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News From
Hearing Loss Assn. of Delaware

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Newsletters

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Fact Sheets

diamond shaped graphic    Fact Sheet #1 -- How to
      Select a Hearing Aid

diamond shaped graphic    Fact Sheet #2 -- Definitions:
        Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing

diamond shaped graphic    Fact Sheet #3 -- Hearing Aid
        Funding Information For Low
        Income Children and Adults

diamond shaped graphic    Fact Sheet #4 -- Facts on
        Hearing Loss & Hearing Loss
       In Children

diamond shaped graphic    Fact Sheet #5 -- How to Take
        Care of Your Hearing Aid

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       Assistive Listening Devices.
       Thanks to the League for the Hard of Hearing.

diamond shaped graphic    Fact Sheet #7 -- Audiologists and Hearing Aid
        Dispensers and Dealers-What’s the difference?


diamond shaped graphic    Fascinating Facts on the
        History of Hearing Loss


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New or Interesting Articles on Hearing Loss

Many of these articles are available by request at your local library. Where possible, links to articles are be provided. Just click on the link to see the article.

Hearing Loss Population Tops 31 Million

Hearing Aids
FM Helps Hearing Aid Users

Noise and Hearing
"How to Keep Your Hearing"
Newsweek, June 6, 2005

"Decibel Hell: Sickened by Sound, Health Effects of a Noisy World"
Environmental Health, January 2005

Severe amusia or tone deafness
Brain Journal (2002)

Is It Music to Your Ears? Cochlear Implants and Music - Advanced Bionics, March 2005     You'll need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view this. The information on the article page 4 is most relevant to users of the Clarion cochlear implant.

 

Breaking News

  8 American Sign Language Expos Scheduled for 2007    FREE Admission for everyone!    Check for cities and dates

    Finding Hearing Aid Compatible Cell Phones

    How to Write an Advocacy Letter

  Register now for New and Intermediate Sign Language Classes!

  Proposed Settlement to Result in Captioning of Most DVD SPecial Features See Full Report

  FCC Declares Video Relay Service (VRS) Providers Must Provide Interoperability With Competing Providers See Full Report

  Do you know of current deaf or hard of hearing mainstreamed athletes?

DeafDigest/DeafSportZine maintains a web site at www.deafdigest.com/mainstream.htm to honor current mainstreamed athletes that play varsity sports for their high school teams.

If you know of any current mainstreamed athletes in your locale please e-mail barry@deafdigest.com so they could be added to this web site. If you see corrections that need to be made, please e-mail barry@deafdigest.comalso. Thank you!

  Click Deaf Twins Hear First Sounds - with cochlear implants.

  Teen Support Network Forming

Know of a teen who would like to develop friendships with other teens with a hearing loss? Then contact the Hearing Loss Assn. of Delaware (HLADE) for further information by e-mailing hlade@comcast.net or call (302) 292-3066 (V/Relay).

   Delaware Association Parent's LISTSERV

Have an idea or suggestion for a new Listserv or Bulletin Board?Let us know by EMail att:hlade@comcast.net

small dot image   Cochlear Americas Donates Batteries and Funding to Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort

small dot image   Deaf / HOH Jokes / Cartoons (Fogeys) are shown every week at: www.deafdigest.com/davideo.html. Go there to seek at the latest cartoon.


Thank you so much for your support of Hearing Loss Association of Delaware (HLADE).

We offer help and hope to people with hearing loss! For further information contact hlade@comcast.net or call (302) 292-3066 (V/Relay).
 
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Hearing Loss - An Issue of National Health Concern

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