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The resources listed below include personal, organization and professional resources. A more extensive list is included in "On the Job with Hearing Loss."
Employment Service Resources
Job Accommodation Network www.jan.wvu.edu
The Job Accommodation Network is a service of the
Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) of the U.S.
Department of Labor. JAN is one of several ODEP projects.
JAN’s mission is to provide a free consulting service
designed to increase the employability of people with disabilities
by 1) providing individualized worksite accommodation solutions,
2) providing technical assistance regarding the ADA and
other disability related legislation, and 3) educating callers
about self employment options.
Vocational Rehabilitation Services www.jan.wvu.edu/SBSES/VOCREHAB.HTM
Each state has an agency or department with vocational rehabilitation counselors who provide assistance to individuals with hearing loss to help them obtain, retain and maintain employment. You should be able to find local information by looking in the phone book under the government/state section for Vocational Rehabilitation or Rehabilitation Services. The state agencies contact information is maintained by JAN, the Job Accommodation Network.
Personal Resources
The Living with Hearing Loss Program www.trychin.com
Dr. Trychin's Living
With Hearing Loss Program is a product
of twenty-two years of experience working directly with
hundreds of people who are hard of hearing and their family
members. Hearing loss is a communication disorder affecting
everyone in the communication situation-- the person speaking
as well as the person with hearing loss who is trying to
listen and the program is designed to meet the needs of
everyone in the communication situation.
The Kooser Program www.thekooserprogram.com
Cathy Kooser-Fathergill, MSW - The Kooser Program is an aural rehabilitation program available nationwide to hearing healthcare professionals and vocational rehabilitation agencies. They teach positive coping skills and communication strategies and discuss many pertinent issues including hearing loss in the workplace.
Cochlear Implant Websites
Advanced Bionics Corporation
www.bionicear.com
Cochlear Corporation www.cochlear.com
MED-EL Corporation (North America) www.medel.com
National Organizations of Hearing Healthcare Professionals
Academy of Dispensing Audiologists
www.audiologist.org
The ADA is dedicated to leadership in advancing practitioner excellence, high ethical standards, professional autonomy, hearing technology, and sound business practices in the provision of quality audiological care. Provides a useful consumer information section.
American Academy of Audiology
www.audiology.org
The American Academy of Audiology (AAA) is a professional organization for Audiologists. Provides a useful consumer information section.
Non-Profit Hearing Healthcare Organizations
Association of Medical Professionals With Hearing
Losses (AMPHL) www.amphl.org
A non-profit online organization that provides information, promotes advocacy and mentorship, and creates a network for individuals with hearing loss interested in or working in health care fields.
American Tinnitus Association www.ata.org
We help people with ringing in the ears. We also help people who hear whooshing or buzzing or chirping or pulsing. We help people who have tinnitus, the perception of noise in the ears or head when no external sound is present.
Better Hearing Institute
www.betterhearing.org
BHI’s goal is to educate the public about the neglected problem of hearing loss and what can be done about it. For example, thanks to BHI, nearly 60 Hollywood celebrities, sports personalities, business leaders and other noteworthy Americans have come forward to share their stories about hearing loss and how they have addressed it.
Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers
www.hearnet.com
H.E.A.R. is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public on the dangers of excessive noise from music and promoting awareness of hearing damage.
House Ear Institute www.hei.org
Non-profit organization with a comprehensive online library devoted to issues of the human auditory and related systems for use by both the general public and scientists and physicians. It has excellent graphics on “HOW WE HEAR”.
Hyperacusis Network www.hyperacusisnetwork.net
The Hyperacusis Network consists of individuals who have a collapsed tolerance to sound. Rich resources for people with hyperacusis.
National Acoustic Neuroma Association
www.anausa.org
We are a patient member organization, providing information and support to persons diagnosed with or treated for acoustic neuroma and other benign tumors of the cranial nerves.
Consumer and Other Organizations
Alexander Graham Bell Association www.agbell.org
International membership organization and resource center on hearing loss and spoken language approaches and related issues. Publishes and distributes books, brochures and other materials related to hearing loss.
Digicare Research and Rehabilitation
www.digicare.org
The Digicare Hearing Health Network is a worldwide network of hearing health professionals dedicated to auditory research and rehabilitation. They develop practice models of patient care for the industry on various hearing health issues, such as hearing loss, tinnitus, cognitive disorders, and multidisciplinary approaches to healthcare. The exhaustive library of articles for consumers and professionals by Max Stanley Chartrand, Ph.D. is the highlight of this website.
Hearing Loss Association of America
www.hearingloss.org
HLAA (formerly Self Help for Hard of Hearing People) is a national organization for people with hearing loss. HLAA exists to open the world of communication for people with hearing loss through information, education, advocacy and support.
HearingLossHelp.com www.hearinglosshelp.com
A website with information that is very easy to
read and understand. Articles and materials are written
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. a hearing loss coping skills specialist,
researcher, author and speaker on issues pertaining to hearing
loss.
HearingLossWeb.com www.hearinglossweb.com
A website for hard of hearing people updated regularly with a wealth of information.
PEPNet, the Postsecondary Education
Programs Network www.pepnet.org
A national collaboration of the four Regional Postsecondary Education Centers for Individuals who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The Centers are supported by contracts with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. The goal of PEPNet is to assist postsecondary institutions across the nation to attract and effectively serve individuals who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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