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Show Poor hearing to be noted on driver license As of January 1, a new identification will be added to driver licenses issued after that date according to Larry E. Lunnen, Commissioner of Public Safe- ' . The new identification will indicate -ihat the bearer is hard of hearing. This is not a restriction but rather information informa-tion for police and others who see the license. The impaired hearing code is optional for Ihose who desire to have this information shown - it is not re-' quired. A person desiring the new information informa-tion included will file a simple certificate cer-tificate with a Driver License office when obtaining or renewing a license. Code "14" w ill be shown on the reverse side of the license and the words "Impaired "Im-paired Hearing" typed in. This procedure should improve communications com-munications between officers and hearing hear-ing deficient drivers. |