STATE COMMISSIONS/AGENCIES/OFFICES
SERVING PEOPLE WITH HEARING LOSS
Most states have an agency responsible for addressing the needs of people with hearing loss. Following are links to the individual agencies; the National Association of State Agencies of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (NASADHH) provides more in depth information on a variety of official resources. If there is no state agency serving people with hearing loss in your state, try contacting your vocational rehabilitation agency and see if there is a program for deaf and hard of hearing people.
Arkansas – Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDHH)
Arizona – Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (ACDHH)
California – Office of Deaf Access (ODA)
Colorado – Colorado Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CCDHH)
Connecticut – Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (DHHS)
Delaware – Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Equality (CODHHE)
Delaware – Delaware Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DODHH)
Florida – Florida Coordinating Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (FCCDHH)
Hawaii – Disability and Communication Access Board (DCAB)
Iowa – Deaf Services Commission of Iowa (DSCI)
Idaho – Idaho Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ICDHH)
Illinois – Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission (IDHHC)
Indiana – Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services (DHHS)
Kansas – Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH)
Kentucky – Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH)
Louisiana – Louisiana Commission for the Deaf (LCD)
Massachusetts – Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing (MCDHH)
Maryland – Governor’s Office of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing (ODHH)
Maine – Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing & Late Deafened
Michigan – Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DODHH)
Minnesota – Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind & Hard of Hearing (MNCDHH)
Minnesota – Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (DHHS)
Missouri – Missouri Commission for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing (MCDHH)
Mississippi – Office on Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH)
North Carolina – Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (DSDHH)
Nebraska – Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (NCDHH)
New Hampshire – Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDHH)
New Jersey – Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DDHH)
New Mexico – New Mexico Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (NMCDHH)
Oregon – Oregon’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (DHHS)
Pennsylvania – Office for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing ODHH)
Rhode Island – Rhode Island Commission on the Deaf & Hard of Hearing (RI CDHH)
Tennessee – Tennessee Council for the Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing (TCDDBHH)
Texas – Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (DHHS)
Utah – Utah State Division of Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DSDHH)
Virginia – Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH)
Washington – Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH)
Wisconsin – Council for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Wisconsin – Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH)
West Virginia – West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WVCDHH)