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For further information on the ADAs requirements for service animals, please see the ∺DA Business Brief: Service Animals, which is available from the ADA Business Connection website or the ADA Information Line. The hotel must permit guests to bring such animals into areas of the hotel where guests are normally allowed to go, even if it otherwise prohibits animals in the facility. Some people with hearing disabilities use service animals often Hearing Ear Dogs to assist them with safety and way-finding.New televisions at least 13 inches or larger have such devices built in. Where televisions are provided in guest rooms, closed caption decoders must be provided upon request.Image caption: Front desk staff use a TTY to take a call for room service from a hotel guest who is deaf. For outgoing calls to a TTY user, simply dial 7-1-1 to reach a relay operator. The hotel must be prepared to take and respond to relay system calls, which may take a little longer than voice calls. The caller types the message into the TTY and the operator relays the message by voice to the hotel staff person, listens to the staff persons response, and types the response back to the caller using the TTY. The relay consists of an operator with a TTY who receives the call from a TTY user and then places the call to the hotel. Individuals may use this network to call the hotel from a TTY.

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The ADA established a free nationwide relay network to handle voice-to-TTY and TTY-to-voice calls.

Hotel desk staff should be trained in handling TTY equipment. The hotel also will need to have a TTY at the front desk, and perhaps at other telephone stations, for handling billing inquiries, taking room service orders, or responding to other guest calls.

To allow guests with hearing disabilities access to hotel telephone services, the hotel must provide a TTY, on request, for use in guest rooms.

Image caption: A hotel guest who is deaf communicates using written notes with the desk clerk at check-in. These devices have a keyboard and a visual display for exchanging written messages over the telephone.

For telephone communications, many people who are deaf or hard of hearing use a teletypewriter (TTY, also known as a TDD) rather than standard telephones.

For short and relatively simple in-person conversations, such as inquiries about room rates and availability, or questions about restaurant menu items, an exchange of written notes may be effective.

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), hotels and motels must provide effective means of communications for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing to ensure that they have an equal opportunity to enjoy the goods, services, accommodations, and amenities offered.

The method of communication and the services or aids hotel staff must provide will vary depending upon the abilities of the guest and on the complexity and nature of the communications that are required.

Many can speak but are not able to hear words spoken by others. Some rely on sign language interpreters or assistive listening devices some rely primarily on written messages. People who are deaf or hard of hearing use a variety of ways to communicate. In Hotels, Motels, and Other Places of Transient Lodging ADA Business Brief: Communicating with Guests Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Hotels, Motels, and Other Places of Transient Lodging.ĪDA Business BRIEF: Communicating with Guests who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing