Louisville Cochlear Implants
Captioned Theater.
KCDHH.
Parish Without Borders.
Beyond Hearing.
bhNEWS - a spin-off from Beyond Hearing
DEAFWEEKLY
Kentucky Assistive Technology Loan Corporation."The Kentucky Assistive Technology Loan Corporation(KATLC) offers low interest loans through its lending partners (Fifth Third Bank and KentuckyHousing Corporation) for qualified applicants who need any type of equipment or home modification that will increase a person's mobility or enable them to become more independent." -KATLC website
Beyond Hearing Aids.
Roland Fowler's pages:
Krown Manufacturing
Pure Direct Sound This website has a different type of loop system - that doesnt really use a loop as such - for listening to TV, stereo etc. While the only person we know of personally who has used it is Denise Portis, it sounds really promising. Have a look!
AVR Communications
relayatt.com AT&T Relay Service
hamilton.net Hamilton Telecommunications
IP-RELAY MCI Relay Service
sprintrelayonline.com Sprint Relay Service
EDEN - Electronic Deaf Education Network
This is a local group for people who have or are interested in knowing more about cochlear implants. It has links for implant centers in the area, a diary from someone with a recent implant and links to a lot of relevant info.
Other Kentucky links
Kentucky Board of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology.
This board oversees licensure of hearing aid dispensers and audiologists and takes care of any complaints that are filed. E-mail - JenniferL.Franklin@mail.state.ky.us
The Kentucky Center for the Arts in downtown Louisville offers captioned theater. Check out this list of coming performances.
The Kentucky Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing involves many of our people
provides a needed service for information, TDD Distribution and advocacy leadership.
The KY connection at this site is Fr. Charlie Dittmeier, who is a Catholic priest of the Louisville diocese
and is now a part of Maryknoll, working in Cambodia. His website is fascinating and updated daily with
news and observations on life in Southeast Asia. Before Charlie went there about 10 years ago, he was
the chaplain for the Louisville Catholic Deaf Community and taught Sign classes in Louisville.
Indiana Links
Indiana Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Board
This board oversees licensure of hearing aid dispensers and audiologists and takes care of any complaints that are filed. E-mail - hpb5@hpb.state.in.us
Regional Info
Southeast Disability Business and Technical Center
"This newsletter contains the latest information on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Accessible Information Technology in Education to keep you informed about important disability-related issues. "
Online lists, information, and news groups
Emergency Email
Emergency email provides immediate info on happenings in weather, news, homeland security, etc. This is a free service and will contact by brief emails when there is something to report. You can tailor in advance what sort of info you want to be told about.
Beyond Hearing is an online list of 300+ people across the country and around the world who share their thoughts
and concerns on a daily basis. Many of them enjoy meeting once a year at the
SHHH convention!
Bob MacPherson's popular daily news service of interesting and useful info
from all over the world is now posted at it's own website. You can either
read it there or sign up for the service to have it delivered to your email
box.
A new service called DEAFWEEKLY, a free e-mail newsletter designed to help people keep up with news in the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.
Technology
Tips for Using Digital Wireless TTY
Here are tips for using TTYs over the digital wireless network.
This business sells assistive listening and alerting devices,
as well the information on how, when and where to use them. Owner Becky Morris
in Northern Kentucky serves businesses as well as individuals needing to find the
best way to facilitate communication for hearing impaired people.
Cued Speech
Computer Aided Real Time (CART) captions
A TTY Answering Machine and voice phone hook-up for the home.
Krown Manufacturing has just recently put out the new Speak and Read VCO that is so popular with our people! It is small -about the size of a pack of cigarettes, and straps onto the earpiece of any phone (landline or cell). This enables a VCO user to use any phone in the world and dial up relay. Check out the site and enjoy!
AVR is an Israeli company that manufactures the boot FM's we use with our hearing aids. Check out this wireless FM.Telephone Relays Online
Here are four online relays that allow you to use your computer as a TDD. One added advantage is that long distance calls this way are FREE!
Info on hearing loss
Medical info about
hearing loss and causes.
This site is at IntelliHealth.
Created by audiologist Brad Ingrao, this site has information
for parents on identifying and helping their hard of hearing and
deaf children.