Volume 20 Issue 6

HOH-LD-News
Vol. 20, Issue 6
August 7, 2004

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Table of Contents
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- Article 1: SHHH Exhibit Floor - Part 4
- Article 2: How Humans and Gerbils Learn to Locate Sound
- Article 3: Bluetooth and Hearing Aids
- Article 4: Lipread-able Phones Could Help Millions
- Classifieds - one Event, one Education Opportunity and five Employment Opportunities
- Contact Information and Disclaimers

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- Article 1: SHHH Exhibit Floor - Part 4
By Cheryl Heppner
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Editor: One of the best things about hearing loss conventions is the exhibit floor, where vendors of hearing loss products display their wares. Cheryl Heppner is a master at exploring the booths to discover all the new stuff. Here's the fourth of several parts of her report on this year's exhibits at the SHHH convention.

This report discusses:
- Entific Medical Systems
- Silent Call
- Siemens
- Weitbrecht Communications Inc. (WCI)

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Entific Medical Systems
Entific Medical Systems had several advertising materials on its BAHA bone conduction system. The BAHA is for individuals who can't be helped by traditional hearing devices because of ear canal problems. It works though a small titanium fixture implanted in the skull behind the ear, with an attachment that connects with a sound processor. It was first used in 1977. There are now more than 15,000 people around the world who have had the BAHA.

The BAHA is being used by children born with malformations in their middle or outer ears, with the fixture placement usually made after the age of five when the child's skull is judged thick and strong enough. For younger children, BAHA has a Softband product, which is an elastic band with the sound processor connected to a plastic snap connector sewn into the band.

The BAHA has also been placed on the "deaf side" of individuals with single sided deafness. It picks up sound and transfers it by bone conduction to the working cochlea in the hearing ear.

Entific has come up with a number of products to use with the BAHA. These include an audio adapter, directional microphone, FM receiver and telecoil unit.

Info: www.entific.com
1-888-825-8484
info@entificusa.com

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Silent Call
Silent Call, as its name suggests, is a company that specializes in alerting systems for deaf and hard of hearing people. George Elwell showed me their new wireless LampLighter signaler. Its basic unit is the shape and size of a CD and it can fit in the palm of your hand.

The Crystal Reflections receiver they introduced last year has been finding its way into many homes. It's a stylish way to get light signaling from any Silent Call transmitter.

Silent Call transmitters can be used to get alerts from telephone, doorbell, smoke detector, sound monitor, weather alert, carbon monoxide alert, and other important sounds.

Info: www.silentcall.com
1-800-572-5227
sales@silentcall.com

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Siemens
Siemens is a company with many technology products. At the SHHH convention, their focus is primarily on Siemens Hearing Instruments.

New this year is an attractive booklet "Hearing Makes Friends". It's an audiological guide for parents, teachers and caregivers of children with hearing loss. The early pages give a brief but clear description of how we hear and what sound is, with a sample audiogram showing the famous "speech banana". This is followed by an explanation of what hearing loss is, how it is measured, and some tips that help in reading an audiogram. The last section is devoted to hearing aids and FM systems. It also mentions cochlear implants.

There's a photo of the various colors available in Siemens behind-the-ear hearing aids for children, including navy, bright green, yellow, red, and a very interesting clear case that makes visible all the inner parts. The booklet says:

"One of the ways children can become more comfortable with wearing their hearing aids is by allowing them to choose colors that suit their own style and personality...Personal earmolds may also be available in different colors and patterns from your Hearing Care Professional. Something as simple as wearing a hearing aid in a pleasing color can play a large role in your child's acceptance of their hearing aids. It can help boost their overall self-esteem while they are wearing them."

Info: www.usa.siemens.com/hearing

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Weitbrecht Communications Inc. (WCI)
I often think of WCI, which is based in Santa Monica, CA, as the west coast version of Potomac Technology. At the SHHH convention, WCI was offering a coupon with a 15% discount on any TTY or assistive listening device purchase through July 31, 2004, with online shopping at their website. The offer excludes Wynd products. The company has a 30-day refund or exchange policy.

WCI, like Potomac Technology, publishes a catalog. Its offerings are: telephones (amplified, specialty, cordless, speakerphones, answering machines, and accessories); assistive listening devices; Ultratec TTYs; TTY accessories; paging/messaging services; Caller ID and call waiting products; alarm clocks/wake-up devices; signaling systems/alerting devices; telecaption decoders; speech aids (artificial larynx, anti-stuttering systems; and miscellaneous items such as hearing aid batteries, amplified stethoscope, ADA kits for hotels, pagers and pager accessories.

Info: www.weitbrecht.com
1-800-233-9130 V/TTY
sales@weitbrecht.com

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- Article 2: How Humans and Gerbils Learn to Locate Sound
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Editor: I was under the impression that scientists have understood for many decades how humans locate the source of a sound. It turns out that it might not be as simple as we thought. And the new discoveries may have implications on the very difficult task of helping folks understand speech in the presence of background noise.

Here's a press release from Medical News Today, East Sussex, United Kingdom regarding the ongoing research at University College London.

And at the end of this press release is a VERY interesting list of things you may not (but should) know about your ears and hearing!

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Humans behave like small mammals when tracing the source of a low-pitched sound, according to a study funded by the Medical Research Council at University College London. UCL researchers have devised a new model for how the human brain tracks sound, which could eventually help engineers develop technology for tracking sound sources in noisy environments like crowded bars and restaurants.

In the study published in this week's Nature, Dr David McAlpine and Nicol Harper asked volunteers to wander the streets of London wearing microphones in their ears. The microphones measured the time difference between sound arriving at each ear for a range of noises that people typically encounter in the city.

While it was already known that animals and humans use small differences in the arrival time of sound at each ear to locate its source, the UCL study found that the human brain adopts a strategy similar to a barn owl's brain for sound pitches above middle-C, and a gerbil's below middle-C.

David McAlpine says: "For animals and humans, locating the source of a sound can mean the difference between life and death, such as escaping a pursuer or crossing a busy street. Our study suggests that the brain adopts an efficient strategy for doing this, adapting to different frequencies, or pitches, of sound.

"Knowing how the brain creates a sense of sound space is the first step to recreating spatial hearing in the deaf. Recent advances in cochlear implants allow people to have implants in both ears, with the potential to restore spatial hearing."

For over 50 years a single model has been used to explain how brain cells represent the time difference between the ears. The 'classic' model assumes that specific brain cells are allocated to specific time differences, where the relevant cells fire depending on which direction a sound is coming from.

Because different animals need to detect sounds relevant to their own environment, their brain cells shift their tuning until they code most accurately for sounds the animal is likely to encounter.

Recordings from the brain of barn owls - a species that hunts at night using only sound - appear to confirm this. However, the classic model could not account for recent evidence that the brain cells of small mammals appear to respond most to time differences that the animal is never likely to hear.

The alternative model, developed by Nicol Harper in Dr McAlpine's lab, explains this anomaly. Small mammals such as gerbils or guinea pigs can follow low-pitched sounds. Surprisingly, to enhance this ability at low frequencies, the brain cells organise to respond most to time differences outside the range the animal naturally encounters.

This strategy does not suit higher frequencies i.e. higher-pitched sounds. Thus, barn owls' brains follow the classic model of brain cells firing most for time differences within the animal's range. Human brains appear to 'pick and chose' from the different strategies, depending on sound frequency.

Dr McAlpine hopes his findings will help engineers to develop technology to a similar standard to the human brain. Current sound tracking devices work well in quiet places, but suffer considerably in the sort of noisy environments in which humans have little trouble in following a conversation.

Ten things you might not know about your ears and hearing

1. The outer ear, known as the pinna, helps determine the position of a sound source. It distinguishes whether a sound is coming from above or below or from in front or behind.

2. The three ossicles - the bones of each middle ear that transmit sound from your eardrum - are the smallest bones in the body.

3. The inner ear consists of the spiral-shaped hearing organ - the cochlea - and the semi-circular canals required for the sense of balance.

4. A thin membrane called the basilar membrane runs along the length of the cochlea. Sound waves of different frequencies (pitches) cause different parts of the basilar membrane to vibrate.

5. The cochlea contains thousands of tiny 'hair cells' sitting on the basilar membrane that respond to the vibrations generated by sound waves.

6. Loud noise, certain anti-cancer drugs and anti-biotics damage the hair cells making them lose their 'hairs'. This is irreversible. Most deafness is associated with loss of hair cells.

7. If the average nightclub noise was played in a factory, it would be illegal to make workers listen to it for longer than 3 minutes.

8. The human brain can detect differences in the arrival time of a sound at the two ears of about 10 millionths of a second. This is 100 times shorter than the electrical impulses that transmit information in the brain.

9. Two ears are better than one. In noisy environments, the brain is able to compare the sound at the two ears and cancel some of the noise, making speech easier to hear. People who are deaf in one ear are doubly disadvantaged at a noisy party.

10. Tinnitus - ringing in the ears - is one of the most common forms of hearing problem. The cause of, and the cure for, tinnitus are yet to be discovered.

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- Article 3: Bluetooth and Hearing Aids
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Editor: Last week we published an article on how to make your own Bluetooth adapter for your hearing aids. But that's just the start of possible applications that employ Bluetooth technology. Here's Jim Crimmins (jwcrim@wiltontech.com) with some thoughts on a very cool idea for a low cost, next generation hearing aid.

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Bluetooth is a two-way wireless technology in the same way cordless phone technology is or cell phone technology is. They call it "full- duplex" meaning that you can send sounds while you are listening to incoming sounds from the transceiver. There are different classes of Bluetooth with ranges from 10 meters to 100 meters.

So this cuts the cord in situations where conventional systems using tele-coils, infrared or FM would not. For example you can use Bluetooth to make cell calls or telephone calls without any wires or without holding a receiver or cell phone to your ear.

That same simultaneous two-way link also makes possible some new possibilities that no one has tried yet commercially. For example you can build an ideal computer based hearing aid in something like a PDA (far more capable than one you could put in an ear) and wear it remotely. You can do that because the microphone at your ear picks up sound, transmits it to the PDA where it is cros-processed - compared with what the other ear is hearing - and then sent back up to your ear. The DSP doing this is at least an order of magnitude more powerful than what you could get in a hearing aid and the cros-processing could be key to better voice/noise performance.

The Bluetooth ear sets are 10 times cheaper than hearing aids are so when they wear out they are comparatively inexpensive to replace. The computer part is less likely to wear out and because it doesn't have to be miniature or worn in the ear, it is also a lot cheaper than hearing aids. The result could be a state-of-the-art hearing system for two ears that costs about $1000 total and provides all the ALD functions that are now extra cost items.

Bluetooth is used to present the concept but if it goes forward the earsets actually used may be lower power and smaller than typical Bluetooth earsets are now.

This was written up at: http://hearingaids.wiltontech.com/personalsoundprocessing/id1.html and: http://www.blueear.org

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- Article 4: Lipread-able Phones Could Help Millions
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Editor: This is the second time we've seen a story about a lipread-able phone. The one from a couple of years ago seems to have come to naught. This particular technology is being tested by RNID, the largest British charity for people with hearing loss, and the technology does look promising.

Now I have a question for you. Is the technology described in this article better for people with hearing loss than standard videoconferencing? We are seeing videoconferencing technology being installed all over the place, and it's targeted towards people who sign. Several years ago, when this technology was just entering the mainstream, the promotional materials included references to assisting people who relied on their hearing by allowing them to lipread the other party. But that application seems to have gone by the wayside. It seems to me that there are lots of people who don't currently do very well on the phone, but would do just fine if they could lipread the other person. Am I missing something here?

Here's the story on the RNID lipread-able phone.

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RNID is helping to test a new invention for deaf and hard of hearing people - a phone you can lipread.

For millions of deaf and hard of hearing people, lipreading is essential to communication. Using the phone can be impossible, and as the population ages, this problem will increase.

RNID is working to develop a cutting edge technological solution. Synface, short for "Synthetic talking face", provides a computer-generated talking face that recreates the speaker's lip movements on a screen for the listener.

People should be able to use the system on mobiles and home phones within the next four to five years.

RNID has been running trials with hard of hearing people, and feedback to date has been extremely positive - nearly all (84%) testers state it helps them make phone calls.

Neil Thomas, Technology Development Manager from RNID says:

"Potentially, this innovation could help millions of people to use the telephone. This is crucial if we are to prevent the isolation faced by many deaf and hard of hearing people as they get older."

To see how the technology might look, visit http://www.rnid.org.uk/synface

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- Classifieds
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One Event, one Education Opportunity and five Employment Opportunities appear in this issue. (Ads appear after this brief table of contents.)

Event 1
Cruise for CI Users
From Los Angeles to Hawaii
January 19 to February 3, 2005

Education Opportunity 1
Play Therapy and Sandtray Training
Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars

Employment Opportunity 1
Teacher - Career / Occupational Emphasis
Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind
Gooding, Idaho

Employment Opportunity 2
Teacher of the Deaf/HH - Reading and Language Emphasis
Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind
Gooding, Idaho

Employment Opportunity 3
Interpreter
Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind
Gooding, Idaho

Employment Opportunity 4
Community Outreach Specialist
Project H.O.P.E. (Health Outreach Prevention and Education)
Allston, Massachusetts

Employment Opportunity 5
Executive Director
Hearing Society for the Bay Area
San Francisco, California

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Event 1
Cruise for CI Users
From Los Angeles to Hawaii
January 19 to February 3, 2005
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Join Auditory Verbal Therapist William and Carol Beitzel for an unique experience combining CI therapy with social interaction on a cruise. Learn to develop and enhance your effective comfort level skills using your cochlear implant. Come along with your spouse/SO for fun/relaxation while participating in an exciting complimentary individual/group therapy program.

Contact Bill at wave307@shaw.ca .

Cruise starts at $2099 USD (pp/dbl.occ)

Info/book-contact Evelyn Sinclair at CRUISE WORLD, INC. 101-1090 Waverley St., Winnipeg, MB,CANADA R3T 0P4
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Education Opportunity 1
Play Therapy and Sandtray Training
Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars
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CHESAPEAKE BEACH PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS
is interested in offering play therapy and sandtray training to deaf and hard of hearing clinicians who provide mental health services to children and families.

Interpreters using American Sign Language available.

If you work at a facility where there are a number of deaf and hard of hearing clinicians or you have access to a number of such clinicians, we could have the training at your facility.

Please get in touch with us immediately to talk about possibilities.
E-mail: cbps@radix.net.
website: www.cbpseminars.com

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Employment Opportunity 1
Teacher - Career / Occupational Emphasis
Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind
Gooding, Idaho
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STARTING DATE:
August 10, 2004

SALARY RANGE
Commensurate with education, experience and contract days.

BENEFITS:
Comprehensive fringe benefit package included.
Employees receive reduced tuition at state universities ($5 per credit hour).

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Eligible for Idaho Teacher Certification for Hearing or Visually Impaired.
* Excellent receptive and expressive skills in sign language or willingness to obtain.
* Bachelor's degree acceptable, Master's degree preferred.
* Experience teaching Deaf/HH or Blind/VI students preferred.

DUTIES:
* Provide educational and career awareness services to elementary, middle school and high school age Deaf/HH and Blind/VI students.
* Develop employer and school district contacts to promote job opportunities for students
* Advise students in job seeking skills and career opportunities
* Work with teachers to develop a continuum of educational activities throughout the curriculum.
* Attend IEP meetings and other meetings required for the delivery of educational services.
* Participate in committees and other job related activities.
* Other duties as assigned.

LOCATION:
ISDB is located in Gooding, Idaho (pop. 3,500). The city is a quiet, family oriented community in a rural setting. Abundant recreational and professional growth opportunities are available within a reasonable driving distance. Check our website at: www.isdb.state.id.us.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Apply by submitting a letter of application, resume, transcripts, teaching certification, and three letters of recommendation.

SUBMIT TO:
Human Resources Department
ISDB, 1450 Main Street, Gooding, Idaho 83330

DEADLINE:
Open until filled

FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:
Ms. Sherry Hann, Human Resource Specialist at 208-934-4457 (V/TTY)
or send email to: shann@isdb.state.id.us

Successful candidate will be required to pass a state-background check within three months of employment per Idaho Code 33-130.

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Employment Opportunity 2
Teacher of the Deaf/HH - Reading and Language Emphasis
Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind
Gooding, Idaho
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STARTING DATE:
August 10, 2004

SALARY RANGE
Commensurate with education, experience and contract days.

BENEFITS:
Comprehensive fringe benefit package included.
Employees receive reduced tuition at state universities ($5 per credit hour).

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Eligible for Idaho Teacher Certification for Hearing Impaired.
* Excellent receptive and expressive skills in sign language or willingness to obtain.
* Excellent skills in development of language and reading.
* Bachelor's degree acceptable, Master's degree preferred.
* Experience teaching deaf children preferred.

DUTIES:
* Provide educational services to middle school and high school age deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
* Work with teachers to develop a continuum of educational activities throughout the curriculum.
* Attend IEP meetings and other meetings required for the delivery of educational services.
* Participate in committees and other job related activities.
* Other duties as assigned.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Apply by submitting a letter of application, resume, transcripts, teaching certification, and three letters of recommendation.

SUBMIT TO:
Human Resources Department
ISDB, 1450 Main Street, Gooding, Idaho 83330

DEADLINE:
Open until filled

FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:
Ms. Sherry Hann, Human Resource Specialist at 208-934-4457 (V/TTY)
or send email to: shann@isdb.state.id.us

Successful candidate will be required to pass a state-background check within three months of employment per Idaho Code 33-130.

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Employment Opportunity 3
Interpreter
Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind
Gooding, Idaho
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STARTING DATE:
August 10, 2004

SALARY RANGE:
Commensurate with education and experience

BENEFITS:
Comprehensive fringe benefit package included.
Employees and spouses receive reduced tuition at state universities ($5 per credit hour).

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
* A.A. or B.A degree with interpreting as a major emphasis or experience and formal training in interpreting.
* Certified as an interpreter or willing to obtain certification within 24 months. (Certification can be obtained from Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf).
* Fluent in American Sign Language, English, and Conceptually Accurate Signed English.
* Strong sign to voice skills (adult and children).
* Demonstrate knowledge of Deaf culture and communication styles.
* Familiarity with role and ethics of the interpreter.
* Experience in teaching Conceptually Accurate Signed English is preferred.

DUTIES:
* Interpret in-service programs, meeting, mainstream classes, student activities and provide interpreting services for deaf staff members.
* Provide instruction or planning in sign language instruction for staff and students as needed.
* Act as resource person regarding manual communication related issues (etiquette, turn taking, vocabulary, aspects of visual-gestural languages and interpreting issues).
* Interpreters will be required to maintain a plan of professional development as follows:
1. Certified interpreters will participate in the certificate maintenance program as required by Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. 2. Non-certified interpreters will complete the application and evaluation process of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf within 2 years.
* Other duties as assigned.

LOCATION:
ISDB is located in Gooding, Idaho (pop. 3,500), a small farming community at the foothills of the Sawtooth Mountain Range. The city of Gooding is a quiet, family oriented community. Abundant recreational and professional growth opportunities are available within a short driving distance. For more info about ISDB check our website at: www.isdb.state.id.us

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Submit:
1. Letter of application
2. Copies of certification
3. Three letters of recommendation
4. Official transcripts
5. Resume

SUBMIT TO:
Human Resources Department
ISDB, 1450 Main Street, Gooding, Idaho 83330

DEADLINE:
Open until filled.

FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:
Ms. Sherry Hann, Human Resources Director at 208-934-4457 (V/TTY)
or send email to: shann@isdb.state.id.us

Successful candidate will be required to furnish a background check within three months of employment per Idaho Code 33-130.

In addition to sending a letter of application and resume, applicants should send a regular VCR tape, "C", or a "mini" DVCassette and include the following:

1) A five minute segment of voice to sign interpreting (ASL)
2) A five minute segment of sign to voice interpreting (ASL)
3) A five minute segment of voice to sign transliterating (Conceptually Accurate Signed English)
4) A five minute segment of sign to voice transliterating (Conceptually Accurate Signed English)
5) Voice to sign portions must be accompanied by a typed script of the selection that was signed.
6) If possible, these segments need to be "live" segment.

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Employment Opportunity 4
Community Outreach Specialist
Project H.O.P.E. (Health Outreach Prevention and Education)
Allston, Massachusetts
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Title: Community Outreach Specialist for Project H.O.P.E. (Health Outreach Prevention and Education) Full Time

Duties:
·Conduct 1:1 and small group HIV/AIDS and health awareness education activities
·Reach out to Deaf and Hard of Hearing people within the City of Boston.
·Develop and maintain neighborhood/community contacts.
·Provide neighborhood or home-based HIV/AIDS awareness events.
·Work with agencies, clinics, hospitals, and shelters to identify individuals who can benefit from HIV/AIDS awareness education and preventive health.
·Work occasional evening and weekend hours as needed to provide consumer training through workshops and social activities.
·Prepare written reports and other documentary evidence related to services provided.

Supervision: Reports to the Director of Project H.O.P.E.

Qualifications: BA degree in a related field preferred. Minimum of two years experience working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing people in human service work. Strong knowledge of HIV/AIDS preferred and related health issues very helpful. Two years experience living in or around the City of Boston highly desirable. Fluency in American Sign Language and familiarity with Deaf and multicultural Deaf culture. Strong interpersonal skills, ability to meet deadlines, ability to prepare written reports and articles. Ability to prepare and facilitate presentations. Strong knowledge of and experience using MS Word and MS PowerPoint and ability to utilize the internet for research purposes.

Salary: Commensurate with experience.

To apply: Send resume and cover letter of interest to:

Pauline M. Ballentine
D.E.A.F., Inc.
215 Brighton Ave.
Allston, MA 02134
Email: pballentine@deafinconline.org

D.E.A.F., Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Deaf persons, women, veterans, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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Employment Opportunity 5
Executive Director
Hearing Society for the Bay Area
San Francisco, California
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The Hearing Society provides access to services, education, and technology that enhance opportunity and quality of life for all people affected by hearing loss or deafness. Founded in 1915; budget of $800,000; eight staff. Seeking strong leader with passion for the mission to lead strategic planning, increase fund development, build community presence, motivate stakeholders, ensure quality programs and services, and provide fiscal accountability and sustainability.

Qualifications:
- 7+ years in senior leadership positions;
- fundraising/relationship building expertise;
- strategic and analytical thinker;
- planning experience;
- ability to build presence;
- direct P&L experience.

Successful candidate could come from for-profit or nonprofit background.

Website and full job description: http://www.hearingsociety.org/ed-position-description.htm

Send all nominations and applications (email preferred) in confidence to:

Hearing Society Search
resumes@hallconsulting.org
FAX: (309) 214-3135
1412 Sanchez Avenue
Burlingame, CA 94010

Individuals from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. EOE

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