Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc.

TDI, in collaboration with its partners, serves as a national leader in policy, advocacy, education, and innovation to foster full accessibility, equity, and inclusion in Information and Communications Technology.
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People to have hearing loss by 2050, whereas the US population is expected to be 458 million

Policy Comments TDI Submitted to Federal Agencies since 2000

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To further deaf and hard of hearing people’s access to information and communication technology, TDI submits policy comments, hosts several events, and distributes a digital publication. Click on any of our programs below to learn more.

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DHH Statement

TDI uses the term DHH to represent the diverse members of the deaf and hard of hearing community, including those who are:

deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, deafblind, lip-readers, cued-users, veterans with hearing loss, senior citizens, deafdisabled, and/or having additional sensory, mobility, cognitive or other communication disabilities.

Guiding Statement

In TDI’s policy pursuits, we are committed to the following core objectives:

Emergency Access

  • All DHH people must have multiple ways to directly connect with 9-1-1 centers.
  • DHH people must be able to access, receive and immediately comprehend all emergency alerts when broadcasted live.

Telecommunication Relay Services

  • The national relay system must be fully accessible to all DHH people.
  • The TRS system must be interoperable with emerging telecommunication and video-phony platforms allowing DHH people to directly connect with anyone.

Captions

  • All types of captioning systems should be accurate in spelling, syntax, punctuation, and grammar.
  • Captions should be synchronous audio and video files, nor overlap with other text.
  • All video content shall be captioned (including cable, satellite, streaming, etc).

TDI filings, news, and press releases

Accessibility Advocates Draft Accessibility Agenda for 2021 FCC Transition Team

December 10, 2020

TDI 24th Biennial Conference Overview

June 14, 2021

FCC Filing: FCC's Public Notice on Convo's Petition

July 19, 2021

FCC Filing: A Response to Sorenson's Comment on Convo's Petition on Proposing Changes to Certain Video Relay Service ("VRS") Service Rules

August 3, 2021

TDI Announces CEO Search

February 17, 2023
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