document: Information access for all : meeting the needs of deaf and hard of hearing people Discusses the nature of deafness and hearing impairments , with particular reference to the impact which the onset of hearing loss presents at various ages . The author goes on to present practical tips for interacting with deaf and hard of hearing clients in various communication contexts , including sightreading , TTY communications , and ASL interpreters . An annotated list of suggested readings is appended
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extractive_keyphrases: information access hard of hearing clients deafness hearing impairments communication contexts sightreading tty communications asl interpreters
abstractive_keyphrases: deaf clients