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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