Products and Services for
People who are Deaf-Blind
Web Resource
http://www.deafblind.co.uk/index.html
Services Provided: A link to other web sites for people who are deaf-blind. Also carries
separate links to deafness and blindness resources.
ADCO Hearing Products, Inc.
5661 South Curtis Street
Littleton, CO 80120
Voice/TTY: 800/726-0851
FAX: 303/794-3704
www.ADCOhearing.com
Services Provided: Catalog of products for people who are deaf-blind; TTY’s, personal
pagers, signaling systems, vibrating clocks.
Advocates, The
Advocates for Communication Technology for Deaf-Blind People, Inc.
1498M Reistertown Road, Suite 289
Baltimore, MD 21208
800/290-9092
Services Provided: A volunteer organization established and incorporated for the
purpose of enhancing communication for people who are deaf-blind through technology.
Provides workshops and lectures on deaf-blindness to interested groups. Their hope is
to raise money to purchase communication technology for people who are deaf-blind
who would not otherwise be able to afford it.
AIDS Education/Services for the Deaf
2222 Laverna Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90041
V/TTY: 213/550-4520
Services Provided: HIV/AIDS education, advocacy, and referral services
American Association of the Deaf-Blind
814 Thayer Avenue, #302
Silver Spring, MD 20910
800/735-2258
TTY: 301/588-6545
www.tr.wosc.osshe.edu/dblink/aadb.htm
asdb@erols.com
FAX: 301/588-8705
Services Provided: Promotes better opportunities and services for people who are
deaf-blind. Conferences, workshops, meetings, tours, and recreational activities.
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10011
800/AFB-LINE or 212/502-7600
Services Provided: Production/research for “Hand In Hand: It Can Be Done!”; “Hand In
Hand: Essentials of Communication and Orientation and Mobility for Your Students
Who Are Deaf-Blind.”
ADA Enterprises
PO Box 768
Middleboro, MA 02346
508/947-9880
FAX: 508/947-2247
www.life-light.com
Services Provided: ADA Enterprises is a manufacturer and distributor of fire, smoke
detection, and other unique safety products. Our principal product line consists of a
2-In-1 combination smoke detector/light fixture in a single unit. Additionally, we
manufacture a line of smoke detectors for the hearing impaired that meet all protocols
established by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Assistive Technology Links
www.opendoorworld.com
Services Provided: a link to web sites for assistive technology products
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Usher Syndrome Project
555 North 30th Street
Omaha, NE 68131
402/498-6742
TDD: 800/835-1468
Services Provided: Research on Usher Syndrome. Welcomes family participation in
research.
Butte Publications, Inc.
PO Box 1328
Hillsboro, OR 97123-1328
503/648-9791
FAX: 503/693-9526
e-mail: service@buttepublications.com
www.buttepublications.com
Services Provided: Butte publishes and distributes resources for schools, parents, and
sign language interpreters. Free catalogs can be obtained by mail, phone, fax or e-mail.
CC Maker - G & G Video
1030 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04102
207/773-0316
TTY: 800/527-0551
e-mail: wgallant@ccmaker.com
FAX: 207/773-0328
www.ccmaker.com
Services Provided: CC Maker, a video production company in Maine, adds open or
closed captions to your existing videotape to make it accessible to the DEAF or HOH;
meets the requirements of the ADA. It normally costs $12.00/video minute, but we have
a half off for each customer’s first order.
Canadian Deaf-Blind and Rubella Association
British Columbia Chapter
Box 140, 5055 Joyce Street
Vancouver, BC V5R 4G7
CANADA
V/TDD: 604/436-1882
FAX: 604/430-3415
Services Provided: Advocacy, summer program, conferences, publishes a magazine
“Intervention”. Membership fee.
Canadian National Institute for the Blind
1931 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON M4G 3E8
CANADA
416/480-8607
Services Provided: Delta: Hand-held scanner with Grade 1 Braille display and French
or German synthetic-speech; RS232 port permits transmitting to computer file; from
Systelec in Palaiseau, France. Also distributors for Kurzweil Personal Reader and
Eureka laptop computer. Other products by mail order for people who are blind, visually
impaired, and deaf-blind.
Client Assistance Program
Iowa Commission of Persons with Disabilities
Department of Human Rights
Lucas State Office Building, Second Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319
V/TTY: 515/281-3957 or 800/652-4298
Services Provided: Disability Rights Guide for Iowans (a guide of resources,
organizations, and rights available to people who are deaf)
Communication Service for the Deaf
300 West Broadway, Suite 113
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
712/322-1489
TTY: 712/322-0237
www.c-s-d.org
FAX: 712/322-2443
Services Provided: employment services, independent living programs, interpreting
services
Communication Service for the Deaf of Iowa – Cedar Rapids
4403 First Avenue SE, Suite L-7
Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
Voice/TTY: 319/294-4180
FAX: 319/294-4183
Services Provided: employment services, independent living programs, interpreting
services
Communications Unlimited
9618 Oregano Circle
Houston, TX 77036
800/735-2988
e-mail: info@communltd.com
TTY: 713/271-7818
FAX: 713/271-8709
www.communltd.net
Services Provided: Communications Unlimited sells TTYs, telephones, alarms, pagers,
and books
Consumer Information Center
Department WWW
Pueblo, CO 81009
888/878-3276
e-mail: catalog.pueblo@gsa.gov
FAX: 719/948-9724
Services Provided: Provides a free copy of the U.S. Government TDD Directory (a
directory of TDD telephone numbers for government offices)
DB-Link
345 North Monmouth Avenue
Monmouth, OR 97361
800/438-9376
TTY: 800/854-7013
FAX: 503/838-8150
e-mail: dblink@tr.wou.edu www.tr.wosc.osshe.edu/DBLINK
Services Provided: A national clearinghouse on children who are deaf-blind which
identifies, coordinates, and disseminates information related to children and youth who
are deaf-blind ages birth to 21 years.
Dawn Sign Press
6130 Nancy Ridge Drive, Suite 101
San Diego, CA 92121
858/625-0600 or 800/549-5350
FAX: 858/625-2366
Services Provided: Catalog of books and videos for people learning American sign
language and the deaf culture.
Deaf Action Center
2600 East Euclid
Des Moines, IA 50317
515/266-5105
Deaf-Blind Perspectives
Teaching Research Division
TTY: 515/266-0600
www.drake.edu
Western Oregon State College
345 North Monmouth Avenue
Monmouth, OR 97361
800/438-9376
FAX: 503/838-8150
Services Provided: A free newsletter published three times a year.
Deaf Inter-Link
100 St. Francois, Suite 206
Florissant, MD 63031
V/TTY: 314/837-7757
800/330-7062
Deaf Services Commission of Iowa (DSCI)
Kathryn Baumann-Reese, Administrator
Lucas State Office Building
East 12th and Grand
Des Moines, IA 50319
V/TTY: 515/281-3164
FAX: 314/837-0777
FAX: 515/242-6119
Services Provided: Interpreter coordination services, information clearinghouse on
deafness and hearing loss, organizations, and services for deaf and hard of hearing
people. Also has a newsletter.
DeafWide Services
800/421-1220 (NY Relay), then, ask for 516/364-3899 or 516/384-8710
TTY: 516/364-3899 or 516/384-8710
FAX: 516/364-4612
e-mail: DEAFWIDESV@aol.com
Services Provided: DeafWide Services teaches various ASL classes in the New
York/Long Island area. One of their most popular events is the annual ASL Only
Weekend which they hold each August. It’s a three-day event and quite good. For
beginners to advanced (pre-terps).
DeafWorks
PO Box 1265
Provo, UT 84603-1265
800/877-8973 IUSA)
FAX: 801/465-1958
800/346-4128 (Utah)
e-mail: info@deafworks.com
TTY: 801/465-1957
www.deafworks.com
Services Provided: DeafWorks sells TTY trainers, alarm clocks, X-10, etc.
DeBee Communications
1709 South Braddock Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
800/654-5984
e-mail: jdebee@earthlink.net
TTY: 412/241-0545
FAX: 412/241-0383
www.DeBee.com
Services Provided: DeBee Communications, a deaf-owned company founded in 1993
by James R. DeBee, was formed to produce documentaries, commercial and
educational video/film multimedia. They also produced: LA CD Story; American Sign
Language Video Series; Vista’s Signing Naturally Level II; American Sign Language
Literature Series; GLAD of, by, & for Deaf People; and many more.
DetectEar
e-mail: detectea@detectear.com
www.detectear.com
Services Provided: DetectEar sells smoke, carbon monoxide, emergency, and other
paging/signaling devices for the deaf and hard of hearing. The head engineer is
severely hard of hearing himself.
Garlic Press
www.garlicpress.com
Services Provided: Garlic Press specializes in educational material and has a sign
language series for children.
Harper Collins Publishers
Department 361
10 East 53rd Street
New York , NY 10022
800/424-6234
FAX: 212/207-7904
Services Provided: American Sign Language Dictionary, American Sign Language
Concise Dictionary, and Essential ASL: The Fun, Fast, and Simple Way to Learn
American Sign Language
Harris Communications
1025 West NASA Boulevard
Melbourne, FL 32919
800/825-6758
TTY: 800/825-9187
FAX: 952/906-1099
Services Provided: Catalog of products for people who are deaf-blind; ASL and deaf
culture information in books and videos, children’s materials, parent’s resources, coping
with hearing loss, consumer education, posters, historical literature, professional
resources, interpreting, teaching resources, assistive devices for people who are deaf
and hard of hearing, and clocks.
Hartling Communications, Inc.
44 Mall Road, Suite G17
Burlington, MA 01803
781/272-7634
TTY: 781/270-6710
e-mail: hartcom@ultranet.com
FAX: 781/229-9161
www.hartling.com
Services Provided: Hartling Communications, Inc. provides goods and services to
persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. The company president, Virginia Hartling, is
deaf.
Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment (HIKE)
3821 71st, Suite G
Des Moines, IA 50322-3259
515/278-2413
Hike Fund, Inc., The
The International Center for Job’s Daughters
233 West Sixth Street
Papillion, NE 68046
402/592-7987
Services Provided: The purpose of the Fund is to provide hearing devices for children
with hearing impairments between the ages of newborn and 20 years whose parents
are unable to meet this special need financially.
Hear-More Products
Products for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
PO Box 3413
Farmingdale, NY 11735
V/TTY: 516/752-0738
FAX: 516/752-0689
www.hearmore.com
Services Provided: Hear-More Products sells lots of things at wholesale prices. They
have things like TDD’s, alarms, CC’s, clocks, a couple of programs, etc.
Heath Resource Center
American Council on Education
One Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036-1193
800/544-3284 or 202/939-9320
www.heath-resource-center.org
e-mail: heath@ace.nche.edu
Services Provided: Clearinghouse for information for post secondary education for
individuals with disabilities.
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults
111 Middle Neck Road
Sands Point, NY 11050
516/944-8900
TTY: 516/944-8637
FAX: 516/944-7302
www.helenkeller.org
Services Provided: Maintains a national registry of deaf-blind people. Provides
technical assistance to facilitate transition of deaf-blind youths from education to
community-based adult services through its Technical Assistance Center. Provides
diagnostic evaluation and comprehensive pre-vocational rehabilitation training.
Promotes programs in the prevention of eye disease and blindness. Assists
governments and voluntary agencies in developing countries to establish and integrate
services to prevent or cure eye diseases and blindness into their national health and
welfare systems and to rehabilitate and educate visually impaired people. Publications;
Helen Keller International Newsletter; national art show.
Hilton/Perkins Program
Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02472-2790
617/924-3434 or 617/972-7228
FAX: 617/926-2027 or 617/923-8076
Services Provided: Consultation, technical assistance and training for the development
of programs and services to deaf-blind students. Development of training programs,
curriculum, and support of NFADB.
HITEC Group International
8160 Madison Street
Burr Ridge, IL 60561
708/654-9200
www.hitec.com
TTY: 800/288-8303
FAX: 708/654-9219
Services Provided: HITEC Group International, the National Assistive Device Center for
Ameritech and Nynex, strives to help make persons with special needs lives better by
offering assistive listening devices to these people. One of the main ways is by having
amplified telephones, TTYs, loud ringers, etc.
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
Susan Brennan
Deaf-Blind Specialist
1002 G Avenue
Vinton, IA 52349
319, 472-5221, Extension 1208 800/645-4579
sbrennan@iowa-braille.k12.ia.us
FAX: 319/472-5174
Services Provided: As part of the service team, Susan works to provide quality services
to students who are deaf-blind in Iowa. She focuses on increasing and improving
Iowa’s early identification process for students who are deaf-blind. In addition, she is
available to provide technical assistance, information and support to the individuals with
deaf-blindness, their families, and service teams.
Iowa Deaf Relay Services
800/735-2943
TTY: 800/735-2942
Services Provided: The relay system facilitates communication between someone
using a TTY and another person using a telephone. A communication assistant
confidentially relays the information between the two communicators.
Iowa Project for Deaf-Blind Services
Steve Maurer, Project Director
Bureau of Special Education
Iowa Department of Education
Grimes State Office Building
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
515/281-3576
Services Provided: Technical services to students, families, and professionals;
maintenance of state deaf-blind registry; Person-Centered Futures Planning; resources;
parent support.
John Tracy Clinic
806 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007
213/748-5481 or 800/522-4582
TTY: 213/747-2924
FAX: 213/749-1651
Services Provided: Ongoing audiological services, parent/infant programs, preschool
programs, parent classes, parent support groups, a three-week summer intensive
program, correspondence courses. All services are free to parents of children who are
deaf or deaf-blind.
Kazy & Smitty Associates
Kenneth Kazmierski
1779 Algonquin Road
Mt. Prospect, IL 60056
TTY: 847/981-8992
e-mail: KenKaz@juno.com
Kkazmierski@ual.com
Services Provided: Currently selling Very Basic colorful animated American Sign
Language software to teach and practice reading finger spelling and signing words for
the low, low price of $39.50.
LS Systems, Inc.
1200-C Scottsville Road
Rochester, NY 14624
Voice/TTY: 800/598-1TTY
Services Provided: Sell a variety of alarms, bed vibrators, signaling devices, fire
alarms, and other deaf products, all at very reasonable prices. Call or write for a
catalog.
LSS Group
www.lssgroup.com
Services Provided: Specializing in products for the visually and hearing impaired
NAD Bookstore
814 Thayer Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-4500
301/587-6282
TTY: 301/587-6283
FAX: 301/587-4873
Services Provided: The NAD Bookstore is very comprehensive and includes discounts
for members of NAD. See Kevin’s list of deaf magazines for subscription info on
www.NAD.KM
National Catalog House for the Deaf
4300 North Kilpatrick Avenue
Chicago, IL 60641
312/283-2907
TDD: 312/736-6243
Services Provided: Telephone amplification and accessories, wireless notification
systems, visual alerting devices, TDD’s and accessories, smoke detectors, television
and assistive learning devices, clocks, and wake-up devices, “I Love You” hand vase.
National Center on Deafness
California State University
18111 Nordhoof Street, Maildrop 8267
Northridge, CA 91330
V/TTY: 818/677-2054 (Student Services)
National Family Association for Deaf-Blind (Iowa)
Steve Maurer, Project Director
Bureau of Special Education
Iowa Department of Education
Grimes State Office Building
Des Moines, IA 50319
515/281-3576
FAX: 515/242-6019
e-mail: steve.maurer@ed.state.ia.us
Susan Brennan, Consultant
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
1002 G Avenue
Vinton, IA 52349
319/472-5221, Extension 1208
e-mail: sbrennan@iowa-braille.k12.ia.us
National Family Association for Deaf-Blind (NFADB)
Regional Office
630 West 68th Terrace
Kansas City, MO 64113
Kurt and Stephanie Kavanaugh 816/333-8459
800/255-0411, Extension 275
319/472-5174
www.nfadb.org
Services Provided: Advocacy, development of family/professional partnership,
newsletter, resources, and referrals. Membership fees.
National Deaf Education Center
Laurent Clerc
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20002-3695
202/651-5340
National Technical Assistance Consortium
4330 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 108
Shawnee Mission, KS 66205
913/677-4562
TTY: 913/677-0604
www.tr.wou.edu/ntac/
NexGen Products
779 Circuit Street
Hanover, MA 02339
Voice/FAX: 781/924-1059
FAX: 913/677-1544
e-mail: nexgenproducts@netscape.net
www.nexgenproducts.com
NotePage
www.notepage.com
Services Provided: NotePage, Inc. provides paging service that allows alphanumeric
messages to be dispatched from a tty/tdd to an alphanumeric pager. All pagers are
equipped with a vibrating alert to discreetly notify individuals of an incoming page.
NXi Communications
e-mail: mail@nxicom.com
www.nxicom.com
Services Provided: NXi Communications designs and manufactures products for deaf
communications including TTY-compatible high speed modems (NexCom 300) and
accompanying personal communications software (NexTalk for Windows).
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.
333 Commerce Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703/838-0030
TTY: 703/838-0459
72620.3143@compuserve.com
FAX: 703/838-0454
Services Provided: deaf-blind special interest group. Publications, national convention,
information on interpreting, publishes a national directory of certified interpreters, and
makes referrals to interpreting agencies.
Resource Guide for Deaf Persons
Dolores Parlato
248 Seville Drive
Rochester, NY 14617
Services Provided: A resource guide “All About Deafness” by Salvatore Parlato. Lists
450 support groups and organizations for parents, professionals, and late-deafened
adults.
Sign Enhancers
PO Box 12687
Salem, OR 97309-0687
503/304-4501
TTY: 800/767-4461
e-mail: sign@signenhancers.com
FAX: 503/304-1063
www.teleport.com
Services Provided: Video courses designed to increase American Sign Language skills,
improve fluency, and expand knowledge of the deaf culture.
Sign Media, Inc.
4020 Blackburn Lane
Burtonsville, MD 20866-1167
301/421-0268
Orders: 800/475-4756
www.signmedia.com
TTY: 301/421-4460
FAX: 301/421-0270
e-mail: SignMedia1@AOL.com
Signing Fiesta
e-mail: ConSigner@aol.com
www.members.aol.com
Services Provided: Produces educational sign language videos in Spanish/English/Sign
Language and Tagalog (Language of the Philippines)/English/Sign Language; are also
distributors for a Mexican sign language book and video
Silent Call Communications Corporation
PO Box 868
Clarkston, MI 48347
248/673-0221 or 800/572-5227
FAX: 248/673-5442
Services Provided: Household products for deaf-blind people: ViBraille Clock, Vibracall
Receiver, smoke detector, doorbell transmitter, telephone transmitter, pager transmitter,
sound monitor.
Sonic Alert, Inc.
1050 East Maple Road
Troy, MI 48083
V/TDD: 248/577-5400
FAX: 248/577-5433
www.sonicalert.com
Services Provided: Sonic Alert System; Vibratory environmental alert system for people
who are deaf-blind. Other devices include audible alert signals and amplifiers for
people who are hearing impaired.
SoundBytes
11 East 44th Street
New York, NY 10017
Voice/TTY: 212/661-1777
www.soundbytes.com
e-mail: info@soundbytes.com
Services Provided: Direct source for a comprehensive selection of the very best
products available to help you overcome your hearing loss [sic]; whether you have
minor or profound loss [sic], SoundBytes’ products and services will enhance your
communications
Sound Choice Assistive Listening, Inc.
PO Box 843
Doylestown, PA 18901
215/230-8600
FAX: 215/345-1389
www.eclipse.net/synergy/soundchoice.htm
Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc.
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 604
Silver Spring, MD 20910
800/735-2258
TTY: 301/589-3006
tdiexdir@aol.com
e-mail: SNDCHOICE@aol.com
FAX: 301/589-3797
Services Provided: “The Blue Book” (TDI National Directory & Guide)
TJ Publishers, Inc.
817 Silver Spring Avenue, Suite 206
Silver Spring, MD 20910-4617
Orders: 800/999-1168 (Voice/TTY)
FAX: 301/585-4440
Information: 301/585-4440 (Voice/TTY)
TRACES
(Teaching Research Assistance to Children and Youth Experiencing Sensory
Impairments)
Teaching Research
345 North Manmouth Avenue
Monmouth, OR 97361
503/838-8807
FAX: 503/838-8150
www.hood.edu/seri/hearing.htm
Services Provided: The organization will work with states through technical assistance
to promote long range planning, collaborative partnerships with families, professionals
and agencies. Also provides pre-service and in-service training to professionals.
Trinity Software
Village Square, Suite 215
607 Tenney Mtn Hwy
Plymouth, NH 03264
603/536-9661
www.hfk.com/trinity.html
FAX: 603/536-9951
e-mail: trsoft@lr.net
Services Provided: HyperSign is $95.00 for the teacher’s version. $79.95 for the
personal version. The only difference is that the teacher’s version has special utilities
for creating student rosters and tracking student use of the program. Available for both
Windows and Macintosh. Our website has a detailed description of the program.
Usher Around the World
c/o Kathie Anderson
PO Box 17318
Minneapolis, MN 55417
Services Provided: Newsletter for people with Usher Syndrome in large print, Braille or
on audio tape. Yearly subscription fee of $16.00
Usher Family Support
4918 42nd Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55417
612/724-6982
kadbmn@aol.com
Services Provided: Publishes a newsletter for families of people with Usher Syndrome;
“Usher Around the World” Yearly subscription fees.
Westcomm’s Battery Club
www.wwdir.com/westbatt.html
Services Provided: Westcomm distributes worldwide, by mail, Rayovac premium zinc
air hearing aid batteries. In the United States, shipping and handling is free. Prices are
as low as 64¢ a battery when purchased in quantities. Westcomm has now started
distributing TTYs at very competitive prices as well as phones for the hard of hearing
and other hearing aid related products.