Deafness

Internet Sites:

• Can You Hear Me Now?
Hearing loss can mean learning loss, but schools can help. Includes research and teaching suggestions from the American School Board Journal.
http://www.asbj.com/2003/05/0503research.html

• MEDLINE: Hearing Problems in Children
A collection of online resources compiled by the National Library of Medicine.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hearingproblemsinchildren.html

• The Deaf Resource Library
The Deaf Resource Library was created by Karen Nakamura, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Yale University, as an online reference collection that contains information related to deafness and deaf culture in the United States and Japan.
http://www.deaflibrary.org/

• Deaf Linx
Extensive collection of deafness resources including publications, reference material, assistive technology, sign language, deaf education, more.
http://www.deaflinx.com

• Sound and Fury
This is a companion site to the PBS documentary and includes information on deaf culture and cochlear implants, lesson plans, and a collection of resources on deafness.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury/

• Sign Media
Includes links to: About American Deaf Culture, About American Sign Language, About ASL-English Interpretation, Related Web Sites of Interest, Ask The Experts, and more.
http://www.signmedia.com/

• Captioned Media Program (CMP)
CMP offers over 4,000 educational and general-interest open-captioned titles for deaf and hard of hearing persons, teachers, parents, and others. The media is available for free loan (including prepaid return labels) or purchase, and lesson guides accompany all educational videos; funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
http://www.cfv.org/

• ERIC Digest – ESL Literacy for a Linguistic Minority: The Deaf Experience (1997)
http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed353861.html

Organizations:

• National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
814 Thayer Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-4500
TTY: 301/587-1789
Voice: 301/587-1788
Fax: 301/587-1791
E-mail: NADinfo@nad.org
http://www.nad.org/

• Deafness Research Foundation
1225 I Street., NW, #500
Washington, DC 20005
Toll-free: 1-800-535-3323
Phone: (202) 289-5850
Fax: (202) 682-0356
Email: drf@drf.org
http://www.drf.org/

• The National Information Clearinghouse on Children Who Are Deaf-Blind
DB-LINK
Teaching Research
345 N. Monmouth Ave.
Monmouth, OR 97361
Voice: 800.438.9376
TTY: 800.854.7013
Email: dblink@tr.wou.edu
http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/

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