We would like to take this opportunity to share with you a free service provided to all Hard-of-Hearing and Deaf people in the State of Illinois. 

The Illinois Telecommunications Access Corporation (ITAC) has been a provider of equipment for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late Deafened, Speech-Disabled, and Deaf-Blind since 1988.  They recently launched a voucher program that provides amplified telephones to the hearing impaired AT NO CHARGE.  These phones have been designed with the hearing impaired in mind, providing levels of amplification that are difficult to find in regular phones.  Controls on the phone allow the user to adjust the volume of the speaker as well as the ringer.  The phones are hearing aid compatible, but can be used without hearing aids as well.

There are no age or income restrictions to take advantage of this service.  The requirements are:

• Be a legal resident of the State of Illinois.
• Have working landline phone service in your home.
• Be certified by a physician, audiologist, speech-language pathologist, or DHS/DRS counselor.

The application can be downloaded directly from the ITAC website.  For this, and more information, please click on the link: http://www.itactty.org 

Please feel free to contact our office with any questions regarding this program.  Applications are available in our office as well.  Many of our patients have taken advantage of this service and are very satisfied with their new phones!