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2. List of schools for the deaf - Wikipedia

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   Alaska State School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 1973: Anchorage: Alaska: PreK-12: Otter: American School for the Deaf: 1817: Hartford: Connecticut: K-12: Tigers: ESDAA 1 Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind: 1912: Tucson: Arizona: PreK-12: Sentinels: WSBC Arkansas School for the Deaf: 1849: Little Rock: Arkansas: PreK-12: Leopards ...

3. Assistive Technology for Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Wikipedia

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   Hearing aids are electroacoustic devices which are designed to amplify sound for the wearer, usually with the aim of making speech more intelligible, and to correct impaired hearing as measured by audiometry. Some technologies also worth noting are cochlear implants and bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHA), which serve a similar purpose to hearing ...

4. Services and supports for people with disabilities - Wikipedia

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   Guide dogs is one service that is provided for blind and visually impaired people. These service dogs are trained animals that are capable of guiding people from different locations. Also, these dogs are capable of avoiding obstacles and letting the person in service know that there is a step or bump ahead, so a person doesn't get hurt.

5. Deaf culture in the United States - Wikipedia

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   A U.S. state regulation from the Colorado Department of Human Services defines Deaf (uppercase) as "A group of people, with varying hearing acuity, whose primary mode of communication is a visual language (predominantly American Sign Language (ASL) in the United States) and have a shared heritage and culture," and has a separate definition for ...

6. Queens Girl Scout, inspired by moms troubles, nabs highest ...

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   A Kew Gardens teen has been honored with the New York City Girl Scout’s highest award for her work bringing the movie theater experience to the hearing-impaired community — a barrier she ...

7. Cochlear implant - Wikipedia

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   A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted neuroprosthesis that provides a person who has moderate-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss with sound perception. With the help of therapy, cochlear implants may allow for improved speech understanding in both quiet and noisy environments.