New Website for Teens with Hearing Loss Launched

February 2010

Editor: Hearing loss is isolating for everyone, and perhaps even more for teens. Arielle Schacter, daughter of advocate Janice Schacter, has created a website to help teens who struggle with hearing loss issues. You can visit the new site at http://bf4life-hearing.weebly.com . Here's the press release.

The website, bf4life-hearing or "best friends for life minus hearing" http://bf4life-hearing.weebly.com announced the launch of their
Website. The site, designed by 15-year old Arielle Schacter, is designed to provide teens with hearing loss up to date information on hearing issues and a forum for teens to use as a social connector to meet other teens with hearing loss.

"I never meet another person just like me who is deaf or hard of hearing. I started thinking that if I can't meet people who have a hearing loss, then probably tons of other kids have the same difficulties!" said Arielle Schacter, the founder and of the bf4life-hearing.

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About Arielle Schacter:

Arielle, a fifteen-year-old, has been an advocate for children like her with hearing loss. She has been on Inside City Hall twice, appeared in People and The New York Times, testified before the U.S. Access Board and held a press conference with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer. She is, currently, interning for Congresswoman Maloney.