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  • Interpreter List
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  • 2023 SCAD Conference
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    • COVID-19
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Deaf and Hard of Hearing Assistive Equipment

Lifeline
From the SC Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS):
The Lifeline Program provides a discount on home or cell phone service for qualifying low-income consumers to ensure that all Americans have the opportunities and security that phone service brings, including being able to connect to jobs, family and emergency services. Lifeline is part of the Federal and State Universal Service Fund. The Lifeline program is available to eligible low-income consumers in every state, territory, commonwealth, and on Tribal lands. 

Click on website button for more information and to see if you qualify for discount.
Lifeline Website

Real Time Closed Captioning
From the SC Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS):
Real Time Closed Captioning of Live Local Newscasts are provided by a grant from the State of South Carolina. This grant is funded from the South Carolina Dual Party Relay Fund. Click on the button below for ​a list of SC television stations that have real time closed captioning on their news. 
Real Time CC List Website

Relay South Carolina (RSC) 711 is a free service that provides full telephone accessibility to people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind, and speech-disabled. There are different types of relay and can use it on different devices. For more information, click on website button below. ​
Relay South Carolina Website

​Looking for a doorbell, alert system, amplified phone, or other deaf and hard of hearing assistive equipment? 
SC Equipment Distribution Program (SCEDP)
Amplify Life 
1401 Main St. Suite 825
Columbia, SC  29201
803-737-0808 
SCEDP Website

Deaf/Hard of Hearing Smoke Alarm Program
Fire Safe South Carolina
South Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal
Community Risk Reduction Section

Deaf/Hard of Hearing Smoke Alarms, commonly called “bed-shakers,” are not smoke alarms. 
Rather, they work with smoke alarms in the home usually at the bedside to notify deaf/hard of hearing individuals 
of a possible life-threatening fire emergency. Fire Safe South Carolina is currently able to provide this life-saving technology to qualified applicants​. ​For more information, click on their website button below. 
Fire Safe South Carolina Website
Print Smoke Alarm Application

South Carolina Assistive Technology Program (SCATP)
SCATP may have a device for different types of disabilities that can be loaned out to try. Click on the website button below and contact them for more information.
SCATP Website
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West Columbia, SC 29169

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