title: Accessibility for the hearing impaired.
abstract: The social anthropology of mild hearing loss is gradually being accepted, as it affects both children and adults. With this comes the understanding that effective aural communication requires adequate sound sources and a good transmission medium as well as good hearing. If the first two conditions are met, much hearing disability might be avoided without resorting to a hearing aid. A plea is made for better accessibility for the hearing impaired by improving environmental conditions for acoustic signals, especially speech.
authors.affiliation: The Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada. peter.alberti@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Alberti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D004777:Environment; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology