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Legislation introduced to help ensure people with disabilities with access to Internet-based telecommunications

U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) has introduced comprehensive legislation to ensure that people with disabilities have access to Internet-based telecommunications and video programming technologies. The bill, the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 (H.R. 3101), is referred to as the COAT bill. Organizations for people with hearing loss are actively supportive of [...]

Right-Eared Hearing Preference is Normal

Most of us have are either left-handed or right-handed, have a particular eye dominance, and will choose one foot over another repeatedly when kicking a ball. But most people haven’t thought of having a preferred ear from which to hear — until recently.
A recent Italian study claims that individuals are more likely to perform a [...]

“How Do We Hear?” – In Plain English

Our ears are complex sensory organs. They pick up all the sounds around us and then transfer it into sound waves our brains can translate and understand. What makes ears so extraordinary is that the hearing process in general is mechanical and is based solely on physical movement. This compares with our sense of taste, [...]