The ability to send emergency text messages to 911 call...
The ability to send emergency text messages to 911 call centers “is essential to the health and safety of millions of Americans who have barriers to hearing and/or speaking,” the University of California-Berkeley said in a filing at the FCC.…
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“Substantial research documents” that the deaf and hard of hearing “suffer disproportionate rates of death, injury and property loss during disasters and other health emergencies,” the filing said (http://bit.ly/XomM4o). “When these populations cannot text to 911, they may lack access to critical help from first responders, as has been documented in past emergencies."