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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for people with hearing impairment using personal assistive listening devices (ALDs)

  • The 1988 Hearing Aid Compatibility Act required that all telephones (including cell phones) be compatible with hearing aids.

  • The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), signed by President Obama and enacted in 2010, requires text messaging, e-mail, instant messaging, and video call services to be accessible to people with disabilities.

  • In 2012 the U.S. Federal Communications Commission ruled that all TV programs with closed captions must include those captions when published online.

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Updated 2022-01-29

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