Redwood’s new TAP program helps those with hearing loss, speech difficulties to test devices

Redwood’s Assistive Technology Resource Center (ATRC) is now a demonstration site for the Telecommunications Access Program (TAP) to allow Kentucky residents with a hearing loss or speech impairment to test a variety of telephones, including amplified phones, signaling devices and hands-free phones that are free to qualified applicants.  
 
TAP is administered by the Kentucky Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH) and is a statewide program.  In an effort to make communication on the telephone more accessible, TAP provides landline or wireless equipment to residents of Kentucky who are deaf, hard of hearing, speech impaired or have both a hearing and vision loss. 
 

 
Redwood, the Northern Kentucky based organization that provides enriching educational, therapeutic, and vocational services to children and adults with disabilities, is one of seven sites throughout Kentucky where people may see and test the equipment.  The other TAP locations are in Frankfort, Lexington, Louisville, Owensboro, Paducah, and Pikeville. 
 
For more information about the TAP program, visit KCDHH website.
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The Redwood ATRC office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.   For more information contact Christine Siegrist at 859-331-0880 ext. 258 or csiegrist@redwoodnky.org.
 
For more information about Redwood, please visit www.redwoodnky.org.
 
Redwood is an accredited facility through CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) and NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) helping children and adults with disabilities.
 
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