Federal Communications Commission Accessibility Updates for People with Hearing Loss

August 26, 2020


Summary

A guest panel from the FCC Disability Rights Office covers accessibility updates on matters that are important to people with hearing loss, including accessible video programming, emergency communications, and telecommunications.

Presenter(s)

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Diane Burstein

Deputy Bureau Chief, FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Diane Burstein is a Deputy Bureau Chief of the Commission’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.  As Deputy Bureau Chief, Ms. Burstein helps to oversee the FCC’s accessibility policies and programs.  Ms. Burstein joined the FCC in May 2019.  Prior to that, she was a Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for... Read More >

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Suzy Rosen Singleton

Chief, Disability Rights Office, FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Suzy Rosen Singleton, a native user of American Sign Language, is the Chief of the Disability Rights Office of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the FCC.  Since 2016, she oversees rulemaking proceedings and stakeholder activities to ensure accessible emergency communications, modern communication technologies, and video programming for millions... Read More >

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Eliot Greenwald

Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Eliot Greenwald is a Deputy Chief of the FCC’s Disability Rights Office, where he has worked since January of 2011.  He participates in proceedings involving telecommunications relay services (TRS), television closed captioning, real-time text, and implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA), including advanced communications... Read More >