General
The BBC is committed to ensuring that its programmes and services are as accessible as is reasonably possible to all people, whatever their impairments or disabilities. Under Part Three of the Disability Discrimination Act the BBC has a legal obligation to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that this is the case. What is "reasonable" will evolve as technology develops and these guidelines will be kept under review. The BBC consults a range of disability organisations regularly.
This guidance shows how we can improve access to our television programmes and services for people with hearing loss. The BBC is also committed to providing subtitling services for all programmes which will further enhance the access by hearing impaired viewers to our programmes.
These Guidance was first published in January 2007.