ATTN: HLAA Leaders
I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season.
We’re asking for your support in advancing an important piece of legislation: the Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act (CVTA), which will soon be introduced by U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (MA) and Representative Debbie Dingell (MI).
As leaders within the hearing loss community, your voices and advocacy carry meaningful influence. The CVTA represents a critical update to federal accessibility law, helping ensure that people with disabilities—including people with hearing loss—are not left behind as technology continues to evolve.
Why the CVTA Matters
Online streaming, video conferencing, and AI-driven tools are essential for work, education, health care, and civic participation. But many of these services didn’t exist the last time Congress updated accessibility requirements in 2010. Significant accessibility gaps remain, particularly related to captions, audio descriptions and accessible communication services.
The CVTA fixes this by expanding and modernizing accessibility requirements for the tools that have become so important in the last 15 years.
How You Can Help
At this time, we are asking all HLAA chapters, groups, and state organizations to support the CVTA and be listed as official supporters. To streamline the process, we will include you as a CVTA supporter unless we hear from you requesting that your chapter, group or state organization not be listed by close of business on Friday, January 2, 2026.
If you prefer not be included, please email me at Chapters@hearingloss.org by that date.
Your support is essential to show members of Congress the breadth of support for the CVTA. Together, we can ensure that communication and technology accessibility keep pace with innovation and people with hearing loss are fully included in every aspect of modern life.
Thank you for your continued leadership and advocacy. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
Melissa Kruse
Chapter Engagement Manager
Hearing Loss Association of America.
Rockville, MD
614.581.8488 | mkruse@hearingloss.org│hearingloss.org
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