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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.

Title: Questions and Answers about Deafness and Hearing Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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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