WV Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing advocates for, develops, and coordinates public policies, regulations, and programs to assure full and equal opportunity for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing in West Virginia.
West Virginia Hands and Voices Hands & Voices is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting families and their children who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as the professionals who serve them.
West Virginia Relay Services Dial 711 to reach West Virginia Relay and communicate effortlessly with people who are hearing, deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing or who have a speech disability.
WV Speech-Language-Hearing Association professional association representing speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and deaf educators across the state of WV.
WV SenseAbilities Project Technical assistance and training for deaf-blind children, their families and their service personnel.
National Resources
ASLdeafined Offers an interactive sign language website with lessons, games, activities, and a personalized progress chart. It has over 2200 videos in the dictionary which continues to grow.
Fairview Learning Network Fairview Learning is dedicated to helping individuals maximize their reading skills. Specific strategies, materials, programs, and assessments have been developed to jumpstart the reading skills of Deaf and Hard of Hearing students.
Hands and Voices Hands and Voices is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families and their children who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as the professionals who serve them.
iCanConnect If you have significant combined vision and hearing loss and meet federal income guidelines, iCanConnect can provide you with free communication technology and training to stay connected with family and friends.
Lions Clubs International Affordable Hearing Aid Program Lions are providing high-quality, low-cost hearing aids through the Lions Affordable Hearing Aid Project (AHAP), a project of Lions Clubs International Foundation. Lions AHAP is dedicated to helping provide aids to people who could not otherwise afford them.
National Association of the Deaf The NAD is the nation's premier civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America."
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf RID is a national membership organization representing the professionals who facilitate communication between people who are deaf or hard of hearing and people who can hear. Interpreters serve as professional communicators in a vast array of settings such as: churches, schools, courtrooms, hospitals and theaters, as well as on political grandstands and television.
Ski*Hi Preschool Program a home-based preschool/parent education program for deaf and hard of hearing children.
So the World May Hear A project of the Starkey Foundation. Starkey Hearing Foundation has helped hundreds of thousands to hear better.
Starkey Hearing Foundation Hear Now Program Hear Now is a national non-profit program that helps people who are deaf or hard of hearing get hearing aids if they have no other resources. Hear Now also collects hearing aids for recycling purposes.
Verizon Assistive Technologies for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Hearing assistive technologies (HATs) are used to assist people with hearing disabilities in their day-to-day tasks and needs. HATs vary greatly and can fulfill many functions, depending on the situation and the needs of the individual person. For example, some HATs may help a person with a hearing aid focus on a specific sound to the exclusion of other auditory stimuli, whereas others might provide captions, or visual alerts for events signaled by sound (such as doorbells).
