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Originally Posted by Richard Wallace
Slightly off-topic: A couple of years back, there was a drive coach who got permission to use a loudspeaker, worn around the neck, to communicate with the drivers. Without it, the coach might not have been heard -- I think the problem was laryngitis.
I guess a bullhorn would have been equally effective, but a neck speaker connected to a headset mike kept the coach's hands free. I imagine the appropriate volume set point was a topic of discussion in that team's pit.
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If we're talking about the same person, it was more than short-term laryngitis. She has to use the speaker for her day job too.
Now it would be called a reasonable accommodation per ADA. Back when she first had it - and I questioned her - it was just the right thing to do once the situation was explained.