and services include effective methods of making aurally or visually delivered materials available to individuals with hearing disabilities or vision...
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Overview
Overview People who have vision, hearing, or speech disabilities (“communication disabilities”) use different ways to communicate....
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"Video Interpreting Services (VIS)"
The video phone provides video transmission to a video monitor that permits the individual who is deaf or hard of hearing to view and sign to a video interpreter (i.e., a live interpreter...
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G. Access to Social Services, Temporary Lodging or Housing, and Other Benefit Programs
For example, programs that require people to apply by telephone may exclude people who are deaf or hard of hearing....
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PLANNING FOR SUCCESS
Staff also need instructions about how to access the auxiliary aids and services needed to communicate with people who have vision, hearing, or speech disabilities....
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2.1.2 Standards
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has developed pertinent standards for "Magnetic field strength in audio-frequency induction loops for hearing aid purposes" (IEC, 118‒...
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Infrared Systems
The receiver is connected by wire to any of a variety of couplers or directly to a hearing aid equipped with direct audio input....
