{"id":1647,"date":"2022-12-08T23:52:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T05:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hearingaidsmobile.com\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2022-12-08T23:52:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T05:52:13","slug":"what-people-with-hearing-loss-should-know-about-ada-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearingaidsmobile.com\/what-people-with-hearing-loss-should-know-about-ada-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"What People With Hearing Loss Should Know About ADA Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you have hearing loss<\/a>, you are entitled by law to certain protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In addition to tools like hearing aids and cochlear implants, knowing what rights you are afforded can help ensure that your hearing needs are being adequately met.<\/p>\n\n\n

The ADA and Communication Disabilities <\/h2>\n\n
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The ADA requires that state and local governments, as well as any businesses and nonprofits that serve the public, communicate effectively with people who have hearing, vision or speech disabilities, known collectively as communication disabilities. This is to \u201censure that communication with people with these disabilities is equally effective<\/a> as communication with people without disabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

What Does This Mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n

Since the ADA was signed into law in 1990, there have been a lot of technological advances that have changed the way we communicate. Let\u2019s look at how those changes are being made more accessible for people with hearing loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n