Deaf News Today Links

Abuse Agencies

Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services (ADWAS)
services to victims of sexual assault and/or domestic violence

Hearing Bridges
Nashville organization offering counseling and safe housing for abused deaf women

SafePlace
Assistance for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault or rape

Art and Media lnks

Association of Adult Musicians With Hearing Loss

Beethoven's Nightmare
all-deaf band

Broken Ears Productions
films includes actors with disabilities

Chuck Baird
Actor and painter

Davideo Productions
Texas based; run by David Pierce

Deaf Artists Resources
Artist contacts from Rochester Institute of Technology Library

DEAF Media, Inc
Arts in Berkeley, California

Deaf Newspaper
Deaf Spotlight

Deafology
Comedian Ken Glickman

Deaf West Theater

Evelyn Glennie
solo percussionist

HEAR
Nonprofit info for musicians and music lovers

International Archive of Deaf Artists
Info on artists who are deaf
Kathryn Bakke
Deaf pianist in Minnesota

Magic Morgan
Magician

Mary Rappazzo
California painter

National Deaf Theater

NetSignNews

Pinky the Juggler
deaf professional juggler

Quest 4 Arts
Arts among the disabled

Rear Window
list of movie theaters using Rear Window captioning

Raymond Luczak

The Tactile Mind
literature by signers both English and ASL

Trix Bruce
One-deaf woman show

Blogs and Vlogs links

The Brownie Chronicles
Deaf DC

A Deaf Mom Shares Her World

Deafeye

Deaf Read
Best of deaf blogs by Californian Tayler Mayer

Deaf Video

Joey Baer's Video Log

Children links

The American Society for Deaf Children

Baby Signs

A Deaf Mom Shares Her World
Deaf Parenting UK
Deaf Parents Deaf Children
A group for deaf parents with deaf children from all over the UK

Deaf Planet
activities and videos for children

Educating Deaf Children
designed to answer parents & educators questions

KODA West
For deaf parents of hearing kids

Little Signers
offers classes for baby signing

Gesture-based American Sign Language Game
Sign language recognition software for children using sensor gloves from the Georgia Institute of Technology

MD KODA
Maryland Kids of Deaf Adults

National Deaf Children’s Society (UK)

Raising Deaf Kids

Sign 2 Me
book about baby sign language

Wi Koda
For deaf parents of hearing children about KODA Camp

Closed-Captioning links

AIB College of Business
Des Moines, Iowa school that teaches how to close-caption

Fomdi
captioned movies

Insight Cinema
nonprofit group; lists open captioning theaters

Cochlear Implant links

British Cochlear Implant Group

Cochlear Implant Online
Hearing Journey
A site for those who have cochlear implants or will soon. A forum to share experiences and information.

National Cochlear Implant Users Association (UK)

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (UK)

Educational Material links

ASLphabet
ASL animated dictionary for children

ASL Pro
Learning sign language

Dr. Bill Vicars' Fingerspelling

Deaf People & World War 2
experiences of deaf people in WW2 by NTID

Fingerspelling

Life Print
ASL University; learning ASL

Life Print
allows you to use your keyboard to type messages that appear as fingerspelling on your computer screen which you can print out

Sign Media
sells textbooks, CDs and other media in ASL

Visually Speaking
Sign language classes

Hearing Loss links

Audiology Awareness Campaign
self-screening test for hearing problems

Audiology Online

Better Hearing Institute

Center for Hearing and Communication
testing center in New York using real city noises

Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center
leading clinic; free newsletter

Free Hearing Test
products & services; offers test

HEAR
hearing education & awareness for rockers

Hearing Health Center
includes a questionnaire to help you determine whether you have hearing loss

National Hearing Conservation Association

Starkey
World's largest manufacturer of hearing instruments

Interpreter links

A Sign Interpreters

ASL Interpreter Network
Puget Sound area sign language interpreter agency

ASL Interpreting Service
interpreting for Colorado and Minnesota
Discover Interpreting

InterpreterConnections

National Assoc of Black Interpreters

RID
sign language professionals

Terpnetwork

Legal links

ADA Law
fed gov site

Deaf Attorneys

EEOC Factsheet
info on how ADA law relates to deafness in the workplace

Medical

Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses
AMPHL includes deaf veterinarians, a physical therapist and a psychologist among others. Designed to help those following in older practitioners' footsteps

Deaf Doc
healthcare information from Rochester deaf doctor Carolyn Stern

DeafMD
Health information in American Sign Language for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing population

Medical Soundboard

Regional links

Deaf NYC

events related to New York City
DeafCal
California Deaf and Hard of Hearing Events

River City Association of the Deaf
Jacksonville, Florida

Texas Deaf Network

Religion

Deaf Catholic

Deaf Missions
religious signs and ministry

Research and Technology links

American Sign Language Linguistic Research Project
Boston University effort to create a searchable ASL dictionary. The user gestures on camera and the online program will identify the sign

Deaf Video Communications of America

Deafness Research Foundation
Hearing Health mag; for consumers and to professionals

DePaul ASL Project

National Institute on Deafness & Other Commun Disorders
info & recent science & health info

Nextalk
telephone rings a user's PC