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The Rockville headquarters of Viable Inc., which provides video interpreting services for hearing-impaired people, was visited by federal investigators recently, and the company is "cooperating fully" with investigators, a Viable spokesman said.

Glenn Lockhart said in an e-mail Saturday that federal investigators visited the company's headquarters in June. He referred specific questions to company attorney Timothy Sullivan, who did not return calls seeking comment on the reason for the investigation Monday.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for Maryland did not return calls, either.

"Regardless, our service has remained 24/7 without downtime," Lockhart said. "We are still providing top-notch video relay services to deaf and hard of hearing individuals who rely on our technologies for their telephone calls to family, businesses and everyone else important in their lives."

Viable's offerings include videoconferencing hardware and software, and video-based and on-site interpreting services.

The business has grown from a handful of employees in 2006 to more than 240 employees, with most workers hearing-impaired. It has numerous call centers in Maryland and other states.

Last year, Viable was named one of The Gazette of Politics and Business' Exceptional 53 businesses and nonprofits.