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Hearing Loop Resources

Click here to see the HLA-GR public service announcement featuring local individuals with varying degrees of hearing loss.

Click here to learn how to Communicate with a Person with Hearing Loss

Click here to learn how to Work with Sign Language Interpreters (Tips for Hearing People Attending Interpreted Meetings, Trainings or Other Events)

Membership in the Grand Rapids Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America is free!  Please click here to sign up!  This will help us update you on Chapter events and programs.  Although there are no dues or program costs associated with GRHLA membership, we encourage your membership in the National organization:

Hearing Loss Association of America
For signup and membership information on the National organization, go to http://www.hearingloss.org/membership/index.asp

Quota International is a worldwide nonprofit service organization providing support for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech-impaired individuals and disadvantaged women and children. While service is our formal mission, we place a high priority on having fun, networking and learning! For more information, go to: www.quotagr.com or contact us at: quotagr@gmail.com

Helpful Links:

One Place for Special Needs is a family-oriented site with thousands of disability resources to help individuals at home, school and the community. For more information, go to: www.oneplaceforspecialneeds.com. Check out some of these popular links on the site: Find a Friend program (helps parents find friend matches for their child), the Complete Guide to Educational and Special Needs Apps and the Complete Guide to Social Stories

2011 Listing of West Michigan Audiologists

Consumer Protection Laws for Hearing Aid Purchasers

Your Health: Hearing aid guide cuts through the noise - USATODAY.com

U.S. FDA Medical Devices: Hearing Aids
 
Michigan Association for Deaf and Hard of Hearing: A list of types of assistive technology available to deaf and hard of hearing people.  http://www.michdhh.org/assistive_devices/index.html

Guide by your Side™ (GBYS) is a program for families with infants and young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. GBYS gives families who recently learned of their child's hearing loss an opportunity to meet with another parent of a deaf or hard of hearing child. The program is free to all Michigan families with children up to age 6. http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-2942_4911_21429-120286--,00.html Click here for fact sheet.

Deaf Linx Fighting Audism through Empowerment and Education http://www.deaflinx.com/
 
Listen Up Web:
Specializing in information for the deaf and hard of hearing, and especially geared to the needs of hearing impaired children and their families. http://www.listen-up.org/
 
AT&T Residential Relay Services: AT&T's site for information on telephonic and electronic services for deaf and hard of hearing people. http://www.consumer.att.com/relay/index.html
 
National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders: A NIH site that references research and treatment for deafness, hearing impairment and other related disorders.  http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/
 
League for the Hard of Hearing: National association providing resources and information for deaf and hard of hearing people. http://www.lhh.org/

Hearing Loss Association of America blogs and forums: http://www.myhearingloss.org/
 
American Academy of Audiologists site, linking directly to "Find An Audiologist" location search:  http://webportal.audiology.org/Custom/FindAnAudiologist.aspx