The term hearing consumer refers to hearing individuals who use interpreter or transliterator services. Transliterators who serve deaf consumers also serve the hearing people in the setting. Hearing teachers, students, bosses, and co-workers may rely on a transliterator to cue while they speak to an indiviudal who is deaf or hard-of-hearing.
The fourth tenet of the CLT Code of Conduct requires transliterators to inservice hearing consumers regarding transliterator services.