003. Hearing and Signal Dogs
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This article is from the Service Dogs FAQ, posted to rec.pets.dogs newsgroup. Maintained by Cindy Tittle Moore with numerous contributions by others.
003. Hearing and Signal Dogs
Other dogs are trained to assist deaf people, with varying degrees of impairment. They alert their owner to a variety of sounds, usually by coming up to the person and going back to the source of the sound. They will signal on door bell and knocking, phones, smoke alarms, crying babies and much more. In the US, they enjoy the same rights of access as guide dogs and are to be permitted anywhere, although since they are not as widely recognized, their owners often have to display an identification card even though this is not legally required (cf the U.S. ADA legislation).
Organizations
CCI See below
American Humane Association 5351 S. Roslyn Street, Englewood, Colorado 80111. 303-779-1400.
Audio Dogs 27 Crescent Street, Brooklyn, New York 11208. 212-827-2792.
Dogs for the Deaf 10175 Wheeler Road, Central Point, OR, 97502. 800-990-DOGS, fax 541-826-6696. Website: www.dogsforthedeaf.org, email info@dogsforthedeaf.org. Verified Dec 2000.
Guide Dog Foundation 371 Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, New York 11787. 516-265-2121.
International Hearing Dog, Inc., Martha Foss (current president and Director), ihdi@aol.com, //members.aol.com/IHDI/IHDI.html. Verified Oct. '98.
NEADS (National Education for Assistance Dog Service) See below
San Francisco SPCA, Hearing Dog Program 2500 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. 415-554-3020. Verified March '92.
Sound Companions contact Connie Kniseley at cck9@naxs.com (serves the mid-Atlantic states in the US). Verified July '96.
Handi-Dogs, Inc. PO Box 12563, Tucson, Arizona 85732. 602-326-3412 or 602-325-6466.
The National Information Center on Deafness at Gallaudet University, publishes a fact sheet on hearing ear dogs. It can be obtained by sending $1.00 to NICD, Gallaudet University, 800 Flordia Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002. The fact sheet discusses commonly asked questions about hearing ear dogs and it lists training programs across the U.S.
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