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Who is Eligible for Equipment?
To be eligible, a person must:
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Be a resident of the State of
Oklahoma
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Be 60 years of age or older
for the hearing aid program
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Provide verification (proof)
of:Hearing or speech impairment
(Not required for hearing aid program): loss severe enough
to require use of TTY or amplifier to use the telephone.
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List any other contributing disability (i.e. blindness,
visual impairment, physical disability, etc.) This must be
verifiable.
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Income: (See form for
details)
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Requests for Captioned Telephones (CapTel) require an
audiogram.
Qualified Professionals
The following persons are
qualified to verify applicant's disability:
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Any physician licensed to
practice medicine in the State of Oklahoma
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Audiologist.
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Speech pathologist.
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Vocational Rehabilitation
Counselor.
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Other individual or agency
with records to verify disability.
If you need more information, Contact the
Equipment Distribution Program Office
at:
Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Oklahoma School for the Deaf
1100 East Oklahoma Street Sulphur, OK 73086-3108
Video Phone:
866-327-9986, or
866-327-0799
Please note; The hearing aid
program only has sufficient funds to provide ONE non-digital
hearing aid per person. |
