Planning

Hearing Impairment

When planning a web conferencing session here are some typical issues that you will need to address for participants who have a hearing impairment:

  • What is the presenter saying - content?
  • What is the presenter saying - instructions - e.g. press voting button, annotate whiteboard?
  • Making sense of text dense information?
  • Keeping up with the multiple threads when working in second language?

Click on the icon below to see one example of how a hearing impaired person can be supported.

Some suggested solutions for these issues can be found in the associated delivery section, click here to to see them.