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    Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: Tips for Working With Your Doctor
    Tips on how to improve communication at the doctor's office if you are deaf or hard-of-hearing.... Details >
    American Academy of Family Physicians
    Deafness and Hearing Loss
    Also available in: Spanish
    This fact sheet defines hearing loss and deafness and discusses its incidence, symptoms, characteristics, diagnosis, and treatment options. Educational implications are considered and resources are i... Details >
    National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities, U.S. Department of Education
    Medicaid Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Services for Individuals with Speech, Hearing, and Language Disorders
    This article defines physical, occupational, speech, hearing, and language therapies that may be provided by the State.... Details >
    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
    Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Searchable Databases
    Here you can search for Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf members or for interpreter agencies or referral services.... Details >
    Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.
    What Are Assistive Listening Devices or ALDs?
    This article explains what assistive listening devices are and how these devices can be used with or without a hearing aid to improve the daily communication situations -- negative effects of distance... Details >
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
    Search for general information on Deafness
    Organizations
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    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse
    Academy of Dispensing Audiologists®
    Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
    American Society for Deaf Children
    Captioned Media Program
    DB-LINK
    Deafness Research Foundation
    Dogs for the Deaf, Inc.
    Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults
    John Tracy Clinic
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