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Other Resources for Legal Rights and Hearing Loss

Sam Diehl, J.D. - Attorney, Gray Plant Mooty, Minneapolis, MN

FCC Consumer Facts on Close Captioning: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/closedcaption.html

EEOC, Fact Sheet: Questions and Answers about Deafness and Hearing Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act, available at: /pdfs/qaEEOC.pdf

EEOC, "Disability Discrimination" Web Page and linked documents, available at: http://www.eeoc.gov/types/ada.html

National Association of the Deaf, Legal Rights, available at: http://www.nad.org/legalrights

U.S. Department of Justice, A Guide to Disability Rights Laws, available at: http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/cguide.htm

Job Accommodation Network, Work-Site Accommodation Ideas for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, available at: http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/Hearing.html

Reasonable accommodation is clarified at the following site: http://www.gtlaw.com/pub/alerts/1999/eeoc99.htm

*Sam Diehl is an attorney with the law firm of Gray Plant Mooty in Minneapolis, MN. He represents and advises employers in all areas of employment law and litigation.