Maryland Department of Disabilities
Posted in AT Events, Deaf/Hard of Hearing Aids, Information Technology, Mystery Monday on Apr 21st, 2014
Run through the Hearing and Speech Agency (HASA), the Baltimore Soundscape Project aims to create a sound map of Baltimore. It’s a simple plan – record what you hear in your travels through Baltimore and upload it to the soundscape map. By getting a variety of people to participate, from long-time residents to out-of-town visitors, the […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Deaf/Hard of Hearing Aids, Education, Mystery Monday on Jan 6th, 2014
Charting Deaf Territory, Part One How UVa Is Managing To Accommodate a Deaf Medical Student Contributed by Christopher Sherman Read, Accessible Technology Specialist, University of Virginia Preface Utter disbelief. That’s the initial reaction some people have when they hear that a Deaf student is attending the medical school program at the University of Virginia. The […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Deaf/Hard of Hearing Aids, Mystery Monday on Nov 25th, 2013
Online Survey About Voice Telecommunication Use for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Telecommunications Access at Gallaudet University is conducting an online survey to learn about the experiences of adults who are hard of hearing, deaf or have hearing loss in their use of voice telecommunications technology in the […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT News, Deaf/Hard of Hearing Aids, Tech Tip Tuesday on Aug 6th, 2013
Sprint to bring Call Captioning to iOS devices Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP For some time, Sprint CapTel has offered telephones which will caption conversations in real-time. This would allow a user who is hard of hearing to listen as well as read the captioning of a conversation. Now, Sprint CapTel is […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, AT Events, Blind/Low Vision Aids , Communication Aids, Deaf/Hard of Hearing Aids, Learning Aids, Maryland, Mobility Aids, Tech Tip Tuesday on May 28th, 2013
Although 18% of US children are living with some type of disability, accessible sport and recreational programs are limited. Most often, children with severe physical disabilities are excluded from these programs completely. The Lollipop Kids Foundation, in collaboration with the Downtown Sailing Center, has developed a summer accessible sailing program which proves that “sailing is […]
Posted in Assistive Technology, Deaf/Hard of Hearing Aids, Emergency Preparedness, Mystery Monday on May 20th, 2013
Visual Smoke Alarms for Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Maryland The Fire and Burn Safety Coalition of Maryland (FABSCOM) can help individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing acquire visual smoke alarms. Smoke alarms are essential for all segments of our society. Members of the deaf and hard of hearing community are not […]
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