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Consumer Advocates for People Who are Hard of Hearing and Deaf
Hearing Loss Association of America - The Hearing Loss Association of America is the nation's largest organization for people with hearing loss. The Hearing Loss Association of America exists to open the world of communication for people with hearing loss through information, education, advocacy and support.
www.hearingloss.org
Brenda Battat
Director of State and Chapter Development
7910 Woodmont Avenue
Suite 1200
Bethesda, MD 20814
United States of America
(301) 657-2248 Voice
(301) 657-2249 TTY
battat@shhh.org
National Association of the Deaf - The mission of the National Association of the Deaf is to promote, protect, and preserve the rights and quality of life of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America.
www.nad.org
Nancy J. Bloch, CEO
814 Thayer Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-4500
301-587-1788 Voice
301-587-1789 TTY
bloch@nad.org
Telecommunications for the Deaf - TDI (also known as Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc.) was established in 1968 originally to promote further distribution of TTYs in the deaf community and to publish an annual national directory of TTY numbers. Today, it is an active national advocacy organization focusing its energies and resources to address equal access issues in telecommunications and media for four constituencies in deafness and hearing loss, specifically people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-deafened, or deaf-blind.
www.tdi-online.org
Claude Stout
Executive Director
8630 Fenton St. #604
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-589-3786 Voice
301-589-3006 TTY
execdir@tdi-online.org
Alexander Graham Bell Association - The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) is a lifelong resource, support network and advocate for listening, learning, talking and living independently with hearing loss.
www.agbell.org
K. Todd Houston, PhD, CCC-SLP, Cert AVT
Executive Director/CEO
3417 Volta Place, NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-337-5220 Voice
202-337-5221 TTY
thouston@agbell.org
League for the Hard of Hearing - League was founded in New York in 1910 and is the premier hearing rehabilitation and human services agency in the world for infants, children and adults who are hard of hearing, deaf and deaf-blind, and their families.
www.lhh.org
50 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10004
917-305-7700 Voice
917-305-7999 TTY
2800 W. Oakland Park Blvd.
Suite 306
Oakland Park, FL 33311
954-731-7200 Voice
954-731-7208 TTY
jbrown@lhh.org
National Cued Speech Organization - The National Cued Speech Association champions effective communication, language development and literacy through the use of Cued Speech.
www.cuedspeech.org
Washington DC:
12215 Emerald Way
Germantown, MD 20876
(301) 601-0603 Voice/TTY
AmyCues@aol.com
Association of Late Deafened Adults - www.alda.org
ALDA Inc.
1131 Lake St., #204
Oak Park, IL 60301
877-907-1738 Voice
708-358-0135 TTY
NVRCheryl@aol.com