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Captions, Please (Everywhere)!

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It bears repeating: What improves access for a group with a specific disability invariably also helps the greater population.

Toward that goal, Auracast is making inroads in public spaces, for all of us, using Bluetooth technology and is currently being tested in a pilot program at busy Frankfurt Airport in Germany.

Mitchell Batavia PT, Ph.D., is an associate professor of physical therapy at New York University and has a hearing loss. In addition to cartoons and flash fiction, he has published healthcare textbooks with Elsevier and Butterworth-Heinemann.

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