Hearing loss and captions, in plain facts.
Data, comparisons and guides for deaf and hard of hearing people and the people around them. Every number links to its source.
How to see who is talking in live captions
To see who is talking in live captions, use an app that separates speakers and lets you name them. Captioning standards say speakers should be identified, with a name once the person is known and a label like speaker #1 when it is not [1]. Captio AI, a live captioning app for deaf and hard of hearing people, labels speakers and, since version 1.1.3 on iPhone, can recognize voices you have saved so captions show names instead of Speaker 2.
What is CART captioning? How it works and what it costs
CART is live captioning typed by a trained human. Price sheets on Maine's procurement site list remote CART at $125 to $130 an hour. How it works.
How many people are deaf or hard of hearing? The 2026 numbers
1.57 billion people live with some hearing loss and 430 million need care for it. Global, US and UK figures from the WHO, The Lancet and national surveys.
How many people in the US have hearing loss? 2026 statistics
Between 30 and 72.9 million Americans have hearing loss, depending on how you count. The main US figures from NIH, CDC, Census and Johns Hopkins, explained.
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