{"id":806,"date":"2022-05-18T19:27:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T19:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/?page_id=806"},"modified":"2025-12-17T22:25:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:25:39","slug":"hearing-impairments-and-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/hearing-impairments-and-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing Impairments and Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hearing Impairments and Disabilites<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>These include, but are not limited to, hard of hearing and deafness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary of Best Practices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/infographics.html\">images and diagrams<\/a>, audio and video to support textual content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/transcriptions.html\">transcripts<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/closed-captioning.html\">captions<\/a>&nbsp;for audio and video content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide descriptive and informative&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/headings.html\">headings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide descriptive and informative&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/hyperlink.html\">links<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow a linear and logical layout; don&#8217;t create busy layouts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/text.html\">Use proper semantics<\/a>&nbsp;(e.g.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/paragraphs.html\">paragraphs<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/headings.html\">headings<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/lists.html\">lists<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/tables.html\">tables<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/text.html\">Keep content short, clear and simple<\/a>; use simple sentences and lists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use plain English, not figures of speech or idioms;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/text.html\">define your jargon first<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide alternative options to telephone for contact information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/intro\/people-use-web\/stories#onlinestudent\" style=\"border-radius:0px;background-color:#016e9f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Case Study: Hard of Hearing<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/people-use-web\/user-stories\/#teenager\" style=\"border-radius:0px;background-color:#016e9f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Case Study: Deaf Blindness<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Usage &amp; Assistive Technologies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/intro\/people-use-web\/diversity#auditory\"><abbr title=\"Web Accessibility Initiative\">WAI<\/abbr>: How People with Disabilities Use the Web &#8211; Auditory<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/webaim.org\/articles\/auditory\/\">Web&nbsp;<abbr title=\"Accessibility in Mind\">AIM<\/abbr>: Auditory Disabilities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/webaim.org\/techniques\/captions\/\">Web&nbsp;<abbr title=\"Accessibility in Mind\">AIM<\/abbr>: Captions and Transcripts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simulations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLA220BA20D4D3DE46\">Rhett &amp; Link Demo: Caption Fails Playlist<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SpKKYBkJ9Hw\">User Simulation: Cochlear implant: simulation on speech and music<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1dhTWVMcpC4\">Cochlear Implant Research Laboratory: What a Cochlear Implant sounds like<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resolution Agreements &amp; Lawsuits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Articles mentioned here specifically include institutions of higher education in resolution agreements or lawsuits. Office for Civil Rights (OCR) documents are provide to define the concerns reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2017\/03\/06\/u-california-berkeley-delete-publicly-available-educational-content\">(March 6, 2017) Carl Straumsheim, Inside Higher Ed. Berkeley Will Delete Online Content.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.berkeley.edu\/2017\/03\/01\/course-capture\/\">(March 1, 2017) Public Affairs,&nbsp;<abbr title=\"University of California\">UC<\/abbr>&nbsp;Berkeley. Campus message on Course Capture video podcast changes.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/2016\/03\/02\/americans-with-disabilities-act-ada-and-web-accessibility-requirements-for-video\/\">(March 2, 2016) 3PlayMedia. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Web Accessibility Requirements for Video.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/02\/13\/education\/harvard-and-mit-sued-over-failing-to-caption-online-courses.html\">(February 12, 2015) The New York Times. Harvard and M.I.T. are Sued over Lack of Closed Captions.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nfb.org\/images\/nfb\/documents\/pdf\/agreement_university_of_montana_march_10_2014.pdf\">(March 10, 2014) OCR. University of Montana-Missoula Resolution Agreement.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2013\/09\/27\/maryland-lawsuit-over-captioning-deaf-not-unique-likely-wont-be-last\">(September 27, 2013) Inside Higher Ed. Questionable Captions.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2013\/09\/27\/maryland-lawsuit-over-captioning-deaf-not-unique-likely-wont-be-last\">(March 8, 2013) U.S. Department of Education. Civil Rights Agreement Reached with South Carolina Technical College System on Accessibility of Websites to People with Disabilities.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ocr\/docs\/investigations\/11116002-b.pdf\">(February 28, 2013) OCR. South Carolina Technical College System (SCTCS) Resolution Agreement.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hearing Impairments and Disabilites These include, but are not limited to, hard of hearing and deafness. 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