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by 24gttghh 2062 days ago
That's 656,400 people you are talking about not bothering to accommodate.
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centimeter 2062 days ago
Most people >65 (i.e. the vast majority of deaf people) are not using Zoom.
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pugworthy 2062 days ago
No, you are wrong. The statement you make is true, but the implication is utterly false. You're selling this fiction that deafness is just an "old persons" thing.

According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (see https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/statistics/quick-statistics...)...

Among adults aged 20-69, the overall annual prevalence of hearing loss dropped slightly from 16 percent (28.0 million) in the 1999-2004 period to 14 percent (27.7 million) in the 2011–2012 period.

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kps 2062 days ago
At least one of Zoom's competitors has made a point of marketing to seniors isolated by COVID-19.
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BlueTemplar 2061 days ago
With COVID lock-downs ?!?
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