Links
For the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind and related.
Please send updates to dhhscinc@gmail.com. Thank you!
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ADA, Advocacy, Legal
- ADA Guide for Law Enforcement Officers
- American Medical Association's Americans with Disabilities Act and Hearing Interpreters
- Common [Employment] Accomodations for the Deaf and Hard of hearing
- Communicating with People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Hospital Settings
- Department of Justice
- Disability Access Symbols
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- FOLDA's Deaf Community Contacts
- Gallaudet's Technology Assistance Program Links
- International Federation of Hard Of Hearing Young People
- JAN: Accommodation Ideas for Hearing Loss
- NAD: How to File Complaint
- National Association of the Deaf
- Roanoke/Lynchburg - Piedmont Chapter of VAD
- Section 508
- Staunton - Skyline Chapter of VAD
- Virginia Association of the Deaf
- Virginia Office of Protection and Advocacy
- VOPA: Your Right to a Qualified Sign Language Interpreter During the Receipt of Medical Services
Assistive Technology
- Able Data
- Assistive Stuff
- Beyond Hearing Aids
- DeafLinx
- Enable Mart
- Gallaudet's Technology Assistance Program Links
- Hamilton CapTel
- Harris Communications
- Hear-More
- LS & S
- MaxiAids
- Safe Awake
- Sam's Club
- Sound Bytes
- Sound Clarity
- Virginia's Technology Assistive Program (L2O Guide)
- Weitbrecht Communications, Inc. (WCI)
Cochlear Implants
Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART)
- Caption First and a visual overview of the various CART methods available
- CART Providers Directory by Stenosearch
- Communication Access Information Center
- National Association for the Deaf (NAD) legal support for CART
- National Court Reporters Association
- VA Department for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (VDDHH)'s CART listing
Deaf Culture/History
Deaf Equipment
Deaf Pets
Digital TV Transition
Directory - World Wide
Employment Ads
Financial Aid-Hearing Aids
- Anthem Blue Cross (state employees only)
- Audient Alliance
- Better Hearing Institute
- CareCredit
- Commonwealth Community Trust
- Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
- DHHSC's Financial Assistance Resources as of Dec. 2011 (Adobe Acrobat format)
- Friends of Man
- Gallaudet
- Hearing Loss Association of Delaware's Resources
- Help The Children Hear
- HLAA's Financial Assistance Resources
- Kiwanis
- Lions Club Hearing Aid
- March of Dimes
- Medicare Advantage Plans
- More Resources on DHHSC Website
- National Easter Seal Society
- NewWell Fund
- NVRC News & Resources
- Optimist Club
- Retiree-At-Cost Hearing Aid Program
- Rotarians for Hearing Regeneration
- Sertoma International
- Starkey Foundation Hear Now
- Travelers Protective Association of America
- Tricare
- Virginia Hearing Aid Loan Bank
- Your Audiologist!
Hearing Loss Resources
Interpreters
- ADA Guide for Law Enforcement Officers
- American Medical Association's Americans with Disabilities Act and Hearing Interpreters
- Communicating with People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Hospital Settings
- DHHSC's Western Virginia Interpreters Directory
- FOLDA's Deaf Community Contacts
- Language Link for Northeast TN & Southwest VA
- NAD: How to File Complaint
- Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
- VDDHH's Nationally Certified Interpreters Directory
- VDDHH's QAS Screened Interpreters for the Deaf Directory
- VOPA: Your Right to a Qualified Sign Language Interpreter During the Receipt of Medical Services
Interpreters-Video Remote (VRI)
Meniere's Disease
Relay-Traditional & Video
Service Animals
- Assistance Dogs International members in VA
- Canine Companions for Indepedence
- DeafLinx
- Dogs for the Deaf
- Guide and Service Dogs
- International Hearing Dogs, Inc. (IHDI)
- Nationwide Assistance Dog Group & Training Listing (by the Land of PureGold Foundation)
- NVRC's Hearing Dog Information and Training Programs Resources
- Saint Francis Service Dogs
- Service Dogs of Virginia
Services
- Connie Reasor Deaf Resource Center in SW VA (CRDRC)
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Center in Western Virginia (DHHSC)
- DeafLinx
- Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
- Department of Blind and Vision Impaired (DBVI)
- FOLDA's Deaf Community Contacts
- Northern Virginia Resource Center (NVRC)
- Regional Deaf Services Program Southwest Virginia
- Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (VDDHH)
Sign Language - Baby Signs
Sign Language - Comedy
Sign Language - Fingerspelling
Sign Language - Kids
Sign Language - More Resources
Sign Language Classes in Western Virginia
- Abingdon - Virginia Highlands Community College
- Augusta County Parks and Recreation (Verona)
- Big Stone Gap - Mountain Empire Community College
- Bristol - Bristol Parks and Recreation
- Charlottesville - Albemarle County Public Schools
- Charlottesville - Baby Signs with Gillian
- Charlottesville - Independence Resource Center
- Charlottesville - Piedmont Community College
- Danville - Danville Community College
- Dublin - New River Community College
- Harrisonburg - James Madison University
- Harrisonburg - Parks and Recreation
- Lynchburg - Central Virginia Community College
- Lynchburg - Liberty University
- Martinsville - Patrick Henry Community College
- McGaheysville - Mt. Olive Brethren Church
- Middletown - Lord Fairfax Community College
- Online - ASL Deafined
- Richlands - Southwest Virginia Community College
- Roanoke - Virginia Western Community College
- Salem - Baby Signs by Lacey
- Staunton City Parks and Recreation
- Warrenton - Lord Fairfax Community College
- Weyers Cave - Blue Ridge Community College
- Winchester - Baby Signs with Donna
- Winchester - My Hands, My Voice (Sign2Me affiliated)
- Wytheville - Wytheville Community College
- FOLDA's Deaf Community Contacts
- Hearing Loss Association Chapters in Virginia
- Martinsville - Martinsville/Henry County Association of the Deaf
- Roanoke - Roanoke Valley Club of the Deaf
- Roanoke/Lynchburg - Piedmont Chapter of VAD
- Staunton - Shenandoah Valley Club of the Deaf
- Staunton - Skyline Chapter of VAD
- World Deaf Directory
Sports
Support Groups - Cochlear Implants
Tinnitus
Video Remote Interpreting