Use interpreters to ensure that employees who are deaf or hard of hearing fully understand and can participate in these proceedings. Use assistive-listening systems to help people who are hard of hearing by bringing the speaker's voice directly to the ear of the person with the hearing loss. Promote the fullest comprehension of presentations by providing telecaption decoders or TVs with built-in captioning capabilities for video presentations. Most of the suggestions listed in this brochure are simple and relatively inexpensive to implement. For the most part, ADA compliance can be achieved by modifying procedures, implementing physical improvements to the workplace, and modifying existing equipment.
Undue hardship is an action requiring significant difficulty or expense for a business.
These Title I ADA provisions apply to private employers, employment agencies, and labor unions that employ 15 or more people. Title II covers state and local government entities regardless of number of employees. Equal employment opportunities for workers with disabilities are achieved most quickly and effectively through widespread voluntary compliance with the law, rather than reliance on litigation to enforce compliance. Full integration of employees who are deaf or hard of hearing into corporate organizations benefits all employees and contributes to the employer's success. The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is a nonprofit membership organization which advocates independence through listening and talking.