Welcome!
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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 issues,
medical topics, resources,
and technology, and events
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What's
HOT! |
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Interested in our perceptions of the current trends in the hearing
loss world! We read many of the email lists, subscribe to lots of
publications, and attend conventions every year. So we think we have a
pretty good pulse on what's going on! Here are our thoughts on current
trends: |
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In
the News |
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Here
are quick excerpts of hearing loss stories in the news, along
with links to more complete coverage! |
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Sorenson Resumes Disinformation Campaign |
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Remember last year when Sorenson enraged the HOH community by
claiming that Video Relay Service (VRS) serves their needs?
Well, they've just kicked it up a notch by claiming that ASL is
the native language of HOH folks! |
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Relay Services and HOH Folks: Why Don't They
Want to Serve You? |
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Video Relay
provides functionally equivalent telephone service for the signing
community, but the relay services for the HOH community aren't
nearly as elegant, despite the relative ease with which they could
be provided? Have you ever wondered why that is? |
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Coverage of the 2007 HLAA Convention |
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Here's our coverage of the 2007 HLAA (formerly SHHH) convention.
With stories flowing in from THREE reporters, this is out most
comprehensive convention coverage ever! |
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Coverage of the 2007 SayWhatClub Convention |
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Here's our coverage of the 2007 SayWhatClub convention, which took
place in Las Vegas in May. Our own Larry Sivertson was the keynote
speaker, and our coverage includes his inspiring address! |
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Awakening
Oral Hearing Loss Community |
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Members of the oral hearing loss community
(hard of hearing, late-deafened, and oral deaf folks) are demanding
services and appropriate accommodations. Increasingly aware that they
comprise over 95% of the people with hearing loss, their voices are
increasingly being raised and heard! Awakening OHL Community |
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Support
Our Sponsors |
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This site is available at no cost, because of the support of
the organizations that advertise here and in our
free award-winning email newsletter.
Sponsor messages on this site are in the
following categories:
Employment Opportunities
Education Opportunities
Hearing Loss Products and Services
Local Products and Services
Hearing
Loss Events
Please take a minute to view our sponsors' messages. And when
you contact them, please mention that you saw their ad on Hearing
Loss Web. Thank You!
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Resource
Directories |
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Our Resource Directories are like hearing loss classifieds - jobs,
events, products, and services here in one convenient location!
If you're looking for products and services that are national in
scope - things like phones, ALDs, publications, national organizations,
hearing aid maintenance and repairs, etc., please visit our National
Resource Directory Home Page.
If you're looking for a local audiologist, hearing loss organization,
captioned movie, church service, etc., you'll want to visit our Local
Resource Directory for your area. The directories for many southern
California communities and for Denver and Chicago are up and running. To check it out,
visit the Local Resource Directory Home Page
and click on your city.
We've just added an Events listing to this website! Organized by
date, it lists hearing loss events throughout the country. So, if you're
looking for a convention, expo, meeting, or other activity, do have a
look at the Hearing
Loss Web Events Listings.
Looking for a job? Got a job opening you're trying to fill? Then
check out the Hearing Loss Web Employment
Opportunities Section.
Or maybe you'd like to get some additional education or training. Our
Education/Training
Opportunities Section can help you find the right situation.
And please be sure to let people know that you found them on Hearing
Loss Web!
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Chapters |
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Issues and their resolution continue to be a
hot topic among the hearing loss community. Check here to find out what really
sets us off and what we're doing about it.
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Medical aspects of hearing loss are
receiving increased attention from the medical and scientific community.
Here's where you can find out about current developments.
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Resources take many forms. It can be an
organization that informs us about a new device to assist us, a group of hard of
hearing, late deafened, or oral deaf people who REALLY understand a situation that has us upset, or someone who can
tell us how she successfully resolved our current problem.
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Technology
greatly improves access for people with hearing loss. There are so many new things that can really make a difference in our
lives. Read about them here.
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opportunity to learn new coping strategies, lobby for access, or socialize with
friends. Here's information on some national events. |
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Visit
our Sponsor Network members
Hearing
Exchange || Say
What Club |
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New to Hearing Loss ? |
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If you're new to hearing loss, you may not know enough about it to be
able to ask the right questions. So we've tried to ask and answer the
most common questions from "hearing loss newbies". But we've
done it in a way that lets YOU control how much about each topic you
read. We think you'll like our New to Hearing
Loss page.
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Finding Information on This Site |
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This is a large site with lots of information. Perhaps the best way
to find what you're looking for is to look at the links in the left
column. Topics are categorized under main headings, which should help
you locate the information you're seeking. Note that this column is
included in every page of this site to help you find your way around.
If you're looking
for very specific information on a particular topic, your best bet might be to search
this site.
Finally, you may choose to
scroll down to the chapter descriptions below, and follow the links in
that section to increasingly detailed and specific categories of
information. However you choose to navigate this site, we hope you'll
find it useful!
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Our
Mission |
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Hard of hearing, late deafened, and oral deaf Americans are
unrecognized and underserved. They have not been successful at educating
the public concerning their situation or at getting their needs met.
This website will focus on changing that reality.
Our goals are:
1) To provide resources to assist the hard of hearing, late deafened,
and oral deaf population to fully participate in mainstream American
society
2) To educate members of the hearing world about our hard of hearing,
late deafened, and oral deaf population |
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Discussion
Forum |
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We are very excited to announce the addition of our Discussion Forum.
Do you have a gripe you want to get off your chest? Or maybe you want to
let others know about a great resource you found. Or just see what
others in the hearing loss community have to say. Check it out on our Discussion
Forum.
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Contact Us |
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Looking for
information that we don't provide? Find a broken link? Want to share
your opinion about something on our site. Please, please, please let
us know what you think!
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