- Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services
Battling domestic violence in the deaf community.
www.adwas.org
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
Established to empower persons who are hearing impaired to function independently by promoting universal rights and optimal opportunities to learn to use, maintain, and improve all aspects of their communications.
www.agbell.org
- American Society for Deaf Children
National organization providing information/support to families raising children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
www.deafchildren.org
- Art and Cultural Society of the Deaf
Aims to create awareness about Irish deaf history and culture.
www.iol.ie/~johnpmon
- Auditory-Verbal International, Inc. AVI
Providing the choice of listening and speaking for children who are deaf or hard of hearing through education, advocacy, and family support.
www.auditory-verbal.org
- Australian Deaf Sports Federation (ADSF)
Information and news on deaf athletes and champions, Deaf World Games, and more.
www.deafsports.org.au
- Beginnings
Nonprofit agency established to provide emotional support and objective information to parents of deaf and hard of hearing children.
www.beginningssvcs.com
- Better Hearing Institute
Information on hearing loss, tinnitus, and hearing aids, as well as a directory of hearing care providers.
www.betterhearing.org
- British Deaf Association
Resource for deaf people that reflects every aspect of deaf culture and provides a global space for deaf people to share ideas and experiences.
www.britishdeafassociation.org.uk
- Canadian Hard of Hearing Association@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Deafness/Organizations
- Central Institute for the Deaf
School helps deaf and hard of hearing children to listen, talk, and read without using sign language.
www.cid.edu
- Cochlear Implant Club International
Provides support and information for cochlear implant recipients and their families.
www.cici.org
- Communication Service for the Deaf
Nonprofit provides broad-based services for deaf and hard of hearing individuals. With offices throughout South Dakota.
www.c-s-d.org
- Deaf Action Center of Dallas, TX
Seeks the elimination of barriers to persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
www.deafactioncentertexas.org
- Deaf Council of the Brazos Valley, TX
www2.txcyber.com/~dcbv
- Deaf Entertainment Foundation
Nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing opportunities in the entertainment industry for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Talents.
www.deo.org
- Deaf Service Center of Pasco/Hernando Counties
Provide services to deaf, hard of hearing, late deafened, deaf blind, speech impaired, and hearing individuals to all communicate.
www.dscph.org
- Deaf Vietnamese Information Service
Provides an mutual support and information exchange for deaf Vietnamese internationally.
deafviet.sphosting.com
- Deafness Research Foundation
Source of private funding for basic and clinical research in hearing science.
www.drf.org
- DHB
The Swedish association for deaf, hearing - and language impaired children.
www.dhb.se
- El Paso Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Provides advocacy services, information and referral, job training and placement, sign language interpreting and instruction, and deaf adult education.
www.whc.net/epcdhh
- F?lag heyrnarlausra
Organization of deaf people in Iceland. In Icelandic.
www.deaf.is
- Gallaudet Research Institute (GRI)
GRI researchers gather and analyze data concerning the social, academic, and perceptual characteristics of deaf and hard of hearing populations, primarily to provide information needed by educators in the field.
gri.gallaudet.edu
- Gift of Hearing Foundation
Dedicated to improving the lives of cochlear implant and hard-of-hearing patients through research, education, and advocacy.
www.giftofhearingfoundation.org
- Hands On
Arts service organization that provides, advocates and supports the accessibility of the arts for the deaf community in NYC. Includes schedule of accessible arts events.
handson.org
- Hawaii Services On Deafness
Actively promotes the development of conditions in which deaf and hard-of-hearing people can individually and collectively fulfill their own needs, responsibilities, and aspirations.
www.hsod.org
- Hear This Organization
Goal is to educate the public about issues pertaining to hearing loss and promote awareness of cochlear implant technology.
www.hearthisorg.com
- Hear-it
Collects information on hearing impairment and the consequences of hearing loss.
www.hear-it.org
- Hearing and Speech Agency
Providing assistance to children and adults with speech and hearing difficulties.
www.hasa.org
- Hearing Association Inc.
Offers hearing advice, contact information, branches, and assistive devices.
www.hearing.org.nz
- HiYPe
News and information for hearing impaired young people in the U.K.
www.hiype.org.uk
- House Ear Institute
The Institure is a nonprofit, research and education center focused on hearing and related disorders. The Clinic is a private otologic medical practice providing diagnosis and treatment.
www.hei.org
- International Sports Organization of the Deaf (CISS)
Contains information about international competitions for the deaf, the executive committee, updated sports information, and more.
www.ciss.org
- Kids of Deaf Adults
Promotes family awareness and individual growth in hearing children of deaf parents.
www.koda.org
- League for the Hard of Hearing
Private nonprofit hearing rehabilitation agency serving the hard of hearing, deaf and deaf-blind since 1910.
www.lhh.org
- National Association of the Deaf
www.nad.org
- National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)
Works with deaf children and their families to ensure they get the best possible start in life.
www.ndcs.org.uk
- National Organization for Hearing Research Foundation
Funds biomedical research into the preventions, causes, cures, and treatments of hearing loss and deafness.
www.nohrfoundation.org
- New England Center Deafblind Project
Working with children and young adults in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut who are deafblind.
www.necdbp.org
- Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons
www.nvrc.org
- Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation
Dedicated to helping those who cannot afford necessary eye and ear surgery and treatment; funding sight, hearing and diabetes research; and educating people on the benefits of safety and hearing conservation.
www.orlions.org
- Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (Potomac Chapter)
Serves Maryland and the District of Columbia.
www.pcrid.org
- RIT Asian Deaf Club
www.rit.edu/~adc
- Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
Provides educational programs for kids with sensory disabilities.
www.ridbc.org.au
- Royal National Institute for Deaf People
Representing the 8.7 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the U.K., providing information and selling equipment and publications.
www.rnid.org.uk
- Sacramento Valley Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (SaVRID)
Dedicated to the professional development of interpreters and transliterators.
www.savrid.org
- Sense@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Deafness/Organizations
- Sight and Hearing Association
Dedicated to preventing the needless loss of vision and hearing through effective screening, education and research.
www.sightandhearing.org
- South-East Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Inc.
Charitable agency that serves and advocates on behalf of the deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing community in south-eastern New Brunswick.
www.south-eastdeaf.nb.ca
- Texas Association of the Deaf (TAD)
Organization for persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Provides information and education and helps to ensure communications accessibility.
www.deaftexas.org
- Virginia Association of the Deaf, Inc.
Nonprofit organization dedicated to the educational, social, and economical welfare of the deaf in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
www.vad.org
- World Recreation Association of the Deaf
WRAD is a recreational, educational, and cultural organization made up of deaf, hearing impaired, and hearing people who live in all parts of the world.
WWW.wrad.org
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