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Deafness and Hard of Hearing Web Links

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• Agotel
  Agotel is a leader in Innovative Telecommunications. Agotel was formed in May of 2002 with the sole intention of providing quality pager services at a reasonable cost. Agotel is proud to be a deaf owned and operated company.
  www.agotel.com
  
  
• American Sign Language FingerSpeller
  American Sign Language is the language of the non-hearing people in this country.  Finger spelling is a method of communication that is used in sign language for names and obscure or unknown signs.  It is equivalent to learning the alphabet in Spanish, then spelling out English words.  This site has exercises that can help you learn to finger spell using the American Sign Language alphabet.
  www.iwaynet.net/~ggwiz/asl/
  
  
• BeyondHearingAids
  BeyondHearingAids, the source for ALDs (or assistive listening devices). Not only can you browse a full line ALD store, you can find the resources you need to choose and use ALDs to your full advantage. Consumers and professionals alike take advantage of the experience of our ALD specialists and use this site as a resource center and shopping center.
  www.beyondhearingaids.com
  
  
• Buyer's Haven
  Buyer's Haven is a low cost distributing company. Buyer's Haven is currently adding many new products that are ideal for hearing aid users, or those that want products to help them hear better without the need for a hearing aid just yet.
  www.buyershaven.com
  
  
• Canine Companions For Independence (CCI)
  CCI is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to serve the needs of people with disabilities by providing trained service, hearing and social dogs and by providing continuing support to ensure the success of the working team.
  www.caninecompanions.org/

• Closed Captioning Web
  There is no excuse for not captioning..both open and closed captioning are increasingly accessible and affordable.
  www.captions.org/
  
  

• Clarity – amplifying Your Life

  Clarity, a Division of Plantronics, Inc. is the leading supplier of amplified telephones, notification systems, assistive listening devices and other communications devices for the Hard of Hearing and Deaf communities. Clarity Power patented technology truly and positively impacts people's lives with every product created.

  www.clarityproducts.com
  
  

• Deaf Expo
  World's Largest Independent Consumer Trade Show Targeted at the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Market. Deaf USA is a national newspaper published six times a year by EFTC. Deaf USA is also the official publication of Deaf Expo, so you will always receive the latest articles and status reports on each Deaf Expo show.
  www.deafexpo.org/

• Deafness/Hard of Hearing About.com Guide
  Jamie Berke is your Deafness/Hard of Hearing guide for the About.com Guide to: Deafness/Hard of Hearing.
  deafness.about.com
  
  
• Discount Valley
  Discount Valley is a new website for deaf and hard of hearing products.
  www.discountvalley.com
  
  
• Gallaudet University
  The world's only four-year university for deaf and hard of hearing undergraduate students. Gallaudet also offers graduate-level programs available to deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing students, sign language classes, and summer and continuing education courses.
  www.gallaudet.edu/
  
  
• Evelyn Glennie
  Evelyn Glennie, a Scottish born musician, has been wowing the classical-music world. Glennie, who plays a variety of more then 50 types of percussion instruments, has been deaf since childhood.
  www.evelyn.co.uk
  
  
• HandSpeak
  The HandSpeak Online guide to sign language is fascinating and effective. Pick your word and see a demonstration of how to say it in American Sign Language. HandSpeak is intended for fun learning, not any official instruction. Some signs are not accurate due to regional variety and/or image distortion.
  www.handspeak.com/
  
  
• Harris Communications, Inc.
  Harris Communications, Inc. is the one-stop shopping place for deaf and hard-of-hearing products. It is a mail order catalog company which was established in 1982 by Dr. Robert Harris.
  www.harriscomm.com
  
  
• HearMore.com - Products for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Seniors.
  HearMore.com offers products to help the hearing impaired. Find amplified phones, TTY, TDD, alert systems, amplification devices, vibrators, door sensors, watches, books, and videos.
  www.hearmore.com/
  
  

• HITEC
  HITEC'S purpose or contribution is to break down communications barriers for all people with different or limited abilities by listening to the needs of their customers and responding with solutions that work.
  www.hitec.com

  
  

• Kansas School for the Deaf
  www.ksdeaf.org/
  
  

• Low Vision Solutions

  Powerful, life changing products for people with low vision conditions!

  www.lowvisionmagnification.com

  
  

• LS&S Group
  LS&S Group has Products for Persons With Disabilities. Specializing in products for the Visually & Hearing Impaired
  www.lssgroup.com
  
  
• Notepage, Inc.
  NotePage, Inc. provides products and services for Deaf and HOH. NotePage, Inc. is a paging service provider specializing in communication and computer integration. It also provides wireless messaging products and services including, internet paging, email to pager gateways, and wireless messaging products designed specifically for the deaf and hearing impaired community.
  www.notepage.com/dahoh/

• Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. (SHHH)
  SHHH and our members are catalysts that make mainstream society more accessible to people who are hard of hearing. We strive to improve the quality of hard of hearing people's lives though education, advocacy and self help.
  www.shhh.org 
  
  

• Solutions for Humans
  With Solutions for Humans All Things Are Possible. Solutions for Humans philosophy when working with customers is not to sell, but rather, to find the solution that is most likely to solve your problem or address your comfort issue. Solutions for Humans remains the premier source of solutions, consulting, training, evaluation and implementation of solutions for individuals and organizations addressing sight loss, physical impairment, ergonomic issues, communication and hearing disorders.

  www.sforh.com  

  
  

• Teltex, Inc.
  Teltex is your online resource for amplified telephones, TTY's, TDD's and assistive devices for the deaf, hearing impaired and hard of hearing. Teltex also service every product they sell and provide extended warranties on nearly every product.
  www.teltexinc.com
  
  
• Ultratec, Inc.
  Since 1978, Ultratec has been listening to people who use TTYs to design better, faster, and less expensive ways of connecting people with people. By putting the customer's needs first, we have grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of TTYs. Today, our TTYs are recognized worldwide as the standard for excellence in text telecommunications.
  www.ultratec.com
  
  

• USA Deaf Sports Federation
  The Akron Club of the Deaf in Ohio sponsored the first national basketball tournament in 1945, at which time it established the American Athletic Union of the Deaf. The organization was later renamed the American Athletic Association of the Deaf (AAAD), and in 1997, the USA Deaf Sports Federation (USADSF).  USADSF provides deaf and hard of hearing children and adults with opportunities to compete with their peers as well as the larger society of athletes worldwide.
  www.usadsf.org/