DEAF & HARD OF HEARING
DEAF & HARD OF HEARING
Upcoming Events
Celebrate Deaf History Month with our friends from the Deaf Community Resource Center!, opens a new window
Celebrate with a Good Book!
Deaf History Month: For Children and Teens
Deaf History and Culture
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Authors
Celebrate with a Good Book!
Deaf History Month: For Children and Teens
Deaf History and Culture
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Authors
Resources
LOCAL
OHIO CITIES
- Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center, opens a new window (Cleveland)
- Columbus Speech and Hearing, opens a new window (Columbus)
- Deaf Services Center, opens a new window (Chillicothe, Columbus, & Toledo)
- Greenleaf Family Center, opens a new window (Akron)
- Hearing Speech + Deaf Center, opens a new window (Cincinnati)
STATE
NATIONAL
- American Sign Language Teachers Association, opens a new window
- Deaf Women United, opens a new window
- National Asian & Pacific Islander Deaf Coalition, opens a new window
- National Association of the Deaf, opens a new window (NAD)
- National Hispanic Latino Association of the Deaf, opens a new window
- National Theatre of the Deaf, opens a new window
- Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, opens a new window (RID)
GLOBAL
EDUCATION
- California State University, Northridge, opens a new window
- CSUN’s Deaf Education and Families (DEAF) Project, opens a new window
- Council on Education of the Deaf, opens a new window
- Gallaudet University, opens a new window
- Lamar University, opens a new window
- McDaniel College, opens a new window
- National Technical Institute for the Deaf, opens a new window
- Ohio School for the Deaf, opens a new window
- SouthWest College for the Deaf, opens a new window - Howard College
- St Rita School for the Deaf, opens a new window
COMMUNICATION
SPORTS
- Deaf Pickleball USA, opens a new window
- National Deaf Basketball Organization, opens a new window
- National Deaf Interscholastic Athletic Association, opens a new window
- National Softball Association of the Deaf, opens a new window
- United States of America Deaf Basketball, opens a new window
- USA Deaf Sports Federation, opens a new window
DEAF ADVOCACY, COMMUNTY, & CULTURE
OTHER
Meet Our Community Partners
Deaf Community Resource Center
DCRC serves the needs of the Deaf Community through all phases of life, by providing culturally and linguistically appropriate advocacy, day to day support, and education for Deaf, DeafBlind, and hard of hearing individuals to promote self-determination and independence.
Ohio Deaf Friends of the Library
The mission of the Ohio Deaf Friends of the Library is to advance the quality of deaf resources for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind communities by promoting deaf awareness, and literacy in Ohio.
Assistive Technology at Your Library
Did you know the Dayton Metro Library provides assistive technology devices to support the needs of patrons with disabilities? Here is what we currently have to offer:
Available at All Library Locations
- Sorenson Video Relay
- High Contrast/Large Print Keyboards
- Track Ball
- Assistive Listening Devices (radio frequency for telecoil enabled hearing aids)
Available at Some Locations
- ZoomText screen magnifying software
- Jaws screen reading software
- Task Light
- Noise cancelling headphones
- Digital magnifier
- Lighted handheld magnifier
- Mobile phone screen magnifier
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