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Disability Specific Resources: Hearing Impairment or Deafness


Includes Hearing Impairment, Deafness, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Loss.
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New Sign About.com: Deafness offers a growing list of articles on a variety of topics on deafness and hard of hearing including accessibility and assistive technology, colleges, causes of hearing loss, education, employment for the person with a hearing impairment and there is more. Check out this site on current articles.

New Sign CART in the Courtroom Model Guidelines

This guide by the American Judges and National Court Reporters Foundation introduces model guidelines or suggestions for Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People in Court. These guidelines can be modified by any courtroom to meet the communication access needs of people with hearing loss in the courtroom as required by the ADA. These guidelines also explain how a hard-of-hearing or deaf citizen can request the services of a CART provider and the procedures in court.

New Sign Soundbytes is a company that sells cell phone amplifiers, signaling systems, accessories for hearing aids, TTY devices, ASL products and hundreds of other invaluable products for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. You will find an affordable selection of everything you'll need for communication, safety and peace of mind. And all of their items are backed by their customer service. They claim to specialize in catering to the unique needs of the deaf and the hard of hearing community. This website has a good section on Resources and Information on Hearing Loss that covers a variety of topics and assistance in choosing the right adaptive technology for you, assistive listening devices and how they work, how to dry your hearing aids and more. Contact Soundbytes at P.O. Box 9022, Hicksville, NY 11802 or call (888) 816-8191, (516) 937-3546 (TTY), (516) 938-1513 (FAX) or send e-mail to: info@soundbytes.com

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