organizations of, by, and for people with hearing loss
back to "New to
Hearing Loss"
Coping with hearing loss is an ongoing challenge. Fortunately, many
organizations have been established by and for people with hearing loss.
These organizations tend to vary somewhat in mission and focus, but all
have the primary purpose of assisting hard of hearing, late deafened,
and oral deaf persons. For a thorough discussion of the kinds of issues
these organizations deal with, see our issues that affect hard of hearing, late deafened, and oral deaf people
discussion.
The following
links provide general information about these organizations and
generally contain a link to their website.
Alexander
Graham Bell Association works to empower deaf and hard of hearing
people.
The American Association of the Deaf-Blind is
an organization of, by, and for people with both hearing and vision
loss.
The American Tinnitus Association focuses on
the relief, prevention, and eventual cure of tinnitus.
The Association of
Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss is for individuals who have
significant hearing loss but enjoy making music. The organization
strives to show the world that loss of hearing does not have to mean the
loss of music.
Association of Late Deafened Adults (ALDA)
focuses on education and support for late-deafened persons.\
The Association of
Medical Professionals with Hearing Loss (AMPHL) supports medical
professionals with hearing loss.
The Captioned Media Program loans
captioned videos to people with hearing loss, and even pays the postage
both ways.
The Coalition for Movie Captioning advocates
for movies to be fully accessible to people with hearing loss.
DeafGA is a new
online group for attorneys and law students with hearing loss.
The Ear Foundation focuses on
education and support for persons with Meniere's
Disease.
Hear the World is a global initiative created
by Phonak to raise awareness of the importance of hearing.
Insight
Cinema provides the open captioned movies that are shown in many
theaters throughout the country.
The International Federation of Hard of Hearing People
(IFHOH) is an international organization working for the rights of
hard of hearing and late-deafened people.
The National Association of the Deaf
focuses on safeguarding the accessibility and civil rights of 28 million
deaf and hard of hearing Americans in education, employment, health
care, and telecommunications.
The Ohio Coalition for Hearing Health Awareness is
a state organization with a new and refreshing approach to assisting
people with hearing loss. You'll want to read about this!
SayWhatClub is an online organization
that provides support and information for persons who are hard of
hearing or late-deafened.
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH)
focuses on providing information and support for persons who are hard of
hearing.
Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. (TDI)
is a national advocacy organization focusing
its energies and resources to address equal access issues in telecommunications
and media for people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-deafened,
or deaf-blind.
The John
Tracy Clinic is a private, non-profit education center founded by
Louise Treadwell Tracy in 1942. Its mission is to offer hope, guidance
and encouragement to families of infants and preschool children with
hearing losses by providing free, parent-centered services worldwide.
The Western Symposium on Deafness is a
biennial conference sponsored by the Western Regional Outreach Center
and Consortia (WROCC) at California State University, Northridge (CSUN).
The World Federation of the Deaf is an
international organization that works to improve the lives of people
with hearing loss throughout the world.
back to "New to
Hearing Loss"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
July 2006
Editor:
Looking for a fundraiser that's a bit out of the ordinary? Then check out
what the folks at RNID are doing!
WOULD-BE
superheroes are being invited to fly through the air. The Royal National
Institute for Deaf People (RNID) is inviting adventurous people from
Cambridgeshire to sign up for a skydive and help change the world for deaf
and hard of hearing people. Taking place at weekends at airfields near
Peterborough and Chatteris, the RNID super skydives from approximately
10,000 feet are the ideal opportunity for Superman wannabes to fly through
the air and raise money for charity. The skydiving is free to prospective
fundraisers who raise a minimum of £375 for RNID, the national charity
representing nine million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK.
Full Story
