ada compliant assistive listening devices

ADA COMPLIANT ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES SERIES

Title I of the ADA covers employment by private employers with 15 or more employees as well as state and local government employers. This document uses ADA statutory terminology for its legal meaning and to refer inclusively to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as those who have other hearing conditions, such as tinnitus and sensitivity to noise. ,” have a record (or history) of a substantially limiting impairment, or are regarded as having such an impairment. The ADA provides that individuals with disabilities include those who have “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces the employment provisions of the ADA, a federal law that prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities. how an employer can ensure that no employee is harassed because of a hearing disability or any other disability.how an employer should handle safety concerns about applicants and employees with hearing disabilities and.what types of reasonable accommodations applicants or employees with hearing disabilities may need.when an employer may ask an applicant or employee questions about a hearing condition and how it should treat voluntary disclosures.

ADA COMPLIANT ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES SERIES

This document, which is one of a series of question-and-answer documents addressing particular disabilities in the workplace, explains how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to job applicants and employees with hearing disabilities.

Ada compliant assistive listening devices