Hearing Loops are All The Rage!
Check out these April, 2012 news articles:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/how-hearing-loops-can-help/2012/04/09/gIQAvhEb6S_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/2012/04/09/gIQAZQda6S_graphic.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/baby-boomers-who-need-hearing-aids-have-many-choices-in-a-bluetoothipod-world/2012/04/09/gIQACNCb6S_print.html
Hey! Check out the Lipreading Resources on the Resources tab!
**NOT ALL EVENTS BELOW ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC**
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Thursday, May 3: Michele will talk about preventing hearing loss with 7th and 8th graders at Mountain Trail Middle School, a Paradise Valley School District school, in Phoenix
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Thursday, May 3: Michele will attend the 24th Annual Tempe Mayor's Disability Awards at Tempe History Museum
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Sunday, May 6: Michele will attend the Advanced Bionics gathering in Tempe
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Thursday, May 10: Michele will attend the Social, Health & Alzheimers Committee meeting of the Governor's Advisory Council on Aging at the Executive Tower in Phoenix
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Friday, May 11: Michele will present about the Status of Hearing Loss and Access to Hearing Technology in the Arizona Older Adult population to the Governor's Advisory Council on Aging full council meeting at the Executive Tower in Phoenix
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Wednesday, May 16, 1:30-3 pm: Michele will co-present with ACDHH Deaf Specialist Beca Bailey to the
City of Phoenix Family Advocacy Center Case Managers
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Friday, May 18, 9 am-12 n: A meeting of the ACDHH Hard of Hearing Task Force will be held at the ACDHH offices.
CART and a looped room will be provided. The public is encouraged to attend!
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Monday, May 21: Michele will present to the residents at Arizona Retirement Homes in Scottsdale
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What's a Loop?
Dr. David Myers explains the beauty of the telecoil and a loop system:
http://www.listentech.com/blog/approaching-tipping-point-for-hearing/
Listen here for a talk on NPR (transcript is also on this site)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128268480
How is a Loop Different from an FM or Infrared System?
http://www.listentech.com/blog/als-loop-technology/#.TsayP_AKAYA.twitter
Where Can I Buy a Loop? Who Can Install it for Me?
http://hearingloss.org/sites/default/files/docs/Hearing_Loop_Directory.pdf
We Want to Loop our Church/Temp/e...
Watch this video to see what a church in Chicago has done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQwVEeqBOHk
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ASU Psychoacoustics Lab is currently conducting several studies.
The experiments generally involve sitting in a sound booth, listening to sounds
over headphones, and making judgments about what you hear. ASU is currently
looking for research participants in Arizona who are either bimodal (one hearing aid
and one cochlear implant) or bilateral (two cochlear implants). Teens and
adults are encouraged to participate. For information on how you can participate, please
contact Helen Cartwright at hcartwri@asu.edu.
Please note: ASU encourages all cochlear implant users to participate regardless of length of time you have been implanted or your performance with your implant.
Participants will be compensated by ASU for their time and mileage.
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Matt Lauer discusses hearing loss amongst adults on the Today Show:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44087745#44087745
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Free Resource: Ever wondered what is a hearing aid and what is a personal sound amplifier?
Hearing Aids and Personal Sound Amplifiers: Know the Difference
“Hearing Aids and Personal Sound Amplifiers: Know the Difference” is a two-page fact sheet from the Food and Drug Administration’s consumer health information series.
Download it free at http://www.fda.gov/downloads/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/UCM187224.pdf
New: Lipreading Resources
The ACDHH Library has the following titles in our inventory:
I Can't Hear You in the Dark: How to Learn and Teach Lipreading
Cued Speech and the Reception of Spoken Language
Speechreading: A Way to Improve Understanding
I See What You Say - Lip Reading Program (Video Book Program)
Online Lipreading Resources Include:
http://www.lipreading.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Lip-Reading-Olive-Wyatt/dp/0398021287
http://www.lipreadingacademy.com/
http://www.lipreading.net/lipreading.htm
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Interesting Blogs
Eh? What? Huh?: http://www.ehwhathuh.com/
Hearing Health Matters: http://hearinghealthmatters.org/
Hearing Link: http://www.hearinglink.org/page.aspx?pid=655
Hearing Sparks: http://hearingsparks.blogspot.com/
Speak Up Librarian: http://speakuplibrarian.blogspot.com/
Sudden Silence: http://suddensilence.wordpress.com/
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Hearing Aids for Low-Income Arizonans:
http://www.lions-sight-and-hearing-foundation.org/index.html Lion's Sight & Hearing Foundation application
http://www.communityhearingaidprogram.org/howtoapply.html Community Hearing Aid Program application
In Southern Arizona? Contact the Community Outreach Program for the Deaf for information about the Hearing Aid Bank for Pima County. 520-792-1906.
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Arizona Access in Government:
Go to our Resource Directory and search Arizona State Government for a full list of results.
Airline Access:
Go to our Resource Directory and search Travel for a full list of results.
Alzheimers/Dementia & Hearing Loss:
Go to our Resource Directory and search Alzheimers/Dementia & Hearing Loss for a full list of results.
Assistance Animals General and Legal Resources:
Go to our Resource Directory and search Assistive Animals for a full list of results.
Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) Explained (see also Rental/Sales of ALDs)
http://www.hearinglosshelp.com/articles/alds.htm
Assistive Technology (see also Rental/Sales of ALDs):
Go to our Resource Directory and search Assistive Technology for a full list of results.
Aural Rehabilitation:
Go to our Resource Directory and search Hearing Health for a full list of results.
Baby Boomers and Hearing Loss:
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/aging/04/19/hearing.loss.wmd/index.html
http://www.montereyhearing.com/PDF_files/baby_boomer_survey.pdf
Balance and Dizziness:
Explanation
Find a Professional
BPPV (Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo):
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vertigo/DS00534
http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/bppv/bppv.html
Businesses, Here’s Help For You!:
ADA
Inclusion Solutions
Job Accommodation Network
CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) & Captioning on Televisions:
Also, go to our Resource Directory and search Captioning and Real TIme Captioning for a full list of results.
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Cell Phones:
www.phonescoop.com/phones/finder.php
www.accesswireless.org
tap.gallaudet.edu/Voice/WirelessIntroduction.asp
www.hearingloss.org/sites/default/files/docs/HACBrochure.pdf
Churches (How to Create Access for the Hard of Hearing):
http://www.christianitytoday.com/yc/2007/mayjun/6.50.html
http://www.hearingloop.org/places_churches.htm
http://www.davidmyers.org/Brix?pageID=6
Children and Families:
Family Center on Technology and Disability
Music for Kids
Ear Infections in Kids
Early Intervention, State of Arizona
Children’s Rehab Services, State of Arizona
Listening Ears
Arizona Hands & Voices
Cochlear Implants:
Go to our Resource Directory and search Cochlear implants for a full list of results.
Consumer Support Groups and Information:
Adult Loss of Hearing Association (ALOHA) Tucson
American Tinnitus Association (monthly meetings in Scottsdale)
Association of Late-Deafened Adults: www.alda.org and www.aldasonora.org
Arizona Hands and Voices (children and families)
Hearing Loss Association of America (monthly meetings in Phoenix, Fountain Hills, West Valley, Prescott, and Yuma)
Hearing Loss Web
Meniere’s Disease
Diabetes and Hearing Loss:
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/21/9/1540.abstract
http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/43/6/746.abstract
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/10/2560.2.full
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/9/4/405.abstract
Educational Resources:
Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Students
Arizona Department of Education, Assistive Technology
Emergency Preparedness:
Employment:
Go to our Resource Directory and search Vocational Rehabilitation for a full list of results.
Hearing Aids:
Go to our Resource Directory and search Hearing Aid Assistance for a full list of results.
Hearing Healthcare (Audiology) and Speech Professionals:
Go to our Resource Directory and search Hearing Health for a full list of results.
Legal Resources:
Go to our Resource Directory and search ADA & Legal for a full list of results.
Lipreading/Speechreading:
Go to our Resource Directory and search Speech and Lip Reading for a full list of results.
Meniere’s Disease:
http://www.hearingreview.com/insider/2007-08-23_04.asp
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/balance/meniere.asp
Noise and Kids:
http://www.dangerousdecibels.org
http://www.listentoyourbuds.org/
http://www.loudenough.com/ (Volume limiting earbuds for kids)
http://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/
Rental and/or Sales of Assistive Technology, Listening Devices and/or Systems:
Go to our Resource Directory and search Assistive Technology for a full list of results.
Tinnitus Resources:
There are more than 700,000 Hard of Hearing Arizonans. Hard of Hearing people have difficulty hearing sound and understanding speech. Phone conversations can be a challenge. Personal conversations can be fraught with misunderstanding. Vital information from health professionals and emergency services personnel can be “lost in translation” or missing completely. Fortunately, the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing is here to help.