@joyces Thank you for the good work you're doing. Meetings are always difficult for people with hearing loss. It's very different when they are in person than when they are online. For in person meetings, you have a right to have communication access. You do have to request it in advance, according to the American's with Disabilities Act. (ADA) Sometimes it means the provision of technology like FM systems, Infrared systems or hearing loops. CART (computer assisted realtime transliteration) is also an accommodation. With CART, a person with court reporting/stenography skills provides the written transcript on a screen. It's basically real time captioning. Providers of CART are difficult to fine, but they are out there. If people would request CART more often, more providers would exist.

We all know that hearing loss is a disability. We know the ADA exists, but we don't use it. COMMUNICATION ACCESS is just as important as mobility access. Far too many people think that providing a sign language interpreter provides the access we need. That's far from true because less than 10% of people with hearing loss know or use American Sign Language (ASL).

We must know what is available and ask for it. We have a lot of educating to do.