time captioning) and Audio Induction Loops
People who can benefit from CART
The prevalence of severe to profound hearing impairment among the US population ranges from 464,000 to 738,000, with 54 percent of this population over age 65 years.
source: http://www.audiology.org/sites/default/files/journal/JAAA_12_04_03.pdf
Baby Boomers are the fastest growing hearing impaired population. This population will
double by the year 2030. The largest deaf population are the late deaf. The largest hard of hearing
population are the late hard of hearing. Seniors are not hearing in churches. Churches need
to provide CART (real time captioning) for the severe and profound hearing impaired seniors, and audio induction loops for the hard of hearing (mild and moderate hearing impaired).
"Out of 100 people, 10 have a significant
Baby Boomers are the fastest growing hearing impaired population. This population will
double by the year 2030. The largest deaf population are the late deaf. The largest hard of hearing
population are the late hard of hearing. Seniors are not hearing in churches. Churches need
to provide CART (real time captioning) for the severe and profound hearing impaired seniors, and audio induction loops for the hard of hearing (mild and moderate hearing impaired).
"Out of 100 people, 10 have a significant
hearing problem. Of those 10 people, one
or two use sign language. The rest do not
know sign language."
(Source: http://captioningtheword.com/information.html)
How Many People know American Sign Language?: see http://research.gallaudet.edu/Publications/ASL_Users.pdf
This is an interesting article how churches could provide better access for the deaf and hard of hearing:
Losing My Religion? : http://origin.misc.pagesuite.com/pdfdownload/7c11713b-7af4-45b3-86b6-2026d9ce54e4.pdf
NOT ALL CAN HEAR IN CHURCH: http://www.catholicnews-tt.net/v2005/archives/nov/sun06/letters.htm
NOT ALL CAN HEAR IN CHURCH: http://www.catholicnews-tt.net/v2005/archives/nov/sun06/letters.htm
"Why can’t we just provide ASL interpreters for everyone?
"Only a small percentage of those who are deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing communicate through American Sign Language. Providing CART services can help overcome this barrier.
ASL is a form of language, and many people who communicate through ASL may not have the reading comprehension or speed necessary to utilize CART. However, many individuals who are deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing, especially late-deafened adults and those who lost their hearing after learning speech, read lips and rely solely on CART and captioning in group settings. There is not a one-size-fits-all solution when dealing with communication access. Consumers need access to the accommodation that best meets their individual needs. “ (Source: http://alacarteconnection.com/how-works/
"CART is a type of “accommodation” service for people with disabilities. In function, CART is similar to sign language interpreting for people who are deaf, because it transforms spoken language into a visual format that is appropriate for people with hearing loss. But CART can be used by the 95% of hard of hearing and deaf people who do not use American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate."
(Source: http://www.visiblevoices.com/faq.html)
How Many People know American Sign Language?: see http://research.gallaudet.edu/Publications/ASL_Users.pdf
"When an event needs to be made inclusive, projecting the CART display for the benefit of the entire room can be the best way to provide universal access for Deaf, late deafened, and hard of hearing people, as well as people who might have some degree of hearing loss but who don’t self-identify as hard of hearing or deaf. CART is also useful for English language learners and people with dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, or ADHD. When the CART display is available to every audience member, no one has to feel singled out or as if they’re demanding special privileges. Everyone benefits."
Churches and the Hearing Impaired: http://xpressivehandz.blogspot.com/2012/05/churches-and-hearing-impaired.html
This doesn’t include the mild and moderate hearing loss, including those over age 65. Just the severe to profound.
People who can benefit from Audio Induction Loops
"Cluskey is a parishioner of St. Michael's Catholic Church, where he rarely understands the homily. He believes venues should be proactive if they want to preserve their audiences. Remensnyder believes that's especially true for houses of worship.
“You don’t really have a relationship with God if you don’t hear the sermon,” she said." (Source: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700052299/Churches-showing-the-way-for-hearing-impaired.html?pg=all)
"About 90 percent of church members and constituents living with any of these forms of hearing loss become church dropouts. The culprit is the not uncommon failure of churches to be "hearing-accessible. ” Source: ( http://gbgm-umc.org/disc/sosbook.stm)
Captioning Shares the Message
Catholics With Hearing Loss Yahoo Forum Group
If you are Catholic with a hearing loss (mild to profound) and interested in
discussing with others about how to make the Mass and other parts of church
life more accessible, along with supporting one another spiritually - Subscribe at
If you are Catholic with a hearing loss (mild to profound) and interested in
discussing with others about how to make the Mass and other parts of church
life more accessible, along with supporting one another spiritually - Subscribe at
cccatholic-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Group Description
Catholics with Hearing loss interested in having the Mass in CC (CART), audio induction loops and other accommodations, along with conferences and workshops and how to support accessibility in the church and one another.
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