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Hard of Hearing Resources |
| Alternative Solutions Center |
Candace A. McCullough, Ph.D.
Bethesda Office
11110 Whisperwood Lane
N. Bethesda, MD 20852-3668
E-mail: asc@ascdeaf.com |
301-493-6610 (TTY) |
Frederick Office
409 South Market Street
Frederick, MD 21701 |
301-694-8044 (TTY) |
| 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. Please use e-mail when requesting services. Sliding scale/out-of-pocket fees also offered. |
| American Speech-Language-Hearing Association |
2200 Research Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20852
E-mail: actioncenter@asha.org |
301-296-5700 (V) |
| Professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 127,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. |
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| Duartek, Inc. |
Joseph C. Duarte, President
P.O. Box 1561
Fairfax, VA 22038-1561
E-mail: duartek@aol.com |
703-352-2285 (V)
1-800-DUARTEK (Toll Free)
703-968-3048 (TTY) |
| Installation of assistive listening devices. |
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| The Family Hearing Center |
Susan Yaffe-Oziel, Director
The Treatment and Learning Centers
2301 Research Blvd, Suite 110
Rockville, MD 20850
E-mail: info@ttlc.org |
301-738-1415 (V)
301-424-5203 (TTY) |
| Offer comprehensive hearing evaluations, counseling and hearing aid sales and services. For all ages, infants to adults. |
| Hearing Now (Hearing Aids) |
Joanita Stelter, Hear Now Coordinator
6700 Washington Avenue, South
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
E-mail: joanita@sotheworldmayhear.org |
1-800-648-4327 (Toll Free) |
| National nonprofit program committed to assisting deaf and hard-of-hearing persons with limited financial resources who permanently reside within the United States. |
| Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) |
Lise Hamlin, Director of Public Policy
and State Development
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1200
Bethesda, MD 20814
E-mail: info@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
P.O. Box 30112
Bethesda, MD 20824-0112
E-mail: JoanKleinrock@comcast.net |
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| HLAA is a nonprofit 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 at the Davis Community Library, the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 7:30pm to 9:00pm. |
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| Independence Now, Inc. |
12301 Old Columbia Pike, Suite 101
Silver Spring, MD 20904
E-mail: info@innow.org |
301-587-4162 (V) |
| Services include peer mentoring and support, information and referral, independent living skills and training, and individual advocacy. Benefits InfoSource: provides a free service for recipients of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI). Explain how other financial support services will be affected when a recipient returns to work, as well as provide benefits planning and information and referral. Provide training on the "Ticket to Work" and other Social Security Work Incentives. For more information call: Montgomery and Prince George's: 301-587-4137 (V), Western, Tri-County Southern and Easten Shore: 1-888-838-1776 (Toll Free). |
| Jewish Social Service Agency |
200 Wood Hill Road
Rockville, MD 20850 |
301-838-4200 (V)
301-309-2597 (TTY) |
| Counseling and case management servicse 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. |
| Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center - Gallaudet University |
800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
E-mail: clearinghouse.infotogo@gallaudet.edu |
202-651-5051 (V)
202-651-5636 (TTY) |
| A centralized source of accurate, objective information related to deaf and hard of hearing children from birth through age 21 which responds to questions from families, the general public, deaf and hard of hearing people, and professionals serving this population. Info To Go collects, develops and disseminates informational materials on communication, education, parenting, organizations, services/programs, and more. All of the informational materials are available to download, free of charge. |
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| League for the Hard of Hearing |
50 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10004
E-mail: info@lhh.org |
917-305-7700 (V)
917-305-7999 (TTY) |
| Not-for-profit hearing rehabilitation and human services agency for infants, children and adults who are hard of hearing, deaf, and deaf-blind. Sponsor a cochlear implant support group and provide advocacy, outreach, and a Family Resource Center offering education and referrals. |
| Maryland Relay Services - Telecommunications Access of Maryland |
Brenda Kelly-Frey, Director
301 West Preston Stree,
Suite 1008A
Baltimore, MD 21201
E-mail: frey@dbm.state.md.us
E-mail: moreinfo@mdrelay.org |
1-800-552-7724 (V/TTY)
Maryland Relay: 711
Maryland Residents:
1-800-735-2258 (V/TTY)
Spanish Line:
1-800-877-1264 (V/TTY) |
| Provide free service to call TTY users. Distribute free amplified phones, ring signalers, TTYs, and other assistive devices to qualified applicants who have difficulty using the telephone. Applications available online. |
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| Northern Virginia Regional Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons |
3951 Pender Drive, Suite 130
Fairfax, VA 22030
E-mail: info@nvrc.org |
703-352-9055 (V)
703-352-9056 (TTY) |
| Serve deaf and hard of hearing people, their families, friends, co-workers, employers, and businesses and government agencies that serve deaf and hard of hearing people. Offer and support a variety of programs for newborns to seniors with hearing loss. |
| Potomac Technology |
5901 Research Park Boulevard
Madison, WI 53719
E-mail: info@potomactech.com |
1-800-433-2838 (V/TTY) |
| Sell and repair telecommunications equipment for people with hearing loss. |
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| SERD (Social Educational Research & Development) |
Business and Technology Services
2106 Cross Trail Road
Windsor Mill, MD 21244 |
410-298-4260 (V) |
| Provide office skills training for persons 16 years and older who are deaf or hearing impaired. |
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| Washington Area Group for the Hard of Hearing (WAGHOH) |
P.O. Box 6283
Silver Spring, MD 20906 |
301-460-0906 (V) |
| Goals are to establish a unified and effective voice for all hearing impaired people, to promote the use of assistive devices and encourage the growth or related research, and to offer support to their members through meetings, newsletters, workshops, and community activities. |
| Washington Hearing and Speech Center - Sibley Memorial Hospital |
5255 Loughboro Road, NW
Washington, DC 20016 |
202-537-4010 (V) |
Provide auditory and speech therapy. An auditory booth allows sophisticated hearing assessments and special equipment is available to evaluate children. Speech pathologists work with people who have speech and language deficits, swallowing and other oral motor difficulties and with children with language delays.
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| Words+ |
42505 10th Street West
Lancaster, CA 93534-7059
E-mail: info@words-plus.com |
661-723-6523 (V)
1-800-869-8521 (Toll Free) |
| Produce computer software and specialized hardware, such as alternative communication devices, for use by persons with disabilities. |
| WS Audiology Services, Inc. |
| Wendy Shiau, Ph.D., CCC-A |
301-468-5652 (V) |
Rockville Office
11125 Rockville Pike, Suite 210
Rockville, MD 20852 |
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Kensington Office
10901 Connecticut Avenue, #100
Kensington, MD 20895 |
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| Provide services of hearing aids/assistive listening devices and audiological evaluations. |
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