Gallaudet University Press
Washington, D.C. 20002
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Published in 2006
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN 1-56368-291-5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Strauss, Karen Peltz.
A new civil right : telecommunications equality for deaf and hard of hearing Americans / Karen Peltz Strauss.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56368-291-5 (alk. paper)
1. Telecommunications devices for the deaf—History.
2. Closed captioning. 3. Deaf—Government policy.
4. Deaf—civil rights. I. Title.
HV2502.5.S78 2006
362.4'283—dc22 2005058106
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