Access Provided and Taken Away

  • Hearing aid compatibility – wireline phones (hard of hearing)

  • Graphical interfaces – computers (blind)

  • Digital (vs. analog) wireless services – TTY, hearing aid and cochlear implant access (deaf, hard of hearing)

  • Digital (vs. analog) television captioning – FCC rules to prevent loss of access, but poor implementation

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