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Volume 12

Caption Us! A Message to Hearing care Professionals

My hearing advocacy colleague Shari Eberts and I were excited, as always, to attend a conference of hearing care professionals (HCPs), where we were scheduled to present the patient’s perspective.
We were dismayed, at the first presentation of the conference, to find that the captioning access we depend on for speech comprehension was not available. While we had not expected that the room would be hearing-looped, which is the standard in consumer hearing loss meetings and conferences, captioning access is integral to the communication success of people with hearing loss.

Volume 8

Do You Tell Your Clients About Captioning?

Audiologists, do you accept that some (or many) of your clients need to use captioning? If so, are you helping them access it?

Volume 6

The Use of Captions in Post-Secondary Institutions

In this edition of “Issues in Accessibility,” audiologist Janine Verge along with Dalhousie University audiology students, Vincent Chow, Saidah Adisa, and Sylvia  Ciechanowski discuss universal design and the benefits of captions in post-secondary institutions.

Improving Accessibility with Captioning: An Overview of the Current State of Technology

Pam Millet gives us a look at Improving Accessibility with Captioning: An Overview of the Current State of Technology.

Captioned Telephone Service

Learn about CHHA’s petition to bring captioned telephone services to Canada.