Resources & Links

Helpful links, FAQs, and ADA resources

Links to Related Sites

IMPORTANT NOTE: Ultratec provides this list of related sites solely as a convenience for our customers. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the site addresses or assume responsibility for the content of those pages.

National Association of the Deaf

Founded in 1880, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is the oldest and largest organization representing people with disabilities in the United States.

Hearing Loss Association

HLAA and its members are catalysts that make mainstream society more accessible to people who are hard of hearing. They strive to improve the quality of hard of hearing people's lives though education, advocacy and self help.

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell)

AG Bell is an information center on hearing loss, emphasizing the use of technology, speech, speechreading, residual hearing, and written and spoken language. AG Bell focuses specifically on children with hearing loss but addresses the needs of people of all ages who are deaf or hard of hearing. Members include parents, professionals in the field of hearing impairment, and adults with hearing loss.

Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

The world's only university for deaf and hard of hearing undergraduate students. Graduate degree programs and continuing education courses are available to deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing students.

Gallaudet University Technology Assessment Program

Gallaudet University's Technology Assessment Program (TAP) is a research group focusing on technologies and services that eliminate communication barriers traditionally faced by deaf and hard of hearing people. The TAP currently receives primary support from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and Gallaudet University's Department of Communication Arts. Gallaudet's undergraduate students are actively involved with TAP's work as research assistants, technicians, and students of communication accessibility.

Association of Late Deafened Adults, Inc.

The Association of Late Deafened Adults (ALDA) works collaboratively with other organizations around the world serving the needs of late-deafened people and extends a welcome to everyone, late deafened or not, who supports their goals.

Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. (TDI)

TDI is a national, non-profit advocacy organization established in 1968 to promote full visual access for Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing and Speech-Impaired constituencies to entertainment, information and telecommunications offerings in America.