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| Deafness and Hard of Hearing Websites |
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Another Path |
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Another Path is a comprehensive guide to homeschooling for parents who are considering homeschooling, or who have decided to homeschool, a deaf or hard of hearing child.
Chiromeme A Deaf community resource. They aim to bring deaf memes and ideas out to the mainstream. They have Deaf news, FAQs, Links, and more.
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ASL Think Tank |
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A website whose mission is to bring a better understanding to parents, advocates, policymakers and educators on promoting dual languae use (ASL and English) in the deaf person's everyday life at home, school, and community. |
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Captioned Media Program |
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The mission of the Captioned Media Program (CMP) is to provide all persons who are deaf or hard of hearing awareness of and equal access to communication and learning through the use of captioned educational media and supportive collateral materials. |
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Center for Accessible Technology |
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The Atlanta Area School for the Deaf /Center for Accessible Technology in Sign (CATS) is dedicated to providing accessibility to media via sign language |
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Cued Speech Info |
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Cued Speech site for parents. Great background and introduction to cued speech. Has links to other sites that provide training and other languages. |
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Deaf Culture Online |
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Everything you've wanted to know about Deaf Culture, and then some.
This website was created to bring you as many perspectives on the deaf and hard of hearing experience as possible. This websites primary focus is to promote awareness of Deaf culture, it is all-inclusive and covers a wide range of topoics such as:
American Sign Language, parent resources, Deaf topics, hard of hearing topics, baby sign language, current trends, communication preferences and stress management and wellness. |
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| Hearing Aid Funding |
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AUDIENT Alliance for Accessible Hearing Care |
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The AUDIENT Alliance for Accessible Hearing Care Program is designed for individuals whose income is above the government's established poverty levels, but still find it difficult to afford quality hearing care. |
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Hear Now Program |
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The Hear Now Program of the Starkey Hearing Foundation has provided over 47,247 hearing aids to 27,500 individuals since 1999. Hear Now is a national program providing assistance, to those permanently living inthe US, to acquire hearing aids through an application process. All applicants must meet the program's financial criteria, complete the application process and be approved for hearing aids.
Hear Now works with licensed practitioners, in the applicant's area.
For more information please call the Hear Now program at 1-800-328-8602 ext. 2358 or visit their website. |
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Listen Up |
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Sources of hearing aid and cochlear implant funding. |
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Oticon Pediatrics |
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Oticon Pediatrics offers a loaner bank program. The program will provide hearing aids for children, birth to three, who are in need of immediate amplification when amplification is not readily available. |
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The HIKE Fund |
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The purpose of the Fund is to provide hearing devices for children with hearing impairments between the ages of newborn and twenty years whose parents are unable to meet this special need financially. |
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Harrah Sign Studio |
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This is a support group for parents and families with deaf and hard of hearing children, although anyone working with deaf or hard of hearing children may join. This is an un-biased group focusing on supporting, advocating, and educating parents to make individual decisions that are right for their families. |
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| Minimal or Unilateral Hearing Loss |
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| Newborn Screening Information |
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Baby Hearing |
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This website explains what the next steps are if a baby does not pass the Newborn Hearing Screening test. |
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| Organizations |
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AG Bell Society |
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The Parent Section (PS) is committed to extending emotional support and
information to families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing
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Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf |
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CEASD provides an opportunity for professional educators to work together for the improvement of schools and educational programs for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. The organization brings together a rich composite of resources and reaches out to both enhance educational programs and influence educational policy makers
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Deaf Bilingual Coalition |
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The main purpose of the Deaf Bilingual Coalition is to emphasize the importance of American Sign Language in social, emotional, linguistic, and cognitive development pertaining to early visual language acquisition in deaf infants and young deaf children.
The secondary purpose is to make the general public aware of the prevalence of misconceptions and misinformation that devalues ASL."
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Hands and Voices |
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Hands & Voices is a nationwide, parent driven, non-profit organization dedicated to providing unbiased support to families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. |
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John Tracy Clinic |
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Its mission is to offer hope, guidance and encouragement to families of infants and preschool children with hearing losses by providing free, parent-centered services worldwide. (En Espaol busque aqui) |
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Join Together Project |
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ASDC sits on the Executive Advisory Board for Join Together, which is focused on designing and implementing a Virtual Professional Development School for deaf educators. |
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National Association of the Deaf |
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The mission of the National Association of the Deaf is to promote, protect, and preserve the rights and quality of life of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America |
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National Cued Speech Association |
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The National Cued Speech Association supports effective communication, language development and literacy through the use of Cued Speech. Cued Speech is a mode of communication based on the phonemes and properties of traditionally spoken languages. Cueing allows users who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have language/communication disorders to access the basic, fundamental properties of spoken languages through the use of vision. |
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Postsecondary Education Programs Network (PEPNet) |
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The postsecondary Education Programs Network (PEPNet) of regional centers provides resources, information, in-service training, and expertise to enhance educational opportunites for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families. They work with service providers in:
Two- and Four-year Colleges
Universities
Secondary Education Programs
Community Rehabilitation Programs
Continuing Education Programs
Adult Basic Education Programs
Vocational and Technical
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| State Organizations |
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IMPACT |
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IMPACT is a California statewide all-volunteer, non-profit organization of parents, teachers and professionals serving deaf and hard-of-hearing children. IMPACT was Established in 1986 |
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