Hearing Assistive Technology ~ TTY/TDD Device

Hearing Assistive Technology makes sound accessible to people with a hearing loss. This particular device that I chose may look like a regular phone or somewhat like a typewriter. TTY/TDD devices use normal phone lines to communicate. TTY/TDD stands for a group of telecommunication devices that make it easier for deaf and/or hearing impair people to talk over telephone lines. TTY stands for telephone typewriter, teletypewriter or text messages back and forth. TDD stands for Telecommunications Device for the Deaf. Usually these devices are all classify under TTY/TDD. Sometimes TTY means manual devices such as typewriters, TDD devices usually means computer assisted or digital devices. For the most part, a TTY/TDD device is the size of a typewriter or a small computer