CAE provides assistance to enrolled D/deaf or hard-of-hearing students so that they may obtain aids or accommodations to university academic programs, services, and activities. These services can include real-time captioning services, sign language interpreting in classes, and other auxiliary aids to assist with hearing and participation in class.
For more information on these services, please email Arlyn Ramirez at agramirez@saonet.ucla.edu.
Real-Time Captioning
Real-time Captioning may be available for hearing-impaired students. We require that students receiving real-time captioning services not share notes or transcripts with any other students, or use notes for any other purpose other than as class study notes without consultation with the CAE and the expressed consent of the professor.
Sign Language Interpreting
Sign Language interpreters can be provided for academic or University activities. To ensure quality of service for our students, the CAE provides two interpreters for classes of more than one hour in length. The CAE will provide either sign language or real-time captioning based on the student's preferred communication method.
Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs)
CAE can provide a portable Assistive Listening Device (ALD) or an FM unit to assist with hearing in class. This can be used in conjunction with realtime captioning or on its own. An ALD increases a student’s ability to hear in numerous situations, such as rooms that are large, crowded, or noisy. The speaker wears a microphone that transmits directly to the listener’s ear. DSP will loan ALD receivers to hard-of-hearing students upon request. ALDs are available to be checked out for an entire semester.
Some classrooms and auditoriums at UC Berkeley have Assistive Listening Systems (ALS) that are permanently installed. CAE will work with you and your instructors to ensure that all proper steps are taken to facilitate the effective use of an ALD.