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Deafness and Hearing Impairments and the Americans with Disabilities Act
July 26, 2006 by Ross Runkel at LawMemo
The EEOC has a new question-and-answer fact sheet on hearing impairments and the ADA.
Well written, and useful.
Here are some of the items covered:
- when a hearing impairment is a disability under the ADA;
- when an employer may ask an applicant or employee about a hearing impairment;
- how employers can ensure the confidentiality of applicants’ and employees’ medical information;
- what types of reasonable accommodations an individual with a hearing disability may need;
- to what extent an employer must provide a reasonable accommodation to an individual with a hearing disability;
- how an employer should handle safety concerns and harassment issues; and,
- how an individual with a hearing impairment can file a claim against an employer under the ADA or the Rehabilitation Act.
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