KCDHH Communicator, Connecting you to Current News Team Kentucky: Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, An Agency of the Education and Labor Cabinet
VOLUME 42, NO. 10
November 2024

"Moore Safe Nights" Weather Radio Distribution Program

Are you a deaf or hard of hearing person living in Kentucky? Do you feel like you're always out of the loop when bad weather comes to your area? Would you like some peace of mind for when bad weather approaches you while you're sleeping?

Thanks to the partnership with Kentucky Emergency Management (KyEM); you now can apply for a free weather radio for the deaf and hard of hearing using our online application now!



Kentucky Hands & Voices; Breakfast with Santa in Richmond

Note: This event is ONLY for children who are deaf or hard of hearing, their families, the professionals who serve them, and D/HH adults. It is not open to the public. Click on the picture above to register.


PAH Club, Inc.; Dinner with Santa in Louisville

Click on picture above to register. This event is proudly sponsored by the Center Accessible for Living (CAL), Language in Motion (LIM) Interpreting Agency, ASL Interpreting Services (ASL-IS) Agency, the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the PAH Club.


Spotlight on Mental Health

Notice: Recovery Café Lexington office hours change, beginning December 5, 2024

Contact Ron Marrow at rondeafcpss@gmail.com and/or 859-303-9163 (VP)


Tech Updates

Top-rated Caption Apps

When you have hearing loss, a captioned phone is handy at home, but what about when you're on the go? Fortunately, if you have a smartphone, help is only a caption app away.

Healthy Hearing compiled some of the higher-rated captioning service apps, most of which convert phone calls and social conversations into text.

Check out their top picks for smartphone apps that can live-caption speech!


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