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On-line Disability Communities: Hearing Impairment or Deafness

Includes Hearing Impairment, Deafness, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Loss.

Click on this link for Vestibular Disorders, Inner Ear Disorders, Meniere's Syndrome, or Dizziness.

New Horizons Un-Limited Community Forum is our on-line disability community forum here at New Horizons Un-Limited. The link above will take you to our NHU Community Forum's Welcome Pages. Our NHU Community Forum enables you to post messages, Share Your Knowledge, Tell Us What You Think, Review a Resource, post classifieds, and more. The following link will take you to our NHU Community Forum for people experiencing Hearing Impairment or Deafness.

NHU is not affiliated with any of the following disability communities and is not liable for any actions resulting from the visit to the linked resources. New Horizons Un-limited is not endorsing and assumes no responsibility in guaranteeing the products, services, programs or conditions as described. If you are interested in a resource listed below, call or contact the resource to verify the current situation. Evaluate the information, analyze your unique circumstances, use your best judgment and make your own decisions when using the information. Before making any change, consult your health care professional.

Warning! The resources below link to other on-line community forums in which people with disabilities may participate. Please be aware of the safety issues concerning the use of such online communities. It is not wise to share personal information (i.e. last name, address, phone number, social security number, etc.) to strangers you meet in discussion boards, newsgroups, chat rooms, etc. Please use your best judgment while visiting these on-line communities. For more information on using Internet forums, see our NHU Guide to Internet Discussion and Message Boards or Forums.

International
National
State Listings: WI (Official USPS State Abbreviations)

International

Say What Club is an international nonprofit, tax-exempt organization run by volunteers with hearing loss. They offer peer-to-peer support to all people with hearing loss and deafness. Online communities provide a way for people with hearing loss to connect with each other. Subscribers may choose from five email list type listservs, and two private facebook groups - one for people ages 18-40 and one for all ages over 18. They host an annual convention to provide educational workshops, and to facilitate face-to-face time with subscribers. As an international group, there is almost always another peer online to answer questions.

National

Bella on line: The Voice of Women Deafness Forum You can view the forum posts as a guest and join later if you wish.

Deaf.sg offers an online community of individuals with hearing disabilities via a 24-hour, monitored, multi-roomed chatroom. Individuals from USA.

Forums: About.com: Deafness is a great on-line forum for people who wish to speak about Hearing Impairment and Deafness issues. You can view the forum posts as a guest and join later if you wish.

State Listings

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Infant and Children's Statewide Hearing Aid Exchange Service (WISHES) from the Wisconsin Communication Sciences and Disorders website. The WISHES program provides hearing instruments for a six month period to newly identified deaf and hard of hearing children who are not Medicaid eligible and do not have other hearing aid insurance coverage. This purpose of the WISHES program is to assure that all children (ages 0-18 years) identified with a hearing loss have access to auditory development of the brain through high quality hearing technology soon after identification. This temporary assistance is intended to bridge the gap between the identification of a child's hearing loss and the time it takes the family to obtain the financial means to purchase personal amplification. The WISHES program also serves children awaiting cochlear implant surgery. Children ages 0-3 are given priority. Families may only access the program via their clinical audiologist. This program is operated in partnership with the WisTech Program.