Question 16 is based on the passage you have just heard.

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        (16) [Steve Miller began his career in IT back in the late 1980s. Being a deaf person in tech required a huge amount of effort and organization.] Because there was no email or text messages service, everything had to be done face to face or by telephone. Communicating in meetings was very difficult. He needed a sign language interpreter for every meeting, but it was a huge effort to coordinate. These days, although challenges still remain, it’s a good time to be a deaf person in tech, says Miller. (17) [Big advances in speech recognition technology have enabled communication tools to turn live speech into text in real time on your smartphone or laptop and sign language into text as well.] New tech, coupled with improvements in hearing aid technology and medical advances, means that Miller is able to focus far more on his work. He has benefited to a great extent from a tiny hearing device in his ear. It gives him a degree of hearing, and he can use a variety of communication methods, depending on the situation. He can employ lip reading and have meetings via video instead of on the phone. These things have made a huge difference. (18) [He no longer has to worry about whether or not he can understand.] He can just concentrate on how interesting the meeting might be and what he needs to get out of it in order to progress.

16. What do we learn about Steve Miller? （关于史蒂夫·米勒，我们能了解到什么？）

解析：B。录音开头部分提到，史蒂夫·米勒早在20世纪80年代末就开始了他的IT职业生涯，作为一位技术领域的听障人士，他需要付出巨大的努力和筹备工作。B项是对此内容的概括总结，其中的deaf person和IT为原词复现，故为正确答案。

错项排除：录音中提到米勒每次开会都需要一名手语翻译，而不是米勒本人是手语翻译，故A项错误。录音中说的是米勒在会议上沟通很困难，而不是他不喜欢在会议上发言，故C项错误。录音中说的是在米勒刚入行时还没有电子邮件或短信业务，所以米勒当时开会交流很困难，而不是米勒不使用电子邮件或短信，故D项错误。