9 Tips to Prevent Hearing Loss & Preserve Your Hearing
9 Tips to Prevent Hearing Loss & Preserve Your Hearing Although hearing is one of the five human senses, it’s easy to take for granted. Hearing loss often goes undiagnosed or ignored due to more pressing health issues until it interferes with daily life. But just as...
Inequalities of Women With Hearing Loss
Inequalities of Women With Hearing Loss Did you know Whoopi Goldberg, Halle Berry, Jodie Foster, and Holly Hunter all have hearing loss? Berry, a domestic violence victim, suffered hearing loss after a former boyfriend struck her in the head. Goldberg, who wears hearing aids, attributes her...
COVID-19’s Impact on Captioning
COVID-19's Impact on Captioning COVID-19 upended life as we know it for most people, transforming how we work, learn, communicate, and gather. The rise in remote work, weekly coronavirus news conferences, and virtual public meetings also brought accessibility issues front and center, especially for hard-of-hearing people. While...
Post-production Captions and What Your Company Should Know
Post-production Captions Captioning isn’t one size fits all. Caption Pros can provide your company with real-time translation and an instantaneous, fully edited transcript following a live event. In addition, we also offer post-production captioning services for prerecorded videos. Post-production captioning occurs after a video has been recorded,...
Have hearing loss? How to talk to your boss about captions
We’re all experiencing Zoom fatigue, but it can be especially frustrating for people who have hearing loss. You may not want to reveal your hearing loss in the workplace. Or maybe you serve on a public board or have been summoned for jury duty and feel...
Increasing Access and Opportunity with Captions
Workplaces that welcome the talents of all people, including people with disabilities, are a critical part of building a diverse and inclusive community that enhance access and opportunity. For people with hearing loss, it can be difficult to find the right employment fit. The Deaf and...
ADA Compliant? Captioning is one option to improve accessibility
Imagine Zach sitting in a college classroom unable to hear what the professor is saying. Or Marci carefully selecting a spot in the front row at a conference, trying to follow along to the slides because the conference’s organizers only hired an American Sign Language interpreter...
Why Accessibility Matters For Those With Hearing Loss
Imagine sitting in a conference or watching a webinar and not being able to hear what the presenter is saying. For people with hearing loss, it’s an everyday reality. Simple things such as placing an order at a restaurant, enjoying a lecture at a museum, or...