State Government
Programs
Maryland
Accessible Telecommunications Program
(Free adaptive telephone equipment distribution program
for low-income people with disabilities; includes
TTYs, VCO phones, amplified phones, etc.)
Maryland
Relay
(Information about Maryland relay services)
Maryland
Technology Assistance Program
(Multiple services re: assistive technology, including
demonstration center and loan program)
Division
of Rehabilitation Services (DORS)
(free rehabilitative services for eligible people
with disabilities preparing for employment)
Office
of Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Department
of Disabilities
Visual
Smoke Alarm application 
- An application to receive an visual smoke alarm
from the Montgomery County Fire Department.
Maryland
State Board of Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers,
and Speech-Language Pathologists
(oversees licensing of and handles complaints about
the above professionals in MD)
Early
Hearing Detection and Intervention
(Newborn Hearing Screenings and related resources)
Who
are your Elected Officials?
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Organizations
Hearing Loss Association - Maryland State Coordinator:
George Kosovich
Maryland
HLAA chapters
Maryland Association
of the Deaf
Maryland Academy
of Audiologists
Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing
Association
Potomac
Chapter of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
National Organizations Headquartered in
Maryland:
American Speech and
Hearing Association
National Association
of the Deaf
Hearing
Loss Association of America
Telecommunications
for the Deaf, Inc.(TDI)
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Maryland Vendors
Note: As a matter
of policy, Hearing Loss Association of Americadoes
not endorse any company or product. Information about
local vendors is provided for your convenience, but
should not be construed as an endorsement or recommendation.
If you are aware of other vendors in Maryland, please
contact the webmaster at
webmaster@mcshhh.org
Com Access
- (CART, sign language interpreting; Bethesda)
Potomac Technologies
- (Assistive Technology vendor; Rockville)
For an overview of assistive technology for people with hearing loss and
a link to vendors outside of Maryland, please see:
http://www.hearingloss.org/hat/hearing_assistive_technology_o.html
If you would like to find more links about hearing
loss, we suggest exploring HLAA’s extensive
links at http://www.hearingloss.org/html/links.html
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