Jury Duty?

Thanks for your reply, Jeff. It was quite amazing!
Having been a teacher before my retirement, I was familiar with the idea of providing accomodations for students, so it seemed like the right way to do things. Grateful for it!

My dispensing Audi wrote a letter to the Sheriff’s office. Subsequently I was removed from the jury pool.

I actually got called back about jury duty on Friday. One contact was the standard letter they send all prospective jurors, and the other was a phone call from the jury management office telling me what to expect, how to lconnect with the captions writer once I got there and so on. I asked if the writer was certified for court reporting, and was told ( hold on to your hats) that yes, they made sure both captions providers and ASL interpreters were certified.
I was floored— we’ve come a long way from being shut off in an institution, denied education, and generally being left out.

I’m so excited. Now it’ll be just my luck to get put on a case where someone is fighting a parking ticket…Lol

I wouldnt want me on a jury either. I miss hear to often. And i dont believe reading words while trying to look for visual clues on the person testifying is the same as a normal hearing juror. And it would seem to be an instant appeal. But then again, our justice system is so broken i guess maybe it hardly matters.

I am an attorney in California who is well aware that the acoustics in some courtrooms can be terrible. Most courtrooms, however, do supply assistive listening devices that do work quite well, although that’s not to say that they will work for everyone. It’s a good idea to call in advance to ensure that they do, although that information is often posted on their website.

Our audiograms look pretty similar and I can say I can hear quite well with the devices. However, if you and your ENT feel otherwise and the ENT writes the appropriate note, a judge would likely honor it. Most judges have good instincts re who is just trying to get out of jury duty and those who have legit excuses.

I’ve been summoned for jury duty twice and in both cases I discussed my situation with the judge’s clerk over the phone. In my case, not only do I wear HA’s, I was born with cerebral palsy, and don’t own my own vehicle. I could probably hear with hearing aids, but with cerebral palsy and no mode of transportation to/from the courthouse, I asked for a hardship discharge and the clerk was very accomodating and removed me from the jury pool. She explained to me that if I was summoned again, to make sure to call her and explain my situation again. Removal is temporary, she told me at the time that it was 3 years.

Can someone tell me what’s this thing, that the assistant! judge is talking to?

Thx

I received the doctor’s note from the ENT. I am going to send that along with the affidavit I received from the jury manager.

I’ll see how they respond.

Jeff

Before they retired, my MD that was also a Coroner told me that my hearing loss would qualify as a disability exemption.
His logic is that I should be able to readily differentiate between similar words to sit on a jury. He used keen and clean as an example.

The trouble in Massachusetts is they are also discriminating against people with hearing loss who DO want to serve on a jury. They even have a box to check if you want an ALD, but when you get to the courthouse no one knows what or where the ALDs are.