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> The lawsuits, filed by the National Association of the Deaf, which is seeking class-action status, say the universities have “largely denied access to this co
by SeanLuke 12y ago
> The lawsuits, filed by the National Association of the Deaf, which is seeking class-action status, say the universities have “largely denied access to this content to the approximately 48 million — nearly one out of five — Americans who are deaf or hard of hearing.”
Um, what?
U Gallaudet itself estimates that the percentage of people with severe hearing loss in the US is 2%, half of whom are over 64. Functionally deaf people account for 0.4% of the US population.
https://research.gallaudet.edu/Demographics/deaf-US.php https://research.gallaudet.edu/Demographics/deaf-US.php
- neilcrj 12y agoI think this is their source: "We estimate that 30.0 million or 12.7% of Americans ≥ 12 years had bilateral hearing loss from 2001–2008, and this estimate increases to 48.1 million or 20.3% when also including individuals with unilateral hearing loss." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564588/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564588/
- SeanLuke 12y agoAh lawyer weaselwords. From the paper, that definition consists almost entirely of people who don't need closed captioning,
- loco5niner 12y ago> lawyer weaselwords I like it