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SHHH Advocates FCC make the nation's Emergency Alert System more effective
for people with hearing loss


SHHH has joined other advocates in proposing that FCC revisit the definition of “emergency” to make clear that broadcasters need to provide captioned information every time there is a situation or event that would normally interrupt a broadcast (i.e., any breaking news alerts). In other words, if the situation or event is important enough to interrupt a broadcast, it's important enough to provide real time captions so that people with disabilities have timely and adequate access to such information.

View the proposal at http://hearingloss.org/pdf/TDIEASComments.pdf

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