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Re:I’m deaf, and this is what happens when I get on a Zoom call by centimeter on Friday October 30, 2020 @05:14PM (#24946966)
Most people >65 (i.e. the vast majority of deaf people) are not using Zoom.
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Re:I’m deaf, and this is what happens when I get on a Zoom call by pugworthy on Friday October 30, 2020 @05:40PM (#24947138)
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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Re:I’m deaf, and this is what happens when I get on a Zoom call by kps on Friday October 30, 2020 @10:24PM (#24948668)
At least one of Zoom's competitors has made a point of marketing to seniors isolated by COVID-19.
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Re:I’m deaf, and this is what happens when I get on a Zoom call by BlueTemplar on Saturday October 31, 2020 @08:24AM (#24950835)
With COVID lock-downs ?!?
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