Hearing Impairment - Resources
American
Association of the Deaf-Blind
- AADB is a national consumer advocacy orgaznization for persons who have
combined hearing and vision impairments.
Alexander Graham
Bell Association for the Deaf
- The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf is a nonprofit membership
organization established to empower persons who are hearing impaired to
function independently by promoting universal rights and optimal opportunities
to learn to use, maintain, and improve all aspects of their verbal communications,
including their abilities to speak, speechread, use residual hearing,
and process both spoken and written language.
National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD),
one of the National Institutes of Health, supports and conducts research
on the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste,
voice, speech and language.
National Association
of the Deaf
- NAD is a consumer advocacy organization promoting equal access to communication,
education, and employment opportunities fo people who are deaf or hard
of hearing.
American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA) Modern Talking Picture Services, Inc.(MTSP)
P.O. Box 251554, Little Rock, AR 72225
(501)868-8850 (Voice/TTY); (501)868-8812 (FAX)
ADARA is a network of professionals who serve people who are deaf or hard
of hearing.
5000 Park Street North St. Petersburg, FL 33709
(813)545-8781; 800-237-6213 (Voice/TTY); (813)545-8782
The Captioned Films/Video program of MTPS is a free loan service funded
by the Dept. of Ed.
Captioned media program - Free-loan media (no rental fees) Funded by the U.S. Department of Education Deaf and hard of hearing persons, teachers, parents, and others may borrow materials.
Council on Education of the Deaf The purpose of this site is to facilitate the identification and sharing of information, questions, and collaborative opportunities concerning the education of deaf/hard-of-hearing students.
DB-LINK - National Information Clearinghouse On Children Who Are Deaf-Blind 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.
Deaf/Hard of Hearing This site contains excellent web sites, organizations, general informations and chat lines dealing hearing impairments.
Deafness
Resources from the Mining Company
The
Spotlight is an update site of news items for persons with hearing
impairments. Through this site, you can also get a FREE weekly Web
Site Update newsletter of interest to persons with hearing impairments.
The
Deaf Resource Library
This
site is an online collection of reference material and links intended
to educate and inform people about Deaf cultures in Japan and the United
States; as well as deaf and hard of hearing related topics.
Enhancing
Science Education for Students Who Are Deaf
This
site is about distance learning for students with hearing impairments.
This program is facilitated through the National Technical Institute for
the Deaf in Rochester, NY. Segmenrs of the site include: What Research
Says to the Teacher, Writing to Learn Science, Deaf Scientists, Hands-on
Activities, and a Bibliography: Science Education for Deaf Students.
Equal
Access to Software and Information
The
recipient of a grant from the National Science Foundation to collect and
disseminate materials on providing access to science, engineering and
math for persons with disabilities. Some of its materials are suitable
for K-12 and some more useful for post-secondary education.
Hearing
Exchange
This
site is suitable for parents whose child has hearing impairments. They
are an online community for the exchange of ideas and information on hearing
loss. It also provides a chat room for people to meet up with experts
and other people who have the same interest.
Helen
Keller National Center For Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults
National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Information Center This web page provides information on ASL, legal rights, deaf culture and community, education, employment, etc.
National Captioning Institute NCI provides captioned programming and technology for millions of people who can benefit from captioned television.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Clearinghouse NIDCD facilitates and enhances the dissemination of information in the following areas: hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language.
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) A membership organization which include professional interpreters and transliterators.
Sign Media, Inc. Producer of videotaped and text material on American Sign Language and American Deaf Culture. This page is a guide to various aspects of this unique visual culture and its language. You will also find information about various video and print resources to help you learn more about the Deaf Community, its language and its culture.
Assistive
Technology Catalogs for Hearing Impairment
This
list contains companies that offer assistive technology to aid a person
who has a hearing impairment or who is deaf. (Note: You need to have Acrobat
Reader to open this file.)
ASSISTIVE
SOFTWARE FOR HEARING IMPAIRMENT
- American
Sign Language Dictionary by Multimedia 2000
Collection of 2200 Video Clips of signs, learning games, animations and finger spelling.
webmaster@m-2k.com
Availability: Commercial Product
Contact: Multimedia 2000 USA
Phone: +1-206-622-5530
Fax: +1-206-622-4380
E-mail: - ASL
Finger spelling by Scott Gaertner
Program designed to help you learn ASL finger spelling, speed control to accommodate varying levels of user competency.
Availability: Freeware
Contact: Scott Gaertner USA
E-mail: srg@where.com - Click
It! by IntelliTools. Inc.
Lets you point and clikc without a mouse: pinpoint screen hot spots, assign keystrokes which can then be mapped onto Intelli Keys overlays. For students who cannot use a mouse. Click It! allows you to create mouseless access to point-and-click sofftware. Click It! works with whatever application you are using.
Availability: Commercial Product
Contact: IntelliTools. Inc.
Phone: +1-800-899-6687, +1-707-773-2000
Fax: +1-707-773-2001
E-mail: info@intellitools.com - L'aventurier
des confusions (auditives) by Adeprio Diffusion
Software for rehabilitating hearing problems with the help of interactive stories. Education, speech, therapy, reading, spelling. Created and used by speech therapists.
Availability: Commercial
Contact: Adeprio Diffusion, France.
Phone: +33-0-134-670-552
Fax: +33-0-134-468-470
E-mail: adepriodif@wanadoo.fr - HyperSign:
Interactive Dictionary of American Sign Language version 2.0 by Trinity
Software
If you have a hearing-impaired family member or friend, HyperSIgn will help you become a better communicator. HyperSign displays the ASL signs for 2000 words in full motion video. HyperSign can be customized for specific needs.
Availability: Commercial Product
Contact: Trinity USA
Phone: +1-800-352-1282
+1-603-536-9661
Fax: +1-603-536-9951
E-mail: trsoft@lr.net - Interactive
Sign Language Fingerspelling and Numbers by Palatine Inc.
This software is a language-training program that translates and typed letter, number, or word into finger spelling signs. Interactive Sign Language provides to improving comprehension and increasing signing speed, the software acts as a personal trainer. With the help of photographs and actual animation of hands, users are able to master finger spelling and numbers quickly and easily.
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Availability: Commercial product
Contact: Palatine Inc.
Phone: +1-800-475-1119
+1-206-933-5958
Fax: +1-206-933-6301
E-mail: info@palatine.co - Personal
Communicator version 2.4 by Communication Technology Laboratory, Michigan
State University.
Using interactive digital video and speech synthesis technology, the Personal Communicator is a user-friendly program that brings ASL communication capabilities to the desktop and notebook computer. With more than 2500 digital video signs and 4500 English words, the Personal Communicator can be a useful tool in communication, education and other environments. The Personal Communicator also can convert your typed English text into ASL signs and speech for learning or communication purposes. It also features interactive learning playroom.
Availability: Commercial product
Contact: Communication Technology Laboratory, Michigan State university.
Phone: +1-517-353-9229
Fax: +1-517-353-5498
E-mail: director@commtechlab.msu.edu - Sign
Language Sign Right by Ecological Linguistics
Symbols transcriptions of hand shapes, movements, 24 and 48 point bitmapped fonts, iconic symbols developed from European dictionaries.
Availability: Commercial product
Contact: Ecological Linguistics USA
Phone: +1-202-546-5862
E-mail: ecoling@aol.com - Sign
Link: Lexicon of ASL version 1.0 by Sorenson Vision, Inc.
Multimedia dictionary and tutorial for ASL which also includes material on grammar, history and phonetics. Word search features lets you type in English equivalents to retrieve the required signs, also includes more than 100 video clips of the most common signs; includes context sensitive help screens.
Availability: Commercial product
Contact: Sorenson Vision, Inc. USA
Phone: +1-435-716-8800
Fax: +1-435-716-8801
E-mail: orders@s-vision.com - Soft
TTY version 1.3.1 by Intelligent Products
Configurable software which provides a full TTY without the need for additional hardware. A TTY is a device used by the deaf and hard of hearing for communicating over the telephone. This software is an inexpensive solution to hard TTY.
Availability: Commercial product
Contact: Intelligent Products USA
E-mail: sales@softtty.com