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Emergency and Disaster Resources-Delaware
Prepare Delaware-Make a Plan! Check section on Seniors and Those With Special Needs
University of Delaware Center for Disabilities Studies
https://cds.udel.edu/at/
SMART 911
https://smart911.com
Sign Up Now and give emergency responders information to help you fast and keep you safe!
SOUND THE ALARM! FREE SMOKE ALARMS for deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing people!
Go to HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE-FACT SHEETS/FACT SHEET #32- SOUND THE ALARM
OR Contact the American Red Cross of Delmarva Peninsula- or call (410)-624-2000 (Option 3) to obtain or fill out online request form.
Delaware SNAP Program – Special Needs Alert Program for children ages 0–21 with special health care needs. A pre-hospital notification program for any child with special needs. Any child with a special need may enroll and it will assist emergency workers and 911 calls to better serve children faster.
https://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/snap/html
Emergency and Disaster Resources- National
Hearing-Related Emergency Response Kits
Disaster Preparedness for Deaf, Deaf-blind and Hard of Hearing People
https://emergencymanagement.bvu.edu
Resources for Children – Delaware
Parents who learn they have a child with hearing loss should immediately contact their local school district to notify school district that their child will be attending a local school and to connect with Special Education Services and Resources available.
Delaware Parent Information Center
Arielle Morris, Family Resource Specialist-Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Statewide (EDHI)
Delaware Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program (Department of Public Health
Parenting A Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child
HEARING TECHNOLOGY
Captioning Information and Resources
Accessible Technologies Observatory
c2 (Caption Coalition) Inc. — Event Calendar
Captioned Media Program (CMP) — Free-loan open-captioned educational media (video, DVD, CD-ROM, and Internet streaming). The Captioned Media Program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
Insight Cinema — Open-captioned movies nationwide.
National Center for Accessible Media
National Court Reporters Association
Cell Phones and Hearing Aid Compatibility
Cell phone company websites all have technical assitance and most have discounts for people with disabilities. They have explanations of the M (microphone) and T (telecoil) ratings of cell phones they carry. Source: Coalition on Accessible Technology (COAT). Contact your provider by going to website and put “accessibility” or “disabilities” into the search engine or call customer service direct contact for people with disabilities.
EMPLOYMENT- DELAWARE RESOURCES
Community Legal Aid Society of Delaware (CLASI) -Disabilities Law Program(DLP)
Delaware Department of Labor (DOL)
Delaware Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
https://labor.delaware.gov/dvr
DVR- Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Freedom Center for Independent Living
Independent Resources, Inc.
https://iri-delaware.org
https://delawareworks.com
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EMPLOYMENT-NATIONAL RESOURCES
Americans with Disabilities Act-Department of Justice
PEPNET
Department of Labor-US Office of Disability Employment Policy
Hearing Loss Association of America- Working with a Hearing Loss
Workplace and Hearing Loss
Identifying and Resolving Workplace Issues
Receiving Services from Vocational Rehabilitation
Putting Yourself in the Job Picture by Brenda Battat. Read in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.
Getting the Equipment and Services you Need at Work by Brenda Battat. Read in PDF format.
Getting Promoted on the Job by Brenda Battat. Read in PDF format.
Getting Along with Your Co-Workers by Brenda Battat. Read in PDF format.
Hearing Loss Association of Delaware- Fact Sheets and Training Resources
Job Accommodation Network
https://askjan.org
Mental Health Services for the Deaf, Deaf-Blind andHard of Heaing
Mental Health Services for Deaf People: — A Resource Directory
Research on Hearing Loss – Gallaudet Research Institute
Newsletter – Gallaudet Research Institute
HEARING LOSS-GENERAL INFORMATION-NATIONAL/a.
https://hearinglossdelaware.org
Hearing Loss Association of America Web Site: https://hearingloss.org
General Information about Hearing Loss
Do I Have a Hearing Loss?: A Self-Test.
How Do I Select a Hearing Aid?
How Do I Get Help?
Fact Sheets About Hearing Loss
What is a Cochlear Implant?
Questions About Television Captioning
Hearing Loss: A Challenge Not a Restriction
A Hole in the Weather Warning System
Auditory Aging
Hearing Aids and Seniors: A Research Report
Funding Resources for Audiology Services and Hearing Aids
ASHA publication PDF – Funding Resources
Facing the Challenge of Hearing Loss
Adjustment to Hearing Loss
Coming to Terms with Your Hearing Loss
Coping with Hearing Loss
Peer Support, Good Communication and Self-Acceptance
Feelings of Low Self-Worth and Anger
The Challenge of Hearing Loss
The Spiritual Component of Coping with Hearing Loss
Refusing to Wear Hearing Aids
People Who Don’t Care
Medicine, Health and Other Issues
What is Auto immune Disease?
Steroid Treatments
Medication and Problems While Flying
Acoustic Neuroma: Diagnosis and Treatment
What is Automatic Speech Recognition?
Adjustment Disorder
Advocacy and Legal Resources
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLA) and the Hearing Loss Association of Delaware’s (HLADE) primary mission is to open the doors of communication to deaf and hard of hearing children and adults in Delaware.
The issues we work on in Delaware are the some of the same issues that our national organization is working on.
To get detailed information on what are the current issues and changes being advocated nationally by the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLA), please go HLA’s Policy Page or directly to the links below for the issue you’re interested in.
If you want to know more about what we are doing in Delaware, go to the Home Page of Breaking News or the Delaware Advocacy section on the website.
Delaware Community Legal Aid Society
Obama Signs New Communications and Video Accessibility Law
The ADA Information and Technical Assistance Center
ADA Model Policy for Law Enforcement on Communicating with People Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Mid-Atlantic Americans with Disabilities Information and Technical Assistance –
Monthly Newsletter — For ADA Assistance E-Mail
Key Laws that Impact Telecommunications Access for People with Hearing Loss
Federal Communication Commission (FCC) If you’ve tried to purchase a cordless phone or actually purchased one and found that you cannot use it with your hearing aid or have any complaint with captioning or phones, it is important that you let the FCC know by filing an informal complaint at
Federal Communication Commission
Disability Issues Task Force
U.S. Department of Justice – ADA Home Page — Information and Technical
Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act, Titles I, II, and III.
How to arrange a tour or advocate for hearing loss while visiting Washington, DC
Key Hearing Health Issues Today
Arts & entertainment
Creative Access – For latest on accessible and captioned arts and entertainment in the Philadelphia/Delaware.
100 So. Broad St., Suite 1515
Phila., PA 19110
215.569.8311 T/V
215.569-8104 – Fax
Technology
Telephones
Hearing Aid Resources / Audiologists in Delaware
Sound and Fury — How Cochlear Implants Work
The Listening Center at Johns Hopkins
Delaware – State Agencies
Board of Speech Pathologists, Audiologists & Hearing Aid Dispensers
Delaware State Division of Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities
Delaware State Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Delaware State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Telecommunications Relay Services for Individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or with Speech Impairments
(800) 232-5470 (V)
(800) 232-5460 (TTY); 711 (TTY)
(800) 229-5746 (Speech to Speech – English)
(866) 260-9470 (Speech to Speech – Spanish)
Links to Technology and Technical Assistance Resources
Key Laws that Impact Telecommunications Access for People with Hearing Loss
Autocaption.com – captioning Software for both beginner and professional captioners
Assistive Listening Devices Fact Sheet
Captioned Media Program Catalog
Directory of State Technology Assistance Programs
Funding Resources For Audiology Services and Hearing Aids
Gallaudet University Technology Access Program
iCommunicator Software – The iCommunicatorTM translates in real-time
LOOPS
Hearing Assistive Technology, Loop Systems Click on “Glossary” in the yellow index line at the top or bottom of any of the pages at that site. That will bring up a glossary of more than 100 hearing loss terms that are all linked together, so you can hardly miss “neckloops” if you happen to be interested in anything related to them. Interests such as like FM, IR, Assistive Listening System, ALS, Assistive Listening Device (ALD), silhouette, Direct Audio Input, or DAI will all eventually link you to telecoils.
Audio Frequency Induction Loop Systems
Maryland Technology Assistance Program (TAP)
National Center on Accessible Media
Opening Doors: Technology and Communication Options for Children with Hearing Loss
Rehabtool.com is to help persons with communication,access or learning disabilities regain independence and control, thrive and become more productive, and ultimately live better lives, through leading edge assistive and adaptive technology.
RESNA Technical Assistance Project
Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program Association
Trace Research and Development Center
Links to Phone Resources
Tell me again who invented the phone…?
Did Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone? Yes, he won the patent for it but it may not mean he was the inventor.
There’s a Bell Museum in Nova Scotia, Canada. Much more space in that museum is devoted to hydrofoil watercraft than the telephone!
A Canadian publication said that no one invented the telephone, just that several inventors worked on the telephonic concept at the same time, and Bell was the first one to hand in the patent. See: Wikipdia – Telephones
Key Laws that Impact Telecommunications Access for People with Hearing Loss
Finding Hearing Aid Compatible Cell Phones
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF A HEARING AID IS THE RIGHT ONE OR NOT?
GO TO “Fact Sheet Page” for handout
https://hearinglossdelaware.org/factsheets