CENTER for OUTREACH SERVICES
Technology for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Learners
General
Demystifying Hearing Assistance Technology
A guide for service providers and consumers to audiological considerations in the evaluation of hearing loss, hearing aids and implants, and different forms of hearing assistance technology (including assistive learning devices, speech-to-text accommodations, alerting devices and telecommunications)
Communication Technology
"How to" information on different kinds of communication technology for deaf individuals, including video, text, voice, relay and captioning as well as links to providers and products
Various devices, concerns and tips for individuals with a hearing loss using telephones, cell phones, and TTYs
Info to Go page from the Clerc Center at Gallaudet University on hearing aids and financial assistance for their purchase
Explanations of hearing aids, hearing aid evaluations, and audiograms from the Western Region Outreach Center and Consortia (WROCC)
Sources of Hearing Aid and Coclear Implant Funding
Possible funding sources for assistive technologies including insurance, Medicaid/Medicare and others and suggestions on how to appeal if your insurance provider refuses to coverage
The Coclear Implant Education Center
Part of the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, articles and resources designed to provide information about important issues surrounding coclear implants.
Teacher tipsheet from the Rochester Institute of Technology on the basic issues teachers need to know when teaching students who have cochlear implants
Resources on the developing understanding of best practices for interpreting for students with cochlear implants
Presentation with explanatory text on the benefits, considerations, and types of assistive listening devices which could be used in the classroom, created by the Western Region Outreach Center and Consortia (WROCC)
How FM systems can be used to make a classroom more accessable by limiting the effects of background noise and teacher movement
Real time speech-to-text program where a captioner provides a meaning-for-meaning translation using a sound‐based abbreviation system
Teacher tipsheet from the Rochester Institute of Technology on the basic issues teachers need to know about utelizing C-Print services
Real time speech-to-text program where a captioner provides a meaning-for-meaning translation using a spelling-based abbreviation system
Real time speech-to-text program where a captioner provides a word-for-word transcription based on stenography
Teacher tipsheet from the Rochester Institute of Technology on the basic issues teachers need to know about utelizing CART services
Article in Signals: News & Resources for Ohio Educational Interpreters published by the Center for Outreach Services
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