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Businesses to Use SMS for the Hearing Impaired
Many businesses in today’s world deal directly with the deaf and hearing impaired. While technology has recently begun to aid in this demographics specific needs, SMS messaging is still the current solution for communication. There are drawbacks to SMS messaging technology such as a the availability of talk plans that just offer texting, limitations to the length of messages, and a lack of true emotion. Text messaging however has mobilized the world of deaf and hearing impaired persons.
With this in mind, it is easy to see why any business would want to incorporate a SMS messaging device for communication with their customers. Appointment times, updates, and confirmations could all easily be sent via SMS to existing customers. Marketing materials could all incorporate a text call to action to help build a new client database and send out coupons. In all cases, the hearing impaired can effectively communicate with a business using the most effective tool available to them- SMS.