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Montgomery
County Government does not endorse or assume responsibility for
any product,
method, service or treatment listed in this resource directory that
is not a County program.
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Hard
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| Alternative
Solutions Center |
Candace
A. McCullough, PhD., LCPC
E-mail: asc@ascdeaf.com |
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| Deaf-owned
and operated psychotherapy and consulting practice staffed by deaf
licensed professional therapists. Provide individual, couples, and
family therapy for deaf people and their families. Crisis intervention
and resolution, life coaching, and therapeutic support groups. Sliding
scale/out-of-pocket fees also offered. Offices in Bethesda and Frederick. |
| American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
2200
Research Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20852
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1-800-638-8255
(Toll Free)
301-296-5650 (TTY)
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| Professional,
scientific, and credentialing association for more than 145,000 members
and affiliates who are audiologists, speech-language pathologists,
and speech, language, and hearing scientists. Resources to help you
understand communication and communication disorders. |
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| Deaf
and Hard of Hearing in Government |
2 Massachusetts
Avenue
P.O. Box 76087
Washington, DC 20013
E-mail: info@dhhig.org |
202-618-3009
(Videphone)
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| Resource
nonprofit organization and employee support group for deaf or hard
of hearing government employees. Resources include employment issues,
hot tips and issues, and Federal Equal Employment Laws (EEO). |
| DeafMD |
| E-mail: contactus@deafmd.org |
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| Provide
health education videos for the deaf and hard of hearing in American
Sign Language (ASL). Also maintain a database of deaf-friendly doctors. |
| Duartek,
Inc. |
Joseph C. Duarte,
President
P.O. Box 1561
Fairfax, VA 22038
E-mail: info@duartek.com |
703-425-4597
(V)
1-800-DUARTEK (Toll Free)
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| Installation
of assistive listening devices. |
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| Family
Hearing Center - The Treatment and Learning Centers (TLC) |
Susan
Yaffe-Oziel, M.M.S., CCC-A, Director of Audiology
2092 Gaither Road, Suite 100
Rockville, MD 20850
E-mail: syaffe-oziel@ttlc.org |
301-738-1415
(V)
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comprehensive hearing evaluations (by appointment only), community
hearing screenings, counseling, and hearing aid consultations, fittings,
sales and services. For all ages. |
| Hear
Now (Hearing Aids) |
| E-mail: hearnow@starkey.com |
1-866-354-3254
(Toll Free)
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| National
nonprofit program committed to assisting deaf and hard-of-hearing
persons with limited financial resources who permanently reside within
the U.S. to acquire hearing aids. |
| Hearing
and Speech Agency (HASA) |
Harry & Jeanette
Weinberg Building
5900 Metro Drive
Baltimore, MD 21215
E-mail: hasa@hasa.org |
410-318-6780
(V)
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| Private,
non-profit organization that provides hearing and speech services,
offers an information resource center, and advocates for people of
all ages with communication disorders/disabilities. Services include
hearing tests, hearing aids, hearing-aid repair, speech-language evaluations
and therapy, auditory-oral therapy, oral deaf education, pre- and
post-cochlear implant services, occupational and physical therapy,
special education, sign language and oral interpreting, sign language
classes, deaf awareness seminars, social work, and parent support
groups. Financial aid applications are available. |
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| Hearing
and Speech Center at Washington Hospital Center |
110 Irving Street,
NW, Suite GA-102
Washington, DC 20010
E-mail: whchearingandspeech@medstar.net |
202-877-6717
(V)
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| Audiology
services include diagnostic hearing evaluation including free hearing
aid consultation, hearing aid service and repair, hearing protectors,
cochlear implant evaluation and programming, and universal newborn
hearing screening. Also offer speech, language and voice services. |
| Hearing
Loss Association of America (HLAA) |
Lise Hamlin,
Director of Public Policy
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1200
Bethesda, MD 20814
E-mail: lhamlin@hearingloss.org |
301-657-2248
(V)
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| Provide
assistance and resources for people with hearing loss and their families
to learn how to adjust to living with hearing loss. |
| Montgomery
County Chapter |
| E-mail: joankleinrock@verizon.net |
301-493-8343
(V)
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| Non-profit
educational organization dedicated to the well-being of people of
all ages and communication styles who do not hear well. They welcome
all hard of hearing people, their friends and family to their general
meetings and monthly events. |
| Jewish
Social Service Agency - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services |
200 Wood Hill
Road
Rockville, MD 20850
E-mail: info@jssa.org |
301-838-4200
(V)
301-309-2597 (TTY)
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| Counseling
and case management services for children, teens and adults who are
deaf and hard of hearing. Specialized programs include psychiatric
evaluations and medication management, career and employment services,
workshops and support groups, community education and advocacy, and
referrals to other community resources. Clinical social workers and
vocational counselors are fluent in American Sign Language. |
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