Assistive
Listening Devices This section provides definitions and descriptions
of various assistive technologies and services. Establishing an integrated
help network to put in place accommodation measures for employees with disabilities. Facilitating
greater access to advice, policy interpretation and services for both managers
and employees with disabilities to ensure speedy assessment and effective accommodation
through a network of service providers and active monitoring of referral cases. A
small amplifying device that is placed inside the ear to aid persons who are hard
of hearing. They come in a wide variety of forms. Some of which have a remote
controller to allow for frequency and proximity adjustments based on the context
in which the aid is being used. (i.e., a noisy room full of people, a lecture
or a quiet conversation). An Assistive Listening Device (ALD) is any type
of device that can help an individual who is hard of hearing function better in
communication situations. An ALD can be used with or without hearing aids to overcome
the negative effects of distance, background noise, or poor room acoustics. A
device which allows people to type over a phone line. Based on a 5-bit format
(32 characters) which is used by persons who are deaf and hard of hearing to communicate
through telephone lines. The person sending and the person receiving need a TTY
(or a adapter device and software that makes their computer TTY compatible). Originally
developed in the 1960s for military applications.
A visual signal that alerts persons who have hearing impairments.
When the doorbell is rung or someone is entering, an electronic
signal triggers a light that visually notifies the person with a
hearing impairment. Can be attached to a button such as a doorbell
or to sensing equipment such as an emergency alarm.
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know the particular technology or service needed to accommodate the person with
a disability. 
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