{"id":405,"date":"2013-11-10T20:38:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T04:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.valleyaudiology.com\/va2015\/?p=393"},"modified":"2013-11-10T20:38:38","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T04:38:38","slug":"california-telephone-access-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valleyaudiology.com\/california-telephone-access-program\/","title":{"rendered":"California Telephone Access Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many of you already have amplified telephones from the Cal- ifornia Telephone Access Program (CTAP). As excited as we are to promote this excellent program, there are always some of our patients who have never heard of it<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Everyone in the state of Califor- nia with a phone line in their home pays a few cents a month on their bill to support the CTAP program. The program provides telephones at no charge for people who have trouble with their hearing, vi- sion, speech or mobility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To qualify for the program your audiologist or doctor signs a form confirming your disability. You send in the form and the CTAP program mails you a phone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If you have received a phone in the past that is no longer meet- ing your needs, come in to talk to us about it. We can send a new form into the program and they will send you an updated phone.<\/p>\n

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Even if you feel you hear fine on the phone with your hear- ing aids on, you probably don\u2019t wear your aids 24×7. You may want to have the amplified telephone in your bedroom in case of emergency in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As Audiologists, Robert and I can sign forms for hearing loss only. However, many of the telephones for the hearing im- paired include vision and mobility access through large buttons or cordless options. If you want a phone to help with your vision or mobility problem only, then you\u2019ll need to have the form signed by your medical doctor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

CTAP has given us a binder of telephone option if you want to see what the phones look like.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
More information is available online at www.myctap.org<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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