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by Obie Beatty 5 min read

How many people have high frequency hearing loss?

Even more disturbing, the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders reported recently that about 15% of Americans (26 million) between the ages of 20 and 69 have high frequency hearing loss due to exposure to noise at work and increasingly listening to loud entertainment devices and events.

What does the Americans with Disabilities Act require?

Salmon explained that the Americans with Disabilities Act requires that people who are deaf or hard of hearing should be given the same services provided to the other 90% of the population , and these individuals may not be excluded or segregated from citizens needing enforcement services.

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