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Agency makes new digital phones available to deaf, hard of hearing | Online Athens
A new digital telephone designed to assist the deaf and hard of hearing is being made available free to those who qualify through the Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired in Atlanta.
The phone has several new features including a button that lets the user connect to a captioning service so the listener can also read what the other person is saying, according to Sondra Rhoades Johnson, the council’s executive director.
A program to provide the phones began the first of January, Johnson said.
“The people that have it are delighted with it. We’ve got excellent feedback,” she said.
The phone amplifies incoming sounds and for those who have trouble speaking up, it can amplify their voice, according to a release from the council.
The phone is easy to use, Johnson said.
To receive a phone, users have to meet a few requirements, including an income cap and certificate of need from a physician.
The council has been providing a telephone for the hearing impaired for the past 13 years, Johnson said.
“We also deal with the speech impaired so there are devices used by people who have had strokes or had their voice boxes taken out that we also provide,” Johnson said.
“We’ve applied for certification to be an equipment distributor program provider for the deaf-blind as well,” she said. “There is no program of that nature in this state.”
To apply for the phone, call the state office in Atlanta at 1 (888) 297-9461 .
A new digital telephone designed to assist the deaf and hard of hearing is being made available free to those who qualify through the Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired in Atlanta.
The phone has several new features including a button that lets the user connect to a captioning service so the listener can also read what the other person is saying, according to Sondra Rhoades Johnson, the council’s executive director.
A program to provide the phones began the first of January, Johnson said.
“The people that have it are delighted with it. We’ve got excellent feedback,” she said.
The phone amplifies incoming sounds and for those who have trouble speaking up, it can amplify their voice, according to a release from the council.
The phone is easy to use, Johnson said.
To receive a phone, users have to meet a few requirements, including an income cap and certificate of need from a physician.
The council has been providing a telephone for the hearing impaired for the past 13 years, Johnson said.
“We also deal with the speech impaired so there are devices used by people who have had strokes or had their voice boxes taken out that we also provide,” Johnson said.
“We’ve applied for certification to be an equipment distributor program provider for the deaf-blind as well,” she said. “There is no program of that nature in this state.”
To apply for the phone, call the state office in Atlanta at 1 (888) 297-9461 .