Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

List of Services Available

• Note Takers
  • If your documentation qualifies you for this service, you may have peers in your classes take notes for you. Once this accommodation is approved by your ASD counselor, you must meet with the Manager of Accommodative Services (April Crawford). At that time you will sign a contract and be given a form to take with you to class so that you may identify a note taker.
• Stenographer
  • This is a real-time captioning service in class, provided for those who qualify. Once your ASD counselor has approved this accommodation, you must meet with the Advisor for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. This service is provided on a first come, first serve basis.
• Transcriber (TypeWell Speech-to-Text Transcriber)
  • This is a service provided in class for those who qualify. Once your ASD counselor has approved this accommodation, you must meet with the Advisor for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. This service is provided on a first come, first serve basis.
    TypeWell is a method of providing real-time communication access to Deaf and Hard of Hearing students through the use of speech-to-text transcription services. TypeWell allows a typist, commonly referred to as a transcriber, to increase the number of words per minute typed by using abbreviated forms of words, which eliminates unnecessary keystrokes. The TypeWell abbreviation system is spelling based, and use of the abbreviation system becomes an extension of a transcriber's already existing typing skills. TypeWell does not provide verbatim transcripts, but instead aims for a meaning-for-meaning transcript, similar to an interpretation provided by a sign language interpreter.
• Sign Language Interpreters
  • ASL and CASE available
• Cued Speech Transliterator
  • This is a service provided in class for those who qualify. You must first have this accommodation approved by either your ASD counselor or the Advisor for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. This service is provided on a first come, first serve basis.
    The cueing of a traditionally spoken language is the visual counterpart of speaking it. Cueing makes available to the eye(s) the same linguistic building blocks that speaking avails the ear(s). Until the advent of cueing, the term spoken language accurately described what had been the only way of distinctly conveying these building blocks: speaking. In fact, until that time, the sounds of speech and the building blocks were thought of as one and the same. (found on http://web7.mit.edu/CuedSpeech/cue_definition.html)

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Documentation
It is the student's responsibility to submit documentation from a licensed professional to the Accessibility Services Department. Accommodations are not provided retroactively. Students should meet with an Accessibility Services Department counselor each semester in order to obtain accommodative services for that semester. Documentation may be submitted at the time of an appointment or may be faxed to our office at (801) 863-8377.

For Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, the documentation needed should be in the form of an audiogram. These should be submitted to the Advisor for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Services will not be provided until documentation has been submitted.

If you are a Deaf or Hard of Hearing student and feel that you would qualify for other services than those described here because of an additional disability, you will also need to submit the following documentation: A diagnosis in and of itself is not necessarily considered a disability. In order to qualify as a disability under the American Disability Act (ADA), the following needs to be addressed in writing by a licensed professional with expertise in the area of the diagnosis: diagnosis, including diagnostic code(s); medications and mitigating measures; after considering mitigating measures, describe the functional limitations and their impact on major life activities as well as recommendations for accommodations. The documentation should demonstrate that the diagnosis substantially limits a major life activity in comparison to the average person.

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Accessibility Services Accommodative Lab
The Accessibility Services Accommodative Computer Lab is available for all ASD students. Located on the 4th floor of the library in room LC 417, the lab provides many software resources for students with disabilities as well as a great place to study.

Lab Hours of Operation
Monday	9:00 a.m	6:00 p.m
Tuesday	9:00 a.m	9:00 p.m
Wednesday	9:00 a.m	9:00 p.m
Thursday	9:00 a.m	9:00 p.m.
Friday	9:00 a.m	6:00 p.m
Saturday	(by request only)
Sunday	Closed

Some of the programs/equipment available in the ASD Lab are:

• Kurzweil
  • Reads scanned and electronic text aloud using human sounding synthetic speech. Words are highlighted in contrast as they are spoken. A useful tool for students with dyslexia and attention deficit disorder (ADD).
• Naturally Speaking
  • Voice controlled word processor. Allows the user to dictate sentences to the computer by converting voice into text. The program can be used to compose e-mail messages, create reports, draft letters, edit proposals, and more, just by speaking.
• Jaws for Windows
  • Works with Dragon to provide computer access to students who have a visual impairment, blindness, or a learning disability. It verbally reads back what has been typed on the document. A useful tool for having the computer read aloud a text based document.
• View Enlargers
  • Both hardware and software (screen Magnifier). Presents the ability to enlarge either printed or electronic documentation
• Jawbone
  • Ties Dragon Dictate and Jaws together. Learning disabled and blind students can benefit from this program
• Duxbury Translation Software
  • Braille translation program. Takes written text and converts it to Braille.
• Read and Write
  • This is a support program to help people with reading and writing difficulties while using their computer. It can read text aloud and help you construct words and sentences using word prediction. It has a talking dyslexic spell checker and a built in screen reader.
• Keynote Companion
  • Little computer to type notes on. This was designed for people who are blind or visually impaired.

There are also many other tools in the lab to aid the student to a successful college experience.

• Screen Magnifier
• Optical Character Recognition
• EnVision (remote video teleconferencing)
• Macintosh Text Reader
• Adjustable Tables (to accommodate wheel chairs)
• Portable Fluorescent Lightbox
• Telesensory Enlarger
• Hands Free Magnifier
• Hand Held Magnifier
• Compact Closed Captioned TV/VCR Combo
• Tape Recorders
• Video Phone (Sorenson Media)
• TTY

You can schedule appointments or reserve resources by contacting one of the following:
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Contacts
The staff at UVSC Accessibility Services is dedicated to helping you succeed in your education. Your primary contact from ASD will be the Academic Advisor for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The Manager of Deaf Services will work with your advisor to set up service providers. If you have any questions when one of these individuals is not available, please ask someone at the front desk.

Academic Advisor for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• Advises Deaf and Hard of Hearing students concerning the choice of academic courses to meet their goals
• Refers Deaf and Hard of Hearing students toward their major advisor
• Assists in advising students and discusses academic and vocational courses
• Helps new and returning students with registration and class schedules
• Explains requirements for placement in academic programs and test results
• Serves as liaison between support services in improving specialized programs for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Provides recruitment information for prospective students
• Assists in counseling students in the program
• Part of the committee to hire interpreters/typist
• Prepares reports, statistics, files and data for the students
• Provides forms for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students
• Has resource information for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community
• Meets with Deaf and Hard of Hearing students/employees
• Works with the Manager of Deaf Services

Manager of Deaf Services

• Supervises certified interpreters to include hiring, training, and discipline
• Hires, trains, provides, and coordinates various types of interpreting services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Recruits interpreters/typists
• Schedules interpreters for classes or events that are within the interpreter's ability and language. (Not only interpreters but typists as well.) Rearranges schedules when interpreters/typists are sick or notified by advisor for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing when students drop/add their classes
• Develosp grants
• Part of the committee to hire interpreters/typist
• Completes and submits necessary paperwork including time cards, no-show forms, and gathering documents
• Provides workshops for interpreters to develop their sign skills, and understand the code of ethics.
• Meets with interpreters and typists
• Works with Advisor for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Oversees mentoring program as well as mentors
• Manages captaining project

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Getting Started for Classes
To get set up for classes and services at UVSC, first contact the Advisor for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
You will need to submit an audiogram for documentation. Once we have received your documentation, you will be required to fill out the following forms and submit them to the Advisor for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. You may print these forms and return them to ASD or pick up the forms in our office. Please complete and return all forms before that semester's deadline so that you may qualify for priority registration. Services are provided on a first come, first serve basis and cannot be guaranteed if deadlines are not met by the student.

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Forms
Dropped Classes
Request for Note Taking Services
Student Agreement for Peer Note taking Services
Request for Interpreter and Typist (Fall or Spring)
Request for Interpreter and Typist (Summer Only)