People with partial hearing often use a combination of speech reading and hearing aids, which amplify and clarify available sounds....
Search Results "Cued Speech Interpreter"
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Deaf or Hard of Hearing
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Title III - Private Entities
accessibility standards for new and altered buildings; reasonable modifications to policies, practices, and procedures; and effective communication with people with hearing, vision, or speech...
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E102.7 ITU-T (Section-by-Section Analysis)
This standard provides a significant improvement in speech quality over earlier standards. It was previously proposed in the 2011 ANPRM and received no objections....
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Vision Impairments
Screen reading software allows text to be converted into computer synthesized speech. ...
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11B-220.1 Automatic teller machines and fare machines
Accessible ATMs, including those with speech and those that are within reach of people who use wheelchairs, must provide all the functions provided to customers at that location at all times...
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3. What types of complaints does the ADA Mediation Program resolve?
: alleging that a store has inaccessible parking, entrances, and checkout aisles; Effective communication: alleging that a health care provider refuses to provide sign language interpreters...
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What does the Voting Rights Act do?
Some of these laws required people to take a reading test or interpret some passage out of the Constitution in order to vote, or required people registering to vote to bring someone already...
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Q5: Should a school district revise its policies and procedures regarding the determination of coverage and provision of services under Section 504 and Title II?
As noted above, the definition of disability is to be interpreted broadly, so determining whether one has a disability should not demand extensive analysis, and the determination shall be...
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Are self-evaluations and transition plans required to be updated?
The current ADA Title II regulations address service animals as only dogs, miniature horses, ticketing policies, video-remote interpreting and other power-driven mobility devices....
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19. Under what circumstances may a school district use IDEA funds to pay for auxiliary aids or services for IDEA‐eligible students to ensure effective communication as required by Title II?
disabilities.52 Therefore, IDEA funds may be used only to pay for auxiliary aids and services under Title II that also are required to be provided under the IDEA, such as assistive technology or interpreter...
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What is Reasonable Accommodation?
part-time or modified work schedules, reassignment to a vacant position, adjusting or modifying examinations, training materials, or policies, providing readers and interpreters...
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American Association of the Deaf-Blind
Our membership consists of deaf-blind people from diverse backgrounds, as well as family members, professionals, interpreters, and other interested supporters....
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Section 1630.2(j)(1)(iv) Individualized Assessment Required, But With Lower Standard Than Previously Applied
However, in making this assessment, the term ‘substantially limits' shall be interpreted and applied to require a degree of functional limitation that is lower than the standard for ‘substantially...
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3. What does it mean for a public school district to give “primary consideration” to the request of the student with a disability when making the decision to provide a particular auxiliary aid or service?
school student who lost his or her hearing later in life and who uses a cochlear implant may not be as familiar with sign language and may feel most comfortable and proficient with an oral interpreter...
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Interacting with People with Hearing Disabilities
If a person who is deaf is using an interpreter, always speak directly to the person, not the interpreter....
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11B-805.7 Built-in cabinets and work surfaces
Development (OSHPD), which has jurisdiction over hospitals and long-term care facilities in California, issued Code Application Notice CAN 2-11B, dated 9/9/14, which includes the following interpretation...
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Section 36.308 Seating in Assembly Areas (Preamble, Section-by-Section Analysis)
substantially less rigorous than those required for new construction and alterations, the final rule clarifies in § 36.308(a)(3) that in no event can the requirements for existing facilities be interpreted...
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Section 37.3 Definitions
However, the Department does not interpret its rules to require transportation providers to accommodate devices that are not primarily designed or intended to assist persons with mobility...
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Section 36.308 Seating in Assembly Areas (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)
substantially less rigorous than those required for new construction and alterations, the final rule clarifies in Sec.36.308(a)(3) that in no event can the requirements for existing facilities be interpreted...
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APPENDIX RESOURCES FOR LOCATING REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
The two main sources of interpretive information are: (1) the Interpretive Guidance accompanying the Title I regulations (also known as the "Appendix" to the regulations), 29 C.F.R. pt....
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I. Executive Summary
Summary of Key Provisions of the Act and Rule The ADA Amendments Act made important changes to the meaning and interpretation of the term ‘‘disability’’ in the ADA in order to effectuate...
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Safe Harbors
ETA has consulted with DSA-AC on this matter, learning that their interpretation is that this refers to any version of the preceding edition. ...
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Certified Access Specialist Program (CASp)
A CASp who sees the benefit in working and collaborating with other CASps, to gain further knowledge and understanding, to standardize interpretations of gray areas of law and codes, and...
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Ampetronic MLD5 MultiLoop Driver Hearing System
exhaust fan cooling for true rack mount integration Rack mount or free standing installation Can be used with or without phase shift to drive independent loops Optimised to reproduce speech...
