Technology and the deaf/hard of hearing

“Advances such as texting, video calls and captioned cell phones have opened up new vistas for communication and knowledge acquisition, and has led to a generation of students who are DHH who know nothing but the ability to communicate electronically.” The list of hearing access technologies is tremendous– Computer Assisted Real time Translation, hearing loops, C-print, real time text generation, multi-media storybooks, etc." 

 (Source: : http://www.listeningandspokenlanguage.org/Document.aspx?id=1760#sthash.QDZuttf7.dpuf)

"What does it mean for communication to be “effective”? Simply put, “effective communication” means that whatever is written or spoken must be as clear and understandable to people with disabilities as it is for people who do not have disabilities."

(Source: http://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap3toolkit.htm)

Effective communication:   http://www.dartmouth.edu/~accessibility/effcomm/index.html

"Accessible meeting space allows

 everyone to participate." 

(Source: http://www.ada.gov/business/accessiblemtg.htm