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Communication Access, Training and Technology Services

The CATTS Department acts as the initial information resource for the public related to issues of deafness and hearing loss, including communication access training.

  • ASL Video: CATTS Department

  • Overview of CATT Services

  • MCDHH Sponsorship of Communication Access for Community Based Events

  • Abridged Online Training

    A short online self training powerpoint presentation that refers to Communicating Effectively with Deaf, Late Deafened and Hard of Hearing People.

  • Basic Signs for Law Enforcement

  • Request Free Inservice or Educational Training

    The Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing provides free professional and educational inservices/presentations to other organizations, agencies, and businesses seeking to improve their effectiveness in interacting with people who are deaf and hard of hearing.

  • The Savvy Consumer's Guide to Hearing Loss

    This book, written by Karen Rockow, Ph.D, remains one of our most requested publications. It is filled with invaluable information for all those who find themselves in the difficult transition from being "hearing" to becoming Deaf or Severely Hard of Hearing.

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