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Shari Eberts of HLAA Was Interviewed on National Public Radio (NPR)

November 29, 2020May 16, 2021 - by admin
Shari Eberts, hearing loss advocate and HLAA National board member, was interviewed by NPR’s Peter O’Dowd on Here and Now about Zoom and the lack of captioning on their free accounts.  It is well worth a listen and here’s a link to the podcast and transcript:
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/11/23/zoom-closed-captioning-hearing

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