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Serving the Residents of Tennessee

Welcome to the public resource about hearing loss and deafness that is available to ALL Tennesseans regardless of your ability to hear! Check out our statewide event calendar; lending library of books, videos and equipment; Tennessee Directory of Services for People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, and more!

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Calendar of Events

Look for or post events in the deaf and hard of hearing community across the entire state of Tennessee!  The calendar is also searchable by area of the state or type of event.

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Interpreted Marionette Shows

Great for children and adults alike! A variety of marionette and puppet shows performed at the Nashville Public Library are interpreted into ASL.  (A sound track accompanies the videos.)
(Special thanks to Wishing Chair Productions and the Nashville Public Library Foundation!)

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Research Study at VUMC Needs Your Help!

The Listening and Learning Lab at Vanderbilt is conducting a research study to develop a questionnaire about fatigue in school-age children with hearing loss...

NEW EMPLOYMENT SECTION OF LSDHH WEBSITE!

NEW!  We have added a NEW SECTION to the Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing website for Employment Opportunities available to people who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind, or in related professions (e.g. interpreters, teachers, SSPs, etc.) Please click on the link to learn more!

TEACHERS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING: A CRITICAL RESOURCE NEEDED FOR LEGAL COMPLIANCE

The Council for Exceptional Children's Division for Communicative Disabilities and Deafness has created a Position Paper regarding the need for to support the requirement for qualified/credentialed Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (TODHH) in all aspects of educational programming and planning for students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

ASL Content Standards: Kindergarten - Grade 12

For Teachers of K-12 Deaf Students:

The Clerc Center is thrilled to announce that the K-12 ASL Content Standards are ready. On the website, you will see Anchor Standards, grade-level standards, the glossary, and more.

TN TDAP Expands to Include Free Wireless Devices

The Telecommunications Devices Access Program sponsored by the Tennessee Regulatory Authority is now offering wireless devices to our consumers, through Teltex, Inc. They offer iPads and iPhones with specifically designed apps for people who are experiencing: hearing loss (hard of hearing or deaf), blindness or low vision, a speech disability, loss of mobility, or a cognitive disability.

Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017

Congress (the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives)  has passed the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017. The bill will make certain types of hearing aids available over-the-counter to adults with mild to moderate hearing loss.

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Calendar of Upcoming Events

Nov 13
JCIL Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Jackson Center for Independent Living

You're invited to Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Jackson Center Independent Living!  Services for Learn more

Nov 13
Nashville Silent Dinners
Rivergate Mall

All silent dinners are in the food court of the mall except for Murfreesboro. The dinner begins Learn more

Nov 17
Open-caption movie- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Paradiso Cinema Grill & IMAX

 

The movie is rated PG-13 and is Open Captioned

$6 each person

***Must Learn more

Nov 17
Deaf Chat Chattanooga
Starbucks

This group is open to people in the Chattanooga area who are Deaf, hard of hearing, or Learn more

Nov 18
White Christmas
Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC)

The Tennessee Performing Arts Center will offer American Sign Language and Open Learn more

New Materials

See a listing of the new materials added to the LSDHH collection at the Nashville Public Library.

  • Tell 'em : the Memoir of a Girl Whose First Language was Not the
  • I Can Count to Ten in ASL, English, and Spanish
  • Language Attitudes in the American Deaf Community
  • Madness in the Mainstream
  • The Right Rights: Interpreting the Miranda Warning