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HLADE Speakers Bureau

You can get a FREE one-hour presentation for your church, school, community center or other organization just by asking.

Please Note: These are free formal training programs of up to six weeks in length. For formal training classes, please go to our Training Programs page.

Our speakers are professionals such as audiologists, speech pathologists, captioners, interpreters and others who have a great deal of experience in deaf and hard of hering issues.

Our programs can be presented at our offices in Wilmington and in Kent County, or at your location.

In the past classes have been held libraries, community centers, senior centers, health care clinics or facilities, business locations, schools, churches, private agencies or organization offices. Some of the topics we speak on are listed below. But customized programs can be developed for the needs of your group.

Sample Topics

  • Introduction to Hearing loss
  • Understanding Your Hearing Loss
  • Noise and Hearing Loss
  • Hearing Loss in Children
  • Communication and Educational Options for Infants and Children with Hearing Loss
  • H earing Loss and Your Rights
  • Hearing aids
  • Getting the Most Out of Hearing Aids
  • American Sign Language
  • Cochlear implants
  • Speechreading (lipreading)
  • Introduction to Assistive devices
  • Telephones, Relay and CAPTEL for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
  • Using the Telephone Relay Service
  • Coping with a Hearing Loss
  • Living with Someone with a Hearing Loss
  • Communication and Educational Options for Infants and Children with Hearing Loss
  • How to Help your Child at Home and School
  • Living with Hearing Loss
  • Working with a Hearing Loss
  • Introduction to Computers for people with hearing loss
  • Music and Hearing Loss
  • History of Hearing Aids
  • Web Resources for Hearing Loss
  • Delaware and Regional Resources for Hearing Loss
  • How to Advocate for your Child in School or College
  • How to be a Self-Advocate
  • For more information, or to request classes to be conducted in your area please contact us.

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    Page Revised 7 April 2009.



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