- A-Z to Deafblindness provides information and resources for the deafblind.
- ALS Pah! an e-zine for American Sign Language students and teachers
- American Auditory Society
- American Sign Language Fingerspelling dictionary, converters, quiz
- ALS Online Lessons
- Apple® Accessibility Features Vision built into all Macintosh computers provides adjustable keyboard, an ergonomic mouse, CloseView screen magnification software, Easy Access system software (StickyKeys, SlowKeys, MouseKeys), electronic documentation, key-repeat disable, text-to-speech synthesis and voice recognition (PlainTalk), sticky mouse, and visual alert cues. The VoiceOver spoken English interface for Mac OS X is a fully integrated, built-in screen reader technology providing access to the Macintosh through speech, audible cues, and keyboard navigation.
- Arizona Hearing Online products for special needs
- Auditory Disabilities from WebAIM describes the types of auditory disabilities.
- Auditory Processing Disorder in Children fact sheet
- Canadian Hearing Society
- Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) provides all persons who are deaf or hard of hearing awareness of and equal access to communication and learning through the use of free captioned educational media and supportive collateral materials
- College Scholarships Sponsor: Bell (Alexander Graham) Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Program Number: 63227, Title: College Scholarship Award, E-mail: Financialaid@agbell.org
- Deafness in Disguise: Concealed Hearing Devices of the 19th and 20th Centuries
- Digital Hearing Aids: Current “State-of-the-Art”
- Oticon hearing care solutions
- Hearing Loss Web
- Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) formerly known as Self Help for Hard of Hearing (SHHH) People, Inc.
- Maryland Relay a telecommunications service helping people who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind or speech disabled to easily communicate through TTY (text telephone) with anyone using a standard phone
- Media Access Group at WGBHdevelops and distributes captioning, video description, and MoPix means of access to movies and television for viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing
- National Captioning Institute
- National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) of CPB/WGBH is a research and development facility dedicated to the issues of media and information technology for people with disabilities in their homes, schools, workplaces, and communities.
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- Nicaraguan Sign Language Projects, Inc.
- Royal National Institute of the Deaf (RNID) the largest charity representing the 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK.
- Romance Sign Languages Catalonian, French, Italian, Lyons, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish (Mimica) Languages
- Sign Language Dictionary Online
- Sign Languages of the World
- SignWriting
- ThinkQuest International deaf culture with information about American, Chinese, Japanese, and Norwegian Sign Languages
- Tinnitus (Ringing and Other Ear Noise)
- Vibrant® Soundbridge™ middle ear implants
- Webcast Captioning from Automatic Sync Technologies
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