I have an undergraduate Honors student here at CMU, Isaac Cole, who is working on a research study investigating the accessibility and accommodations at sit-down/full-service restaurants as perceived by adults who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing, as well as front-of house staff (e.g., servers, hosts/hostesses, bartenders, and managers).
In case you are wondering why Isaac is doing this (not just for his Honors College requirement)--he noticed that there is a lot of ancedotal data about the challenges in restaurants and most of the published research on this specific topic has been mostly newspaper articles, and not scholarly research in peer-reviewed academic journals. In case you are wondering who I am and why I care, I am am an Audiology Professor who was born profoundly deaf and am a cochlear implant and hearing aid user.
This study has been approved by Central Michigan University's Institutional Review Board. Please take this survey if you qualify, or share with others who may be interested.
Qualifications for participants who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing:
-be 18 years and older
-have hearing loss or deafness of any type/severity
-reside in the US
OR
Qualifications for front-of-house staff:
-work in a full-service/sit-down restaurant
-live in the US
-can have typical hearing or have hearing loss
Link to the survey: https://cmich.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0oXzqjGK4htnt9c6
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