Hard of Hearing links

ORGANIZATIONS

SAYWHATCLUB:
http://www.saywhatclub.com/
The SayWhatClub is an on-line group of about 400 folks who provide support and encouragement to each other through e-mail. They have a great convention every year and several mini-get-togethers throughout the year in different parts of the country. Highly Recommended!
HEARING LOOP ORG.
http://www.hearingloop.org/
Let's loop America! Don't know what this means? Go to this site and find out. England and other European countries are doing this, and so should we. One of the most important sites on this list! Go there!
SELF-HELP FOR THE HARD OF HEARING (SHHH):
http://hearingloss.org/hearingloss.org-asp/index.html
Large organization focuses on using hearing aids and assistive listening devices to help hard of hearing folks. Also often lobbies government for legislature helpful to HOH population. Very nice magazine comes with membership. Highly recommended.
ASSOCIATION FOR LATE-DEAFENED ADULTS
http://www.alda.org/
"ALDA was formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1987. Most of those that gathered there were total strangers who had never met or talked to another deafened person, yet they found themselves wonderfully comfortable with one another. There was an unspoken feeling of understanding and patience with each other's communication difficulties. The marvelous sense of fellowship lasted and led to more social gatherings and self help support groups, which swiftly evolved into the Association of Late Deafened Adults (ALDA)." Famous for their wonderful conventions.
BEYOND HEARING:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/4727/bhframe.htm
Beyond Hearing started as a listserver (bhLIST) that supports people with hearing loss. This is the place for anyone interested in hearing loss to share ideas, ask (and answer) questions, or find support from other people who have a hearing loss. Moderated list, focused totally on dealing with hearing loss--no chat. Highly recommended.
AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION:
http://www.ata.org/
American Tinnitus Association is the national champion of tinnitus awareness, prevention, and treatment. Highly Recommended.

EDUCATIONAL
DR. NAGLER'S TINNITUS SITE
http://tinn.com/index.shtml
Dr. Nagler is famous for his work with tinnitus patients. Here, many of your questions will be answered.
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF AUDIOLOGISTS
http://www.audiology.org/consumer/
Here are the experts with lots of needed information, especially is you are new to being hard of hearing. Recommended.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/
A must-read site to find out what your rights are under this act concerning access, hearing dogs, employment rights, etc. Highly Recommended.
ASL FINGERSPELLING SITE
http://where.com/scott.net/asl/
Great site to learn to fingerspell with fun practice quizzes. Highly recommended.
DEAF WEB WASHINGTON
http://www.deafweb.org/
Targeted for people living in Washington State, this website has many interesting articles. Worth looking into!
HARD OF HEARING ADVOCATES
http://www.hohadvocates.org/
"The goal of Hard of Hearing Advocates is to help hard of hearing people by creating and implementing programs and solutions where HOH people have undue problems. We are a non-profit foundation run by volunteers and assisting peers. We seek the advice of industry and others, but to avoid concerns of bias, our functional body is HOH people." Order their Hard of Hearing Awareness package for hospital stays! Important site.
HEARING HEALTH MAGAZINE
http://www.pathcom.com/~mimis/
A publication of the Deafness Research Foundation. Lots of interesting articles.
THE HEARING REVIEW
http://www.hearingreview.com/default.htm
Many, many past issues on-line. Emphasizes information about specific hearing instruments and products.
THE EAR FOUNDATION
http://theearfound.com/
Since they don't have an "about" section on their site, it's rather difficult to decide what they do. But it's an interesting site, so take a look.
LEAGUE FOR HARD OF HEARING
http://www.lhh.org/
A not-for-profit hearing rehabilitation and human services agency for infants, children and adults who are hard of hearing, deaf and deaf-blind. Located in NYC and Oakland Park, FL, but lots of info on their site.
CAPTIONED MEDIA PROGRAM
http://www.cfv.org/
"CAPTIONED MEDIA PROGRAM provides a free-loan media program of over 4,000 open-captioned titles (videos, CD-ROM, and DVD). Deaf and hard of hearing persons, teachers, parents, and others may borrow materials. There are no rental, registration, or postage fees. Several hundred titles are also streamed on the CMP web site." Highly recommended.
U.S. ACCESS BOARD
http://www.access-board.gov/
Info about what the Federal Access Board is doing about cell phones and classroom acoustics, etc. Includes info for all types of handicaps, not just hearing loss. Very important site.
NATIONAL TEMPORAL BONE REGISTRY
http://www.tbregistry.org/
You can donate your temporal bone to science. This site tells you how and why. Highly recommended.
HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE
http://www.hei.org/
Famous ear clinic. Site has a hearing test.
AT&T RELAY SERVIES
http://www.consumer.att.com/relay/
TTY, Internet and Video relay services explained and you can use the site to use your computer to make calls!
HELP FOR HEARING LOSS
http://www.consumer.att.com/relay/
"Hearing Loss Web is dedicated to people who have hearing loss, but are not members of the traditional Deaf community. This includes people who consider themselves to be hearing impaired, hard of hearing, late deafened, and oral deaf. We provide information on events, issues, medical topics, resources, and technology related to hearing loss.” Has a great email newsletter everyone with a hearing loss should subscribe to! Highly Recommended.
THE INTERACTIVE EAR
http://www.hearingcenteronline.com/ear.shtml
Unusual site where you can click on "Click here to enter interactive ear" and see how we process sound (or should process sound).
ACCESS-ABLE TRAVEL SOURCE
http://www.access-able.com/graphical_index.html
What a site. From to travel agents used to dealing with people with disabilities, to places around the world with good accommodations, to cruise ships, this is the site if you are making travel plans and need accessibility!
INFORMED CONSUMER GUIDE TO ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR PEOPLE WITH HEARING DISABILITIES
http://www.abledata.com/Site_2/icg_hear.htm
Extensive site explaining lots of information. Many resources, although it's too bad none of them have been updated with internet links.

COMMERCIAL SITES - LET'S GO SHOPPING!
EARWEAR
http://www.pathcom.com/~mimis/
Behind-the ear hearing aid covers in just colors on funky styles like a banana. Fun site!
AUDEX
http://www.audex.com/home.html
Extremely responsive business with some unique items--check out their CHAAMP for Nokia Cell phones.
WESTONE
http://www.westone.com/
A commercial site which has many unusual products I'd never seen until I went there. Special earmolds for ear buds and earphones, stethoscopes, and for musicians along with other helpful products. Check out the "hearing amplification" section.
HARRIS COMMUNICATIONS
http://harriscomm.com/
Probably the biggest catalog resource for hearing loss products out there. Extensive website.
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE.COM
http://www.palatineinc.com/index.html
Several sign language products for sale to use with your computer.
ABOUT LIST OF SIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES
http://deafness.about.com/msubdict.htm?once=true&
Nice list of dictionaries, both on-line and actual books.
SOUNDBITES
http://www.soundbytes.com/cgi-bin/soundbytes/index.html
Buy many products on-line
ALL MAKE HEARING AID REPAIR BY THE EXPERTS
http://www.expertaidrepair.com/index.htm
I can't guarantee this site does as it claims, but it might be worth a try with old aids.
SOURCES OF HEARING AID AND COCLEUR IMPLANT FUNDING
http://www.listen-up.org/haidfund.htm
Has just what it's title says it does. Highly recommended.
HEARINGEXCHANGE
http://www.hearingexchange.com/?source=Sprinks
An online community for the exchange of ideas and information on hearing loss and related issues. Founder is herself profoundly HOH and has a cochlear implant. One of her children is also HOH.
WWROC OUTREACH SITE AT WESTERN OREGAN UNIVERSITY
http://www.wou.edu/education/sped/nwoc/ald.htm#Companies
More links (I know, just what you need) for hearing loss information. Looks to me to be the most extensive one on the WWW. Recommended.
HOW TO READ YOUR HEARING TEST
http://www.earinfo.com/howread1.html
Graphically shows you how to read your audiogram. A little clunky. But recommended.
CANADIAN HEARING SOCIETY
http://www.chs.ca/
For our great neighbors to the north, here is a site just for you!
EAR INFO
http://www.earinfo.com/
Lots of miscellaneous information, especially about particular hearing aids, although it hasn't been upgraded since 1999.
FREE HEARING TEST
http://www.freehearingtest.com/core.shtml
Test your hearing and let others hear the way you do with a simulated hearing loss audio.
HEALTHY HEARING
http://www.healthyhearing.com/healthyhearing/newroot/default.asp
Lots of information here. Highly recommended.

MENIERE'S DISEASE SITES

I do not have Meniere's, so did not have any sites bookmarked for myself. I did a search in Google and found these to be of interest. Hopefully they will get you started and you can follow links inside each one to find out even more information.
THE MENIERE'S PAGE
http://oto.wustl.edu/men/
University page with extensive general information about the disease and links.
MENIERE'S ORG.
http://www.menieres.org/
A homey site with poetry, an email list, live chats, and journals.

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SITES ABOUT DOGS FOR THE DEAF
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ASSISTIVE DOG PARTNERS.
http://www.iaadp.org/
ASSISTIVE DOG INFORMATION PAGE
http://home.att.net/~care4k9/Service.html
RV HOMETOWN DOGS FOR THE DEAF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
http://www.rvhometown.com/HTML/Volunteer/Dogs_for_Deaf.htm
DOGS FOR THE DEAF, INC.
http://www.dogsforthedeaf.org/
SERVICE DOGS THROUGHOUT THE US
http://deafness.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inch.com%2F%7Edogs%2Fservice.htm
If you need to find a place in your state which trains dogs, here is a source. .
MY DOG MY EARS.COM
http://www.mydog-myears.com/
A man and his hearing dog. A personal story, and with several more links to personal stories. Recommended.
GOLDEN EARS
http://hometown.aol.com/goldnears1/index.html
For folks in the Seattle, WA, area, but some good general info about hearing dogs.

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"The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing." --Saudi Arabian Proverb