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Deafness & Hearing Loss in the Workplace:

Inclusion, Accommodations, & Disability Etiquette

RECORDED in May , 2021

Hiring Deaf and hard of hearing employees adds valuable skills and knowledge to your workplace.  Ensuring that your new employees are fully included in your office culture is a learning process.

Join Debbie Jones, NVRC’s Technology Manager, and Bonnie O’Leary, NVRC’s Outreach Manager, for a virtual Zoom presentation that will include:

  • Resources for hiring deaf and hard of hearing employees
  • Ways to make communication more accessible and inclusive in a variety of settings using different technology options
  • Explanation of video relay, real-time captioning, FM and induction loop systems and personal amplifiers
  • How to request and work with interpreters
  • Strategies for communication and disability etiquette

This program was ASL interpreted and Captioned.