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Captioned Materials - Free Loans (National Association for the Deaf)
Loans Captioned Media Program (CMP) materials. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education. 11-99
Deaf Resources (Deaf World - Lapiak)
Provides headline news and other information of interest to persons with deafness or hearing impairments, such as discussion forums in six languages.
Deaf Resources - Alphabetical (Deaf World - Lapiak)
Provides Web resources in alphabetical order.
Deaf and Hearing Impaired Resources
Provides sources of information.
Hearing Impaired Resources (League for the Hard of Hearing)
Provides a listing of sources of information of interest to persons with deafness or hearing impairments.
Hearing Impaired and Deaf Links (StudyWeb)
Provides over a dozen links.
Lipreading Bibliography (PSL)

Provides a bibliography on lipreading, visual speech analysis, lip-tracking or speechreading.

Materials

ASL Alphabet (University of Minnesota)
Provides line drawings for hand signals for each letter of the alphabet.
American Sign Language Dictionary
Braille Alphabet (University of Minnesota)
Provides each letter of the alphabet in braille.
Finger Spelling and Braille Guide (University of Minnesota)
Provides line drawings for hand signals for each letter of the ASL alphabet plus a braille guide.
Lipreading (University of Minnesota)
Provides videos to illustrate lipreading, visual speech analysis, lip-tracking or speechreading.
Lipreading Tutor (Majaranta - Lonka)
Provides a tutorial on lipreading, visual speech analysis, lip-tracking or speechreading. Examples are in Finnish.
Phone Communication for the Hearing Impaired (AT and T)
Provides information on Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) and Text Telephone (TTY) services.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Provides educational videotapes.

Multimedia

BookRadio
Provides reviews of new books and interviews with authors.
Captioned Films (League for the Hard of Hearing)
Provides schedule for showings of captioned films by state. Only New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New Jersey were covered in October of 1998.
Hearing Impaired Videos, Audiotapes and Books (League for the Hard of Hearing)

Provides a listing of carefully selected videotapes, audiotapes and books for parents and others caring for a person with hearing impairments.

News

Deaf News (Deaf World - Lapiak)

Provides headline world news of interest to persons with deafness or hearing impairments.

Papers

College and Career Programs for Deaf Students (Galudet University and National Technical Institute for the Deaf)
Provides descriptions of college programs for deaf students by region of the country.
Hearing Impairment Prevention (League for the Hard of Hearing)
Provides ideas and resources for prevention of hearing loss.
Hearing Impairments - Instructional Strategies (University of Minnesota)
Provides an orientation to hearing loss and suggests strategies for teachers to use when working with a student with hearing loss.
Section 504 and Special Education (CESD - Richards)

Provides an overview of the provisions of Section 504 of the Rehabiliitation Act as it applies to legal obligations of schools and IDEA, the Special Education provisions under federal law. 6-99

Projects

Sign Language (Funschool)

Provides a game for teaching sign language. Each letter is shown with the related hand sign when it is selected. The game includes attempting to guess the letters of a two word puzzle that shows the hand sign, but not the letter.

Purchase Resources

Emergency Warning Devices for Persons With Hearing Impairments (DetectEar)
Provides assistive technology of persons who are deaf or who have hearing impairments. We have not reviewed these devices and cannot comment on their quality.