Category: Department of Justice

Connecticut city rules that hearing aids should be no bar to police work

David Kirkwood ADA issues / Americans with Disabilities Act / Audiology / Department of Justice / Equal Employment Opportunity Commission / hearing aids / Hearing loss / Legal issues / Litigation

BRIDGEPORT, CT—Vincenzo Mirci, a 9-year military veteran, won the right to pursue his goal of becoming a police officer when, last November, the Bridgeport Civil Service Commission overturned an earlier decision by the city that he could not serve because he was unable to pass a hearing test without the hearing aid he wears in…

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Agreement paves way to full access to movies for people with hearing loss

David Kirkwood ADA issues / AG Bell / Americans with Disabilities Act / Anna Gilmore Hall / Association of Late Deafened Adults / Audiology / Closed captioning / Consumer issues / Consumer news / Department of Justice / Movies / National Association of the Deaf

WASHINGTON, DC—The future is looking a lot brighter for deaf and hard-of-hearing movie enthusiasts, thanks to an agreement announced on November 21 by four national advocacy groups for people with hearing loss and the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO). If the Department of Justice (DoJ) accepts the recommendations from the Hearing Loss Association of…

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