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Internet Resources Related to Hearing Loss
This site contains a list of
links to help you find information on hearing loss and related issues. Much of
this information was gleaned from posts to the Beyond-Hearing e-mail discussion
list. Visit the Beyond-Hearing
website for information and links on a multitude of hearing loss issues, or
better yet, find out how to join the list
and others like it.
Please note: Businesses are listed here
as an information service to consumers. WROCC cannot endorse any businesses or
products listed here.
Index
Hearing Loss Websites
Adaptive Technology and Technical Assistance
Includes computer/internet accessibility. See also Federal Law.
- Ability Hub: Assistive
Technology Solutions www.abilityhub.com
Assistive Technology for people with a
disability who find operating a computer difficult, maybe even impossible.
This web site will direct you to adaptive equipment and alternative
methods available for accessing computers.
- Better Hearing Institute
www.betterhearing.org
- Deaf and Hard
of Hearing Access Program www.odc.state.or.us/dhhapindex.htm
Includes a DHHAP Technical Assistance and Information Center webpage < /dhhaptac.htm > with 10 pages of links to
documents on ADA, hearing loss, technology, captioning and more.
Check it out!
- Educational
Audiology Association http://lserver.aea14.k12.ia.us/swp/tadkins/5-97EAA-column.html
- Info
on fitting and selecting hearing aids, ALDs, etc. www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/Medizin/HNO/audio/ha95.htm
- More info on fitting and selecting
hearing aids, ALDs, etc. www.earinfo.com
- National Assistive Device Center www.NADCenter.com/
- Nonprofit
and disability websites www.ai.mit.edu/people/ellens/Non/online.html
related to communication disorders,
deafness, advocacy, etc.
- Oregon Disabilities
Commission www.odc.state.or.us/odctac.htm
14 pages of links to ADA documents,
statistics, demographics. Not hearing loss specific, but an awesome
collection of links!
- Project EASI www.rit.edu/~easi
Equal Access to Software and Information
- Technology Access Program
http://tap.gallaudet.edu/
TAP is a research group focusing on
technologies and services that eliminate communication barriers
traditionally faced by deaf and hard of hearing people. Great website!
- Technology Assistance Program
http://tap.orst.edu
Oregon State University. Ron Stewart is
the Technology Access Coordinator for TAP. His web pages are a great
information resource on legislation around technology access (including
web pages), such as Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehab Act of 1973, ADA,
IDEA, Assistive Technology Act of 1998, and the Telecommunications Act of
1996.
- TRACE website http://trace.wisc.edu/
detailed description of accessibility
issues surrounding websites and computer software
Two-line
Voice Carry Over (VCO) www.weizmann.ac.il/deaf-info/tty_faq.html#two-line-vco
phone calls
- Washington Assistive Technology Alliance
http://wata.org
WATA offers an assistive technology
exchange service over the internet for the exchange, sale, and donation of
assistive technology devices. Many of the items are significantly
discounted or free. It is primarily for use by Washington state residents
and neighboring states.
- Web
Page Authoring-info for accessible web pages
www.w3.org/TR/1999/WD-WAI-PAGEAUTH-19990115/full-checklist
Captioning, Captioned Films, Real Time, C-Print, CART, CAN
- C-Print http://www.ntid.rit.edu/cprint/
A summary transcription service used to provide
communication access to classrooms, meetings, etc. Similar to CART, except
that computers are used instead of stenography equipment, and the training
period is much shorter. Transcripts are not word-for-word, but
meaning-for-meaning. See the website for a list of training dates.
- The Caption Center
www.wgbh.org/caption
- CaptionLit: Post-production Videocaptioning
Services for Corporate Training, Instructional, Entertainment & Legal
videos
Contact: Yona
Diamond Dansky, award winning educator,
captioning advocate, experienced captioner. Realtime captioning or cart services also available
for meetings or conferences. captionlit@aol.com
215 836-5015, 215 485-0094 cell, 215 836-9348 fax
- Captioned Media Program
www.cfv.org
Huge library of captioned films to choose from.
Enter a title and see if they have a captioned version of it! Great site
for educators!
- Communique Text2U
www.text2u.com
Provide remote realtime
captioning through TextStreaming via the
internet
- G&G Video - CCmaker
www.CCmaker.com 1-800-527-0551
They add closed-captions to video programming. Have
special rate for VHS tapes used in the classroom.
- Microsoft's New
Captioning Technology www.microsoft.com/enable/
- National Center for Accessible
Media (CPB/WGBH) www.wgbh.org/ncam
- National Court Reporters Foundation
Contact 703-556-6289 (tty) 703-556-6291 (fax) 800-272-6272 (voice) for
information on qualified CART providers in your area.
- Portable laptop stands www.stenograph.com/, www.instand.com/
- RapidText http://www.rapidtext.com/
949-399-9200 (voice); 949-399-9273 (tty)
Services include captioning videos,
producing transcripts of videos, and remote realtime
captioning.
- Typewell www.typewell.com
A summary transcription service used to provide
communication access to classrooms, meetings, etc. Similar to CART, except
that computers are used instead of stenography equipment, and the training
period is much shorter. Transcripts are not word-for-word, but
meaning-for-meaning. See the website for a list of training dates.
- Washington School for the
Deaf http://www.deafweb.org/wsd1.htm
Produces captioning for schools and non-profit
organizations only. 360-696-6525 x 353
Cochlear
Implants
Companies Selling Assistive Devices
Catalogs are a
great way to learn about assistive technology and what is available!
- Ambutech www.ambutech.com
Mobility products for individuals with
visual impairments.
- A Hearing Aids
www.ahearingaid.com — PHONE: 800-468-9298 — FAX: 505-522-6532
Hearing aids and audiological
services through 800+ affiliated hearing aid clinics
- Audex www.audex.com —
PHONE: 800-237-0716
Amplified cordless phones and cell phones,
ALDs.
- Beyond Hearing Aids
www.beyondhearingaids.com —
PHONE: 800-838-1649
This is a great site with very helpful functional
information and articles about using ALDs.
- Centrum Sound
http://centrumsound.com — PHONE: 408-736-6500 — FAX:
408-736-6552
- Communitech
www.communitech.com — PHONE (toll free): 888-795-7222
Carries amplified telephone and headset
products
- Comtek www.comtek.com —
PHONE: 800-496-3463
- DeVilbiss DeVelopment
Co., LTD. www.deafmall.net/devilbiss/ — PHONE: 703-534-1681 — FAX: 703-534-5568
Assistive listening systems at reasonable
prices. CI attenuators, neck loops, FM systems, custom-built systems, and
more.
- General Technologies
www.devices4less.com — V/TTY
800-328-6684 — FAX: 916-961-9823
- HARC Mercantile
www.harcmercantile.com — V/TTY 800-445-9968 — FAX: 800-413-5248
Accessolutions for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
- Harris Communications, Inc.
www.harriscomm.com — VOICE:
800-825-6758 — TTY:
800-825-9187 — VCO:
800-211-4360
Sells wide variety of devices from
classroom-use Assistive Listening Devices to amplified stethoscopes.
- Hear-More www.hearmore.com
— VOICE: 800-881-4327 — TTY: 800-281-3555 — TEXT
MESSAGING: 631-752-3277
- Hearing Resources
www.earlink.com — PHONE:
800-531-2139 — FAX: 503-774-7247
Web pages are very nicely done. Lots of
pictures with descriptions of devices and how they are used.
- Hearing, Speech and Deafness Center
www.hsdc.org — PHONE (toll
free): 888-328-2974
- Hello Direct
www.hellodirect.com
- Hitec www.hitec.com — VOICE: 800-288-8303
— TTY: 800-536-8890
They sell an amplified (up to 30dB gain) 900 MHz
cordless phone, with jack for headset, headphones or neckloop.
And much more.
- LS&S Group
www.lssgroup.com — VOICE:
800-468-4789 — TTY (toll free): 866-317-8533 — FAX:
847-498-1482
Specializing in products for the visually
and hearing impaired. Will send catalog upon request.
- Manufacturers
http://members.tripod.com/~Dana_Mulvany/HOHCompanies.htm
This site sends pop-up windows to your
computer. Lists companies selling adaptive products for hearing loss;
contains links to those websites.
- NFSS Communications www.nfss.com
— V/TTY (toll free): 888-589-6670
— FAX: 847-265-8044
TTYs, amplified phones, alerting devices, Wyndtell pagers and more. Repairs of most assistive
devices.
- Oticon www.oticonus.com
Manufactures hearing aids, FM systems. No sales, but plenty
of information for both end-users and professionals. Neat section on
hearing aid history
- Pacific Coasts Laboratories
www.pcl-cfa.com — PHONE:
800-351-2770
"Acoustically tuned earpieces for
better hearing" (continuous flow adaptors, earmolds)
(pictures and descriptions)
- Phonak www.phonak.com
Products and information: Wireless FM
hearing aids; multi-microphone technology; cleaning and maintenance
accessories. No sales.
- Phonic Ear
www.phonicear.com — PHONE:
800-227-0735
Sound Field systems, FM, Telepin and other systems for use with behind-the-ear
hearing aids
- Potomac Technology www.potomactech.com
— V/TTY: 800-433-2838
- Sonus www.sonus.com
- Weitbrecht Communications
www.weitbrechtcom.com — V/TTY: 800-233-9130
(the above section was updated 3/25/04)
Consumer Organizations and Consumer Web pages
ALDA-Association
of Late Deafened Adults
Deaf Consumer
Groups
IFHoH-International Federation of Hard of Hearing People
SHHH-Self Help for
Hard of Hearing People
- National SHHH Organization
http://shhh.org
Includes an on-line catalog of publications and articles
on a wide variety of hearing loss topics. Also includes a list of state
chapters and contact info.
- California www.shhhca.org
- Central Arkansas
SHHH http://cenarkshhh.scottweb.us/index.htm
- Montgomery County
MD http://members.tripod.com/maf_/mcshhh/
- North Carolina http://www.nchearingloss.org/
- Site includes glossary including definition of T-Coils, ALDs, Silhouettes, FM, IR, DAI, etc. Use the index on
the left of the page and select "Glossary".
- Oregon SHHH www.shhhor.org
"Once they get a hold of you, you'll
never be the same!" --a satisfied member of the Eugene
Chapter of SHHH
- Washington State
Association-SHHH www.wasa-shhh.org
Great site! Lots of information on hearing
loss, current events, and resources.
Beyond-Hearing
Member Pages
- Beyond-Hearing
Bios www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/4727/bhframe.htm
Use the index on the left of the page and
select "BH People". Contains biographies and articles about
living with hearing loss contributed by various members of the
Beyond-Hearing e-mail list.
- Dana
Mulvany's home page
http://members.tripod.com/~Dana_Mulvany/HearingAids.htm
covers basic options to consider in
choosing a hearing aid. She has many interesting pages on a wide variety
of consumer topics.
- Deaf Info Page www.weizmann.ac.il/deaf-info/
- EDEN-The Electronic Deaf
Education Network www.bradingrao.com
includes 'The Parent's Place' chatroom
- Ron
Vickery's home page http://members.tripod.com/~GaCracker/Phones2.htm
Discussion of silhouettes and neckloops
Other
Cued Speech
Deaf-Blind Information, Brailling
- Ambutech www.ambutech.com
Mobility products for individuals with
visual impairments.
- Braille Plus www.brailleplus.net/
Braille,
Audiotape, Large Print
and Computer Disk. service@brailleplus.net,
(503) 391-5335, (503) 391-9359 (fax)
- Brailling Math
- DB-Link http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/
DB-LINK is a federally funded information
and referral service that identifies, coordinates, and disseminates (at no
cost) information related to children and youth who are deaf-blind (ages 0
to 21 years).
- Foundation Fighting Blindness
www.blindness.org
- Helen Keller
National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults
www.helenkeller.org/national/
- Independent Living Resources, Portland Oregon 503-232-7411 (v); 503-232-8408 (tty);
503-232-7480 (fax)
Cosponsor of Independent Living Resources
& Holzman Foundation Deafblind
Retreat (adult)
- Northwest
Braille Services www.healthsupportcenter.org/nwbs.shtml
360-384-6494
Developmental Disabilities
Our
thanks to Trevor Storrs of ARC of Anchorage for these resources!
Administration On Developmental
Disabilities www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/add/
J.P. Das Developmental
Disability Center www.quasar.ualberta.ca/ddc/INDEX.html
National
Association of Developmental Disability Councils www.naddc.org
Woman with Developmental
Disabilities www.4woman.gov/wwd/wwd.cfm?page=43
Center for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/default.htm
Developmental
Disability Resource Center www.ddrcco.com/
MEDline
Health Info www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/developmentaldisabilities.html
Woman
with Developmental Disabilities www.npi.ucla.edu/wdw
Consortium for Citizens
with Disabilities www.c-c-d.org/tf-developdisability.htm
Disability Resource
www.disabilityresources.org/DD.html
National ARC
Association www.thearc.org
Association
for the Help of Retarded Children www.ahrcsuffolk.org
Fragile X
Syndrome www.fraxa.org
Little City
Foundation http://littlecity.org
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Journal of Rehabilitation
- American Journal on Mental Retardation
- Hearing Impaired Developmental Disabled Persons: An
Orientation and Resource Guide for State Developmental Agencies By:
Larry G. Stewart (1978)
Federal
Law, ADA, Accessibility Info, Federal Projects
- Access Board
www.access-board.gov
US Architectural and Transportation
Barriers Compliance Board
- Access by Design
www.access-by-design.com
Great information on physical access.
Includes information on the compliance process.
- ADA Hotline: 1-800-949-4232
- ADA
Compliance Guide www.thompson.com/tpg/person/able/able.html
- ADA Facilities Compliance
Workbook www.evanterry.com/
- ADA, IDEA, and
Advocacy http://home1.gte.net/sherryze/new.htm
This is a fantastic source of information for
parents and educators. Well organized. Also provides info on Special
Education by state.
- ADA Information Center
On-Line http://adabbs.hr.state.ks.us/dc
- AHEAD Association on Higher
Education and Disability www.ahead.org
- Americans with
Disabilities Act Document Center http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder
ADA statute, regulations, ADAAG, federally reviewed
tech sheets, and other assistance documents
- Condition
of Education 2000
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid-200062
US Department of Education National Center
for Education Statistics (NCES). Compendium of 65 indicators describes
trends in the major aspects of education.
- Deaf Education
www.educatedeaf.com
- Demographic
Aspects of Hearing Impairment www.gallaudet.edu~cadsweb/factshee.html
(Center for Assessment and Demographic
Studies, Gallaudet University) (1990/91 data)
- Department of
Justice Homepage www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
- Disability Access Information
and Support www.janejarrow.com
- Disability Compliance for Higher Education
Newsletter on ADA and 504 compliance for
Institutions of Higher Education. 1-800-341-7874 or custserv@lrp.com
- Disability
Discrimination in the Workplace: First steps for filing a claim www.cyberscribe.com/talklaw/disabil.shtml
- Disability Statistics
Abstracts http://dsc.ucsf.edu/abs/ab5.htm
- Do I have a case? www.swiftsite.com/adaman/
- Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission Home Page www.eeoc.gov/
- Federal
Register today, www.access-board.gov/rules/telfinal.htm
February
3, 1998, The Access
Board's 'Final Rule' re Sec. 255 of the Telecommunication Act
- General Services Administration
www.gsa.gov
- GSA WWW Accessibility
Guidelines www.gsa.gov/coca/WWWcode.htm
- Guide to
Disability Rights Laws http://worktech.state.md.us/at_resources.html
overview of eight Federal laws
- IDEA
www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/the_law.html
Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act
Download the Act and use your word
processor to search the document for topics of interest!
- National Center for the
Dissemination of Disability Research www.ncddr.org
- NIDRR Projects on the
Internet www.ncddr.org/urllist.html
National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research
- Oregon
Dept of Education High School Transition Web Page
www.ode.state.or.us/sped/spedareas/transition/transition.htm
- The Policymaking Partnership
for Implementing IDEA: www.ideapolicy.org
Site includes transcripts of 1999
satellite telecasts on IDEA.
- POA 2000
www.ed.psu.edu/poa2000/login.asp
This is an online training resource for
college faculty that covers disability law as it pertains to providing
access to individuals with disabilities. Developed by Penn State, it requires about 45 minutes to complete.
Free!
- Reasonable
Accommodation and Undue Hardship under the ADA
www.eeoc.gov/docs/accommodation.html
- Reauthorization of the
Rehabilitation Act See Title IV of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998
- Research Exchange
www.ncddr.org/researchexchange/
- Resources
for Research on Disabilities http://chef.sped.ukans.edu/speddisabilitiesstuff/welcome.html
- Section
508 Questions and Answers
www.access-board.gov/eitaac/section-508-q&a.htm
- Supreme
Court Cases Involving the ADA
www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/fx?DB-SupctSyllabi&TOPDOC-0&P-Americans+with+Disabilities+Act:
- Technology Assistive Resource Program 1-800-342-5832
- Thirteen Tips for
Negotiating ADA Cases with DOJ www.saspc.com/art13ada.htm
- TRACE
website http://trace.wisc.edu/text/guidelns/software/software.html
detailed description of accessibility
issues surrounding websites and computer software
Also http://trace.wisc.edu/docs/html_guidelines/htmlguide.htm
- Transition,
School-to-Work & SSI Work Incentives
http://interact.uoregon.edu/wrrc/transitiondocument.html
- Western
Regional Resource Center http://interact.uoregon.edu/wrrc/wrrc.html
Excellent website, well organized, with list to many
links. Great for educators and parents.
- Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 You can request a copy of the entire act (it is a large
volume) at no charge from the Senate Document Room by faxing 202-228-2815
and requesting Conference Report 105-659. On the internet, summaries can
be found at www.reg10.doleta.gov/wia_nga.htm
(check out Title IV-Rehab Act Reauthorization). You can see just how much
is covered in the act by going to www.usworkforce.org/act.htm.
Jane Jarrow's web pages provide an analysis of
the issues involved for higher education - www.janejarrow.com/natlissues/asgooditgets.html.
AHEAD has also been actively involved in the debate - www.ahead.org/.
- Workforce Investment
Act of 1998 www.gpo.gov/nara/nara005.html
- Workforce
Investment Act of 1998: Overview
www.interwork.sdsu.edu/projects/rcep/rsawia_public/powerpoint.html
Three slideshows developed by the San Diego State
University RRCEP project.
- Workforce
Investment Act Primer www.comop.org/rrtc/silvprimer.htm
Lists of links
- Audiology
Net www.audiologynet.com/hearing-aids.html
Audiology Information for the Masses (extensive lists
under headings Hearing Aids and Anatomy of the Ear)
- DeafWeb
Washington www.wolfnet.com/~hydronut/newsletr.htm
Lists newsletters (many online links),
Newsgroups and ListServs, Chat Sites, and
Newspaper and Radio sites.
- Deaf World Web
http://dww.deafworldweb.org/
- Hearing
and Hearing Disorders www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/comdis/kuster2/audiology.html#treatment
HUGE list described as a 'virtual textbook
of pointers'. Includes a link to the Hearing Loss Simulator Site
- Internet
Resources Related to Hearing Loss www.wou.edu/education/sped/nwoc/ald.htm
This list!
- PEPNet Resource Center
http://prc.csun.edu/
You'll find LOTS of free materials here!
- RIT
Library Deaf and Hard of Hearing Table of Contents
http://wally.rit.edu/internet/subject/deafness.html
Unbelievable list of deafness related internet resources (I
printed 37 pages), divided by topic. Many multicultural sites, as well.
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