Information provided courtesy of the Hearing Loss Association of America DOJ Considering New Rules on Movie Captioning On July 26, 2010, the Department of Justice (DOJ) published a notice that it is considering changes to its regulations to require movie theater owners and operators to show captioned movies. DOJ is inviting written comments from members [...]
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Captioning in Movie Theaters – Comments Wanted
Posted in Community News, Disability Rights / ADA, Legislative Updates, tagged accommodations for deaf, captioning, hearing loss association of america, HLAA, theater accommodations on December 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
WI Hearing Aid Bill Goes Into Effect – But Some Families May Still Not be Covered
Posted in Disability Rights / ADA, Healthy Hearing, Info for Parents & Families, Legislative Updates, tagged children and cochlear implants, children and hearing aids, cochlear implants, hearing aids, LetKidsHear.org, WI hearing aid bill on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As of January 1, 2010, Wisconsin’s new Hearing Aid and Cochlear Implant Bill went into effect. The purpose of this bill is to ensure that all children in Wisconsin who are under the age of 18 and covered under group or individual insurance have hearing aid and cochlear implant coverage. This bill was passed in 2009 after years [...]
CDHH Promotes Increased Online Captioning
Posted in CCHD News & Events, Disability Rights / ADA, Legislative Updates, tagged cdhh, COAT, google, HR 3101, internet accessibility, KMA, online captioning, video captioning, youtube on January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
CDHH Communications Director Kerry Malak was interviewed today by radio station KMA in Shendendoah, IA, to talk about the recent captioning improvements to YouTube through it’s partnership with Google, as well as the general need for increased captioning for online videos. Although we aren’t able to provide a transcript of the interview, we wanted to share some of the key [...]
Marlee Matlin Goes to Capitol Hill
Posted in Disability Rights / ADA, Legislative Updates, tagged ada, captioning, captioning for the deaf, equal access, FCC, hearing loss, HR 3101, Marlee Matlin, NAD, National Association of the Deaf on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Marlee Matlin recently visited Capitol Hill to provide testimony to the FCC and meet with legislators to discuss the “Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009.” Matlin sought support for the “Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009” (H.R. 3101). This legislation will, among other things, ensure that the captions seen on television [...]
