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But as companies race to automate their customer service operations in recent years, many are inadvertently creating new barriers for deaf and hard of hearing people.
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Chris Soukup, Harvard Business Review, 17 Sep. 2024
Around 13% of the United States' population is deaf or hard of hearing, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
Rust, 83, who is hard of hearing and has cancer in his right arm, was in one of the hundreds of homes that was inundated with floodwaters from the Little Sioux River on Saturday.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
My daughter and mom can’t communicate well due to the language barrier and because my mom is hard of hearing.
—Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
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Chris Soukup, Harvard Business Review, 17 Sep. 2024
Around 13% of the United States' population is deaf or hard of hearing, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
Rust, 83, who is hard of hearing and has cancer in his right arm, was in one of the hundreds of homes that was inundated with floodwaters from the Little Sioux River on Saturday.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
My daughter and mom can’t communicate well due to the language barrier and because my mom is hard of hearing.
—Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
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“Hard of hearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard%20of%20hearing. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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