Australian Association of the Deaf is the national peak body managed by Deaf people that represents, promotes, preserves, and informs the development of, the Australian Deaf Community, its language and cultural heritage.
TTY: (07) 3357 8277
Ph (voice): (07) 3357 8266
Fax: (07) 3357 8377
Email: aad@aad.org.au
Website: www.aad.org.auAustralian Caption Centre is Australia 's leading media access organisation and one of the largest captioning companies in the world.
TTY: (02) 9288 9392
Ph (voice): (02) 9212 5277
Fax: (02) 9281 2198
Email: acc@auscap.com.au
Website: www.auscap.com.auACE is a not for profit company undertaking to ensure equity of access to communication channels for Australians who are Deaf, or have a hearing or speech impairment.
TTY: 1800 555 630
Ph (voice): 1800 555 660
Fax: 1800 555 690
Email: feedback@aceinfo.net.au
Web: www.aceinfo.net.auAustralian Hearing is a Government agency delivering hearing services to eligible Australians. (Check www.hearing.com.au for eligibility criteria).
TTY: (02) 9412 6802
Ph (voice): 131 797
Fax: (02) 9413 3855
Email: enquiry@hearing.com.au
Web: www.hearing.com.auASLIA (NSW) advocates for the use of professional interpreting services and provides professional development, regular mailouts with information about interpreting and a support network for Auslan interpreters in NSW.
Fax: c/- Deaf Society of NSW – (02) 9893 8333
Email: aslia_nsw@yahoo.com.au
Web: www.deafsocietynsw.org/aslianswATOD produces theatrical performances and workshops for deaf and hearing school and community audiences.
TTY: (02) 9310 1205
Ph (voice): (02) 9310 1255
Fax: (02) 9318 2835
Mobile: 0421 828 222
Email: info@atod.org.au
Web: www.atod.org.auBetter Hearing Australia is a non-profit, self-help organisation controlled by its members and provides an Australia-wide community support service of rehabilitation and help for Australia's hearing impaired.
TTY: (03) 9510 3499
Ph (voice): (03) 9510 1577
Fax: (03) 9510 6076
Email: bhavic@betterhearing.org.au
Website: www.betterhearing.com.auA social group for the Deaf gay and lesbian community.
SMS: 0404 224 134
Email: dtroz@bigpond.com.auThe Deaf Society of NSW provides a range of services and programs to people who use Auslan (Australian Sign Language) as their preferred means of communication.
TTY: (02) 9893 8858 or 1800 893 885
Ph (voice): (02) 9893 8555 or 1800 893 855
Fax: (02) 9893 8333 or 1800 898 333
Email: info@deafsociety.com
Website: www.deafsocietynsw.org.auDSA is the peak body for deaf sport in Australia, focussed on facilitating the access of deaf and hard of hearing people to the best sporting opportunities available in Australia.
TTY: (03) 9473 1191
Ph (voice): (03) 9473 1154
Fax: (03) 9473 1122
Email: dsa@deafsports.org.au
Website: www.deafsports.org.auDeafblind Association is committed to support the interests and needs of people with multiple disabilities including deafblindness.
TTY: (03) 9882 6786
Ph (voice): (03) 9882 7055
Fax: (03) 9882 9210
Email: info@dba.asn.au
Web: www.dba.asn.auDeafness Forum is a peak consumer body for hard of hearing/hearing impaired people in NSW. The organisation coordinates Hearing Awareness Week.
TTY: (02) 9713 9903
Email: deaftechn@optusnet.com.au
Web: www.deafnesscouncilofnsw.org.auDeafness Forum is the peak body for deafness in Australia, representing all interests and viewpoints of the Deaf and hearing impaired communities.
TTY: (02) 6262 7809
Ph (voice): (02) 6262 7808
Fax: (02) 6262 7810
Email: info@deafnessforum.org.au
Web: www.deafnessforum.org.auDRA is committed to providing technology and resources to people who are Deaf or hard of hearing (and their family, friends, employers, educators and audiologists) and Auslan students.
TTY: (02) 9895 2971
Ph (voice): (02) 9895 2970
Fax: (02) 9895 2972
Email: dra@deafnessresources.net.au
Web: www.deafnessresources.net.auEphpheta Centre Ephpheta Centre is a Catholic centre for Deaf people in the Parramatta, Sydney and Broken Bay dioceses providing a variety of activities, regular signed Masses and social activities for Deaf/hearing impaired youth.
TTY: (02) 9764 4520
Ph (voice): (02) 9764 4711
Fax: (02) 9764 4722
Email: office@ephpheta.org.auWeb: www.ephpheta.org.au
The Early Learning Program of the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) caters for children with hearing impairment and their families. The program helps children from the time of diagnosis of their hearing loss, until school entry.
TTY/V: (02) 9872 0347
Fax: (02) 9871 2196
email: elphi@ridbc.org.au
Website: www.ridbc.org.auInner West skills Centre / JOB Futures Burwood Inner West Skills Centre assists people in all aspects of finding a job. Services include providing help with resume writing, job search related costs and workplace modification.
TTY: (02) 8741 2037
Ph (voice): (02) 8741 2002
Fax: (02) 9747 1463
Email: margaret@jobskills.com.au
Web: www.jobfutures.com.auA family-friendly audiology clinic at the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, offering a full range of children's audiological services
TTY/V: (02) 9872 0872
Fax: (02) 9872 0873
Email: audiology@ridbc.org.au
Website: www.ridbc.org.auMakaton Resource Centre (Australia) Makaton is a form of sign language using key word sign and gesture. This centre is the national representative of Makaton Australia.
Ph (voice): (02) 4921 6293
Fax: (02) 4921 6939
Email: makaton@newcastle.edu.au
Web: www.newcastle.edu.au/centre/sed/makatonMedia Access Australia MAA is a non-profit organisation that works in collaboration with consumer organisations, Government and industry across the country to provide information to the public on captioning across all mediums and bring access to media to disadvantaged people across Australia .
TTY: (02) 9212 6242
Ph (voice): (02) 9212 6242
Fax: (02) 9212 6289
Email: info@mediaaccess.org.au
Website: www.mediaaccess.org.auMullauna Village Mullauna Village is a retirement centre situated at Blacktown and run by the Uniting Church of Australia which caters for the specific needs of Deaf people.
Ph (voice): (02) 9831 6022
TTY: (02) 9678 9020
Fax: (02) 9831 4285
Email: mullauna@bigfoot.com.auNational Relay Service (NRS) 
The National Relay Service is a telephone relay service that allows people who are deaf or have a hearing, speech or other communication impairment to make phone calls.
TTY: 1800 555 630
Ph (voice): 1800 555 660
Fax: 1800 555 690
Email: helpdesk@relayservice.com.au
Web: www.relayservice.com.auMake a Relay Call
TTY/Voice 133 677
Voice only 1300 555 727
Emergency TTF 106Nova Employment and Training Nova Employment has a Deaf employment service working out of the following offices if you make an appointment first. Miranda, Hurstville, Campbelltown, Blacktown, Penrith and Richmond. We help people who are Deaf to find employment and provide onsite support in the work.
TTY: (02) 4625 8395
Ph (voice): (02) 4625 7888
Fax: (02) 4625 5955
Email: david@novaemployment.com.au
Web: www.deafjobscom.auNSW Deaf Senior Citizens Association A mutual support group for Deaf people over 55 years of age who use Auslan. Branches located in Sydney, Newcastle and Woolongong.
TTY: (02) 9797 0402
Fax: (02) 9799 3784NSW Disability Discrimination Legal Centre Provides legal information and advocacy for people with disabilities.
TTY: (02) 9310 4320
Ph (voice): (02) 9310 7722 or 1800 800 708 (NSW Only)
Fax: (02) 9310 7788
Email: info@ddlcnsw.org.au
Web: www.ddlcnsw.org.auParent Council for Deaf Education (PCDE) Mutual support group and lobbyist for parents of deaf / hearing impaired children focussing on education.
TTY: (02) 9871 3026
Ph (voice): (02) 9871 3049
Fax: (02) 9871 3193
Email: pcde@bigpond.com
Web: www.pcde.orgThe Renwick Centre A centre for research and professional studies in the education of children with sensory disabilities (affiliated with the University of Newcastle and administered by the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children)
TTY/V: (02) 9872 0303
Fax: (02) 9873 1614
Email: renwickenq@ridbc.org.au
Website: www.ridbc.org.auRoberta Reid Centre A preschool providing special education for preschool-aged Deaf children who use Auslan (Australian Sign Language).
TTY/V: (02) 9872 0306
Fax: (02) 9872 0349
Email: robertareid@ridbc.org.au
Website: www.ridbc.org.auRoyal Institute of Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children is Australia 's oldest and largest independent special educator. RIDBC provides a wide range of innovative educational services to children who are deaf, hearing impaired, blind or vision impaired, including children with additional disabilities.
TTY: (02) 9871 1233
Ph (voice): (02) 9871 1233
Fax: (02) 9871 2196
Email: online@ridbc.org.au
Web: www.ridbc.org.auSHHH Australia SHHH Australia Inc. is a voluntary, non-profit educational organisation dedicated to helping Australians with a hearing loss and whose primary method of communication is through speech.
Ph (voice): (02) 9144 7586
Fax: (02) 9144 3936
Email: shhh@netspace.net.au
Web: www.shhhaust.orgSydney Cochlear Implant Centre Provides services to people of all ages who are considering or who have received cochlear implants. The centre aims to assist adults and children with severe/profound hearing impairment reach their potential using the cochlear implant to facilitate integration into a hearing & speaking world
TTY: (02) 9844 6800
Ph (voice): (02) 9844 6800
Fax: (02) 9844 6811
Email: scicadmin@scic.nsw.gov.au
Web: www.scic.nsw.gov.auThomas Pattison School An innovative school at the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children meeting the needs of students from Kindergarten to Year 10 who use Australian Sign Language (Auslan) as their first or preferred language.
TTY: (02) 9872 0360
Ph (voice): (02) 9872 0238
Fax: (02) 9872 0221
Email: tps@ridbc.org.au
Web: www.ridbc.org.au
