Deafness/Hearing Impairment

Links

• American Association of the Deaf-Blind
  The American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) national consumer organization of, by, and for deaf-blind Americans and their supporters.
• American Sign Language (ASL) Medicare Basics Video
  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an educational video in American Sign Language (ASL) to provide important information about the Medicare program to people who are Deaf or hard of hearing. The video consists of an overview of the Medicare program, including what Medicare is, who qualifies, the four parts of Medicare (A, B, C, and D), new preventive services under the Affordable Care Act, and help paying Medicare costs.
• ASLdeafined
  Offers an interactive sign language website with lessons, games, activities, and a personalized progress chart. It has over 2200 videos in the dictionary which continues to grow.
• Better Hearing Institute
  The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is a not-for-profit corporation that educates the public about the neglected problem of hearing loss and what can be done about it.
• Deaf.com
  "Your Gateway to the Deaf Community."
• Fairview Learning Network
  Fairview Learning is dedicated to helping individuals maximize their reading skills. Specific strategies, materials, programs, and assessments have been developed to jumpstart the reading skills of Deaf and Hard of Hearing students.
• Financial Assistance for the purchase of hearing aids
  Resources for financial assistance in purchasing hearing aids.
• Hands and Voices
  Hands and Voices is a nationwide non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families and their children who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as the professionals who serve them.
• Handspeak - Sign Language Online
  A sign language resource.
• Kids First: Hearing Services
  To provide hearing aid services and supplies for children ages 3, 4, 5, or 6 years who lack insurance coverage for this benefit. Ineligible are children who have Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance, or those children who have commercial coverage that includes this benefit.
• Lions Clubs International Affordable Hearing Aid Program
  Lions are providing high-quality, low-cost hearing aids through the Lions Affordable Hearing Aid Project (AHAP), a project of Lions Clubs International Foundation. Lions AHAP is dedicated to helping provide aids to people who could not otherwise afford them.
• National Association of the Deaf
  "The NAD is the nation's premier civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America."
• National Association of the Deaf – Information about Health Care Providers
  Provides information about laws and requesting accommodations related to access to medical care to people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
• National Association of the Deaf – Questions and Answers for Health Care Providers
  Provides questions and answers to health care providers about laws and requesting accommodations related to access to medical care by people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
  "Improving the lives of people who have communication disorders."
• Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
  RID is a national membership organization representing the professionals who facilitate communication between people who are deaf or hard of hearing and people who can hear. Interpreters serve as professional communicators in a vast array of settings such as: churches, schools, courtrooms, hospitals and theaters, as well as on political grandstands and television.
• So the World May Hear
  A project of the Starkey Foundation. Starkey Hearing Foundation has helped hundreds of thousands to hear better.
• Sound Beginnings Children's Hearing Aid Program
  Offers Quota International service clubs in the United States the opportunity to distribute up to 100 vouchers for free hearing aids supplied by Siemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. Serves ages birth to 23.
• Starkey Hearing Foundation Hear Now Program
  Hear Now is a national non-profit program that helps people who are deaf or hard of hearing get hearing aids if they have no other resources. Hear Now also collects hearing aids for recycling purposes.
• West Virginia Association of the Deaf
  The West Virginia Association of the Deaf, Inc., (WVAD) operated by, of, for the Deaf Community, advocates, and promotes to improve the quality of life for deaf and hard of hearing individuals including but not limited to deaf-blind individuals, parents of deaf children, interpreters, late-deafened adults, and children of deaf adults.
• West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  The mission of the West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WVCDHH) is to advocate for, develop, and coordinate public policies, regulations, and programs to assure full and equal opportunity for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing in West Virginia.
• West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing's Telephonic Communication Device Loan Program
  Offers equipment for West Virginia residents with qualifying disabilities that interfere with the use of the telephone.
• WV SenseAbilities Project
  Technical assistance and training for deaf-blind children, their families and their service personnel.