Resources of Interest
Disclaimer:
Michigan Chapter AG Bell has provided these resources to
help deaf and hard of hearing people. This resource list has been generated
through suggestions, and does not constitute an endorsement by Michigan AG Bell.
To suggest a resource please contact us at
Listening@miagbell.org
Please note that resources are divided into the following major divisions:
- Captioned Movie Theaters
- Organizations, Journals and Support
- Informational Links
- Online Interactive Therapy Links
- Speechreading Materials, Rehabilitative Audiology, Coping with Hearing Loss, Psychosocial
- Hearing Aid, Cochlear Implant and Assistive Device Information and Resources
- Links for Device Troubleshooting
CAPTIONED MOVIE THEATERS
To find a Captioned Movie Theater near you please visit:
www.captionfish.com
- This site
searches cinema websites
for captioned files
within 40 miles
of any zipcode
in America.
www.fandango.com - This
site searches cinema
websites near any
zipcode in America
and lists "open
captioned" movie times.
Tickets can also
be purchased on
this website ahead
of time.
www.mopix.org - This site provides information to
consumers, industry members and others interested in learning more about motion
picture access. Rear
Window Captioning and
DVS Theatrical, developed
by The Media
Access Group at
WGBH, make theaters
accessible to audiences
with disabilities.
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ORGANIZATIONS, JOURNALS AND SUPPORT
American Academy of Audiology
11730 Plaza America Drive, Suite
300
Reston, VA 20190
Toll-free Phone: (800) AAA-2336
Phone:
(703) 790-8466
Fax: (703) 790-8631
E-mail: info@audiology.org
http://www.audiology.org
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2200 Research
Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20850-3289
Members: (800) 498-2071
Non-Member: (800) 638-8255
Fax: (301) 296-8580
TTY: (301) 296-5650
E-mail: actioncenter@asha.org
http://www.asha.org
"The American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association is the professional, scientific, and
credentialing association for 135,000 members and affiliates who are
speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing
scientists in the United States and internationally."
Bridges4kids
A non-profit parent organization providing a
comprehensive system of information and referral for parents of children from
birth through transition to adult life. Building partnerships between families,
schools and communities.
http://www.bridges4kids.org/
Deafness Research Foundation
363 Seventh Avenue, 10th Floor
New
York, NY 10001-3904
Voice: (212) 257-6140
Toll-Free: (866)
454-3924
TTY: (888) 435-6104
Fax: (212) 257-6139
http://www.drf.org/
The Division on Deaf and Hard of
Hearing
877-499-6232 T/V
(Toll-free)
517-335-6004 T/V
517-335-7773 Fax
dodhh@michigan.gov
www.mcdc-dodhh.org
Services include
technical assistance and information; intrepreter information and testing
program; auxiliary aids and assistive devices; publications; visor card program.
There are four people with hearing loss, all of whom are HLA-MI members, on the
advisory council.
Early On
Michigan
Early On is the system of early intervention
services for infants and toddlers, birth to three years of age, with
disabilities or delays, and their families. Early On is supported by funding
from Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) through
the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood Education and
Family Services. Early On ensures that eligible children and families receive
comprehensive, collaborative, family-centered, strength-based services. Early On
supports families as they help their children to learn and grow.
13109
Schavey Road, Suite 4
DeWitt, MI 48820
Toll Free: 1-800-EarlyOn
(1-800-327-5966)
TTY: (517) 668-2505
Fax: (517) 668-0446
E-mail: eoreferral@edzone.net
http://www.1800earlyon.org
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program
MDCH/EHDI/GBYS
P.O. Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909
http://www.michigan.gov/ehdi
The EHDI Program is a part of the Michigan Department of
Community Health and works with hospitals and clinics to identify newborns and
infants who have a hearing loss. "1" All infants are screened for hearing loss no later
than 1 month of age, preferably before hospital discharge. "3" All infants
who do not pass the screening will have a diagnostic audiologic evaluation no
later than 3 months of age. "6" - All infants identified with a hearing loss
receive appropriate early intervention services no later than 6 months of age.
Guide By Your Side Program (EHDI)
MDCH/EHDI/GBYS
P.O. Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: (517) 335-8955 or (517) 241-7066
Fax:
(517) 335-8036
E-mail: FarrandD@michigan.gov
http://www.mihandsandvoices.org/guide_by_your_side.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.
Michigan Hands & Voices
http://www.mihandsandvoices.org/
Michigan Hands & Voices is an organization dedicated to non-biased
support to families who have children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Hearing Exchange
PO Box 689
Jericho, NY 11753
Fax: (516)
977-5021
E-mail: hearingexchange@gmail.com
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/hearingexchange
http://www.hearingexchange.com
Founded from a belief in the necessity of early access to accurate
information on hearing loss, HearingExchange is a supportive community for
people with hearing loss, parents of deaf and hard of hearing children and
professionals who work with them. It provides an open forum for the discussion
of ideas and information on hearing loss and related issues. The comprehensive
site includes current news, articles, resources, forums, chats, newsletters and
much more. All communication methods and choices should be respected within all
areas of HearingExchange.
The Hearing Journal
http://journals.lww.com/thehearingjournal/pages/default.aspx
"Established in 1947, The Hearing Journal is the leading trade journal in
the hearing industry, reaching more than 22,000 hearing healthcare
professionals. Each month, the Journal provides readers with accurate, timely,
and practical information to help them in their practices."
Hearing Loss Association of America
7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite 1200
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (301) 657-2248
http://www.hearingloss.org
Hearing Loss
Association of America - Michigan
P.O. Box 4808
Troy, MI 48099
Hearing Loss Assoc of Michigan
is an all-volunteer
non-profit organization providing information, advocacy and support for people
who do not hear well. Whether you are a hard of hearing person yourself, a
healthcare or service provider, or a family member, friend, neighbor, employer
or co-worker of a hard of a hearing person, our organization can give you
information, insight, inspiration, and resources to understand and cope with a
hearing loss.
Hearing Loss Web Resource Directory
This website was developed by two
individuals with hearing loss who wanted to provide support for hard of hearing
and late deafened people.
E-mail: info@hearinglossweb.com
http://www.hearinglossweb.com/res/res.htm
The Love and Logic Institute, Inc.
2207 Jackson Street, Suite 102
Golden, CO 80401-2300
Phone: (303) 278-7552
Toll Free: (800)
338-4065
Fax: (800) 455-7557
E-mail: cservice@loveandlogic.com
http://www.loveandlogic.com
The
Love and Logic Institute and its sister company, School Consultant Services, are
dedicated to making parenting and teaching fun and rewarding, instead of
stressful and chaotic. We provide practical tools and techniques that help
adults achieve respectful, healthy relationships with their children. All of our
work is based on a psychologically sound parenting and teaching philosophy
called Love and Logic. Children learn the best lessons when they're given a task
and allowed to make their own choices (and fail) when the cost of failure is
still small. Children's failures must be coupled with love and empathy from
their parents and teachers. This practical and straightforward philosophy is
backed with 20 years of experience. Parents can apply it immediately to a wide
range of situations instead of struggling with difficult counseling
procedures.
Michigan Alliance for Families
Michigan Alliance for Families provides
information, support, and education for families who have children (birth
through 26 years of age) who receive (or may be eligible to receive) special
education services. This website can help you with finding information on
educational issues as well as disability specific information. Michigan
Alliance - PTI is Michigan?s federal Parent-Training and Information Center
(PTIC) funded by U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education
Programs (OSEP).
Phone: (800) 552-4821
info@michiganallianceforfamilies.org
http://www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org
National Cued Speech Association
5619 McLean Drive
Bethesda, MD
20814-1021
Phone: (301) 915-8009
Toll-Free: (800)
459-3529
E-mail: info@cuedspeech.org
http://www.cuedspeech.org
Twitter
@CuedSpeech
"Cueing allows users who are deaf or hard of hearing...to access
the fundamental properties of spoken languages through the use of vision."
National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders NIDCD
- is one of the Institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). NIH is the Federal government's focal point for the support of biomedical
research. NIH's mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better
health for everyone. Simply described, the goal of NIH research is to acquire
new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and
disability. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive, MSC 2320
Bethesda,
MD 20892-2320
Phone: (800) 241-1044
E-mail: nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov
Sound Support
This program was developed through a joint grant from
the U of M Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and the State
of Michigan. Its focus is to improve the quality and timeliness of
clinical care for pediatric hearing impaired patients, including diagnosis,
treatment and rehabilitation of hearing loss.
University of Michigan Health
System
F6866 Mott Hospital
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor,
MI 48109-5241
Phone: (734) 936-4934
Toll Free: (866)
595-5585
Fax: (734) 763-7802
E-mail: marykane@umich.edu
http://www.med.umich.edu/childhearinginfo/
Web MD CI
Information
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/deaf-hearing-impaired-tinnitus-menieres
This services enable consumers to obtain detailed information on a
particular disease or condition, analyze symptoms, locate physicians, store
individual healthcare information, receive periodic e-newsletters on topics of
individual interest, enroll in interactive courses and participate in online
communities with peers.
INFORMATIONAL LINKS
Acoustic Ecology Project
http://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio/handbook/
originally published by the World Soundscape Project
American Academy of Audiology
www.entnet.org/HealthInformation/cochlearImplants.cfm information about hearing loss, cochlear implants and upcoming conferences and events.
Collaborative Early Intervention National Training e-Resource
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online training modules developed collaboratively by national experts in early
intervention and deafness. CENTe-R modules are available for higher-ed faculty
to embed into courses for multiple disciplines.
http://center.uncg.edu/
Educational Audiology Resource for Reducing Interference in Noisy Groups
http://www.utdallas.edu/~thib/EARRINGFINAL/EARRINGWEB_files/frame.htm
Simulations
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/ImplantsandProsthetics/CochlearImplants/default.htmInformation about cochlear implants. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is
responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy,
and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical
devices, our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
The FDA is also responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed
innovations that make medicines and foods more effective, safer, and more
affordable; and helping the public get the accurate,science-based information
they need to use medicines and foods to improve their health.
Hearing Regeneration Initiative at the University of Washington
http://depts.washington.edu/hearing/
How to Read an
Audiogram
http://www.firstyears.org/lib/howtoread.htm
http://www.babyhearing.org/hearingamplification/hearingloss/audiogram.asp
http://www.earinfo.com/how-to-read-a-hearing-aid-test/
http://audiologyawareness.com/hearinfo_audiogramread.asp
National Resource Center . . . Early Hearing Detection and
Intervention
NCHAM serves as the National Resource Center for the
implementation and improvement of comprehensive and effective Early Hearing
Detection and Intervention (EHDI) systems. As a multidisciplinary Center, our
goal is to ensure that all infants and toddlers with hearing loss are identified
as early as possible and provided with timely and appropriate audiological,
educational, and medical intervention.
http://www.infanthearing.org
Boys Town National Research
Hospital
Babyhearing.org was
created to answer parents' questions about infant hearing screening and follow
up testing; steps to take after diagnosis of hearing loss; hearing loss, hearing
aids, language and speech; and parenting issues. English & Spanish
http://www.babyhearing.org/
Oral Deaf Education
Today, even children with profound hearing loss
can learn to listen and talk through oral deaf education. Oral deaf education
puts families first and prepares children for success in the mainstream at an
early age. By combining today's sophisticated hearing technologies with
intensive early intervention, oral deaf education builds a child's confidence
and life skills by teaching children to listen and talk.
http://www.oraldeafed.org/
ONLINE
INTERACTIVE THERAPY LINKS
123Listening.com offers many activities including free listening quiz makers, an activity wizard, lesson plan materials and printable activities to use with downloadable audio files and mp3 listening tracks.
Alien Scavenger Hunt - Participants choose the sounds they hear in the word presented. (Age: School Age)
Animal Sounds - The participant will listen to an animal sound, and will type the name of the animal heard, from a word bank of 21 animals. (Age: All Children)
Audio concentration games are timed and very challenging.
Brain Teasers offers several activities for discriminating non-speech sounds such as Acorn Drop and Frog Jump
Chattering Children information for parents of young children with hearing loss
Crickweb - Participants identify sounds & sort musical instruments at this website. (School Age)
Dave Sindrey's Discrimination Cards - Consonant cards differing in Final, Initial, and Medial. Also differ by place, manner, and voicing. Vowel syllable, and suprasegmental information also targeted. (Age: School Age)
Dennis Drayna's "Distrorded Tunes Test" - Listening activity that may demonstrate some challenges with your own auditory discrimination. (Age: Children-Adults)
FindSounds - This is a search engine which locates online sounds made by: birds, animals, natural events, household items, musical instruments, holiday events, people, tools, vehicles, and more. (Age: Children-Adults)
Fischer Price Animal Sounds Game - The participant is asked to select which animal they heard, by clicking on their picture. (Age: Younger Children).
Fuzzy Lion Ears - Game of listening for beginning sounds. (Age: School Age)
Kidsplanet Animal sounds at night; match them to the correct animal
Language Guide - Practice in hearing many common vocabulary words through pictures and accompanying audio. (Age: School Age)
Lanolin's GreenHouse - Practice listening for beginning word sounds. (Age: School Age)
Listening Device - Learn how to make your own listening device. (Age: All Children)
Listening Games from English Language Listening Lab Online provides several audio examples and asks the listener to choose the correct picture from a selection and answer a question.
Listening Lists for Auditory Bombardment Peter Flipsen
The Listening Room - The Listening Room is a steady stream of FREE activities and resources to support the development of speech, language and listening skills of children, adolescents and adult cochlear implant recipients.
What Do You Hear - has 16 units for discrimination practice of vocabulary and grammar
General Listening Quizzes from Randall's Listening Lab - Everyday conversations with adult and child voices and also asks questions at easy, medium, and difficult levels about what has been said.
Sound-Object Association: Learning to Listen to Sounds - This is a learning module for the beginning listener.
SoundScape - Interactive listening program from Med El
Speechtree is for professionals who provide training in articulation for school age children.
SPEECHREADING MATERIALS, REHABILITATIVE AUDIOLOGY,
COPING WITH HEARING LOSS,
PSYCHOSOCIAL
Canadian Assoc of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
http://www.speechandhearing.ca/en/consumer-info/links/audiology/audiologic-rehabilitation
Capitol ENT Speech and Language Milestones available
at http://www.capitolent.net/services_speech.html#
Acoustical Surfaces,
Inc. Sound Proofing and Acoustical Materialshttp://www.acousticalsurfaces.com/
Cochlear Fluids Research Laboratory Washington University School of Medicine http://oto2.wustl.edu/cochlea/
HEARING
AID, COCHLEAR IMPLANT and ASSISTIVE DEVICE INFORMATION AND
RESOURCES
(Links for Device Troubleshooting follow)
The Listening Room
The Listening Room is a steady stream of FREE
activities and resources to support the development of speech, language and
listening skills of children, adolescents and adult cochlear implant recipients.
Sponsored by Advanced Bionics Corporation, LLC
http://www.hearingjourney.com/
Advanced Bionics
Advanced Bionics, LLC
28515 Westinghouse
Place
Valencia, CA 91355 USA:
Toll Free: (877)
829-0026
Phone: (661) 362-1400
Fax: (661) 362-1503
TTY: (800)
678-3575
E-mail: info@AdvancedBionics.comhttp://www.advancedbionics.com/us/en/home.html
American based company. Makers of the HiRes 90K and Clarion family of
implants. They have support for schools, Tools for Schools, printable
Spondee Words, Ling Sound Test, as well as on-line courses available on
their website
Cochlear Implant Association, Inc. (CIAI)
(Formerly Cochlear Implant Club
International)
5335 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Suite 440
Washington,
D.C. 20015-2052
Phone: (301) 657-2248 (Voice)
Fax: (301)
913-9413
TTY: (301) 657-2249
E-Mail: info@hearingloss.org
http://www.hearinglossweb.com/res/hlorg/ciai/ciai.htm
Cochlear Corporation (Nucleus)
400 Inverness Parkway, Suite
400
Englewood Colorado 80112
Toll Free: (800) 523-5798
Phone: (303)
790-9010
Fax: (303) 792-9025
http://www.cochlear.com
Australian based
company. Makers of the Freedom and Nucleus family of implants. They have
HOPE courses and live and pre-recorded webinars with ASHA and CEU's
available.
HOPE Habilitation Outreach for Professionals in Education
The HOPE
program was initiated in part due to a growing percentage of children with
cochlear implants entering mainstream school, where the faculty may not be fully
prepared to deal with their special needs.
http://www.cochlearamericas.com/Support/291.asp
FrontRow
- Soundfield system manufacturer
2080
Lakeville Highway
Petaluma, CA 94954
Phone: (800) 227-0735
Fax: (707)
769-9624
info@gofrontrow.com
http://gofrontrow.com/en
GN -
Resound - Hearing Aid
Manufacturer
ReSound US
8001 E Bloomington Freeway
Bloomington, MN
55420
Phone: (800) 248-4327
Fax: (952) 769-8001
http://www.gnresound.com/
MED-EL
Corporation - The Hearing Implant Company
2511 Old Cornwallis
Rd.,
Suite 100
Durham, North Carolina 27713
Phone: (919)
572-2222
Fax: (919) 484-9229
Toll Free: (888) MED-EL-CI (633-3524)
E-mail: implants@medelus.com
http://www.medel.com
Austrian based
company. Makers of the Sonata, Pulsar, and Combi 40 implants.
Oticon,
Inc. - Hearing Aid Manufacturer (FM
Division - makers of the Amigo System)
29 Schoolhouse Rd
Somerset, NJ
08873
E-mail: peoplefirst@oticonusa.com
http://www.oticonusa.com/
http://oticonchildren.com/children/com/home.htm
Oticon is the oldest hearing aid manufacturer in the world. Oticon was
founded in 1904 by Hans Demant in Denmark. Website provides child, family and
school support information such as books for children about getting and using
hearing aids.
Phonak - Hearing Aid and FM
Manufacturer
4520 Weaver Parkway
Warrenville, IL 60555
Phone:
(800) 679-4871
Fax: (630) 393-7400
E-mail: info@phonak.com
http://www.phonak-us.com ;
Phonak
eSchool Desk - (FM Division - makers of the MicroLink System)
Headquartered
in Switzerland, Phonak developed the Claro, MicroLink, SmartLink, Savia,
microPower, Naida, inspire, etc.
http://www.hear-the-world.com/en/home.html
An initiative by Phonak has an on-line hearing test and simulations of hearing
loss, etc.
PhonicEar - Assistive Device
Manufacturer
Kongebakken 9
DK-2765 Sm?rum
Denmark
mail@phonicear.com
Phonic Ear is a
Danish-owned company that develops and produces:
Assistive listening devices
Assistive listening systems
Sound field systems for classrooms
Siemens - Hearing Aid
Manufacturer
Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
P.O. Box 32 80
D-91050
Erlangen
Phone: 0049 9131308-0
http://hearing.siemens.com/en/03-home/index-en.jsp
Werner von Siemens developed the Phonophor hearing instrument more than a
century ago, and thus, paved the way to our dedicated work in the field of
audiology. Siemens is a German company that developed and produces the Aquaris,
iMinis, etc.
Widex USA,
Inc.
- Hearing Aid Manufacturer
35-53 24th Street
Long
Island City, NY 11106-4416
Phone: (718) 392-6020
Fax: (718)
482-1884
E-mail: audiology@widexusa.com
http://www.widexusa.com
Widex
was established in 1956 when two Americans began the Hal-Hen Co. that quickly
became and still is the world?s leading supplier of hearing aid accessories.
They combined efforts with two men from Denmark and Widex was created. It
manufactures Senso Diva, INTEO, AIKIA, FLASH, Passion, Mind and other hearing instruments.
Links for Device Troubleshooting
Advanced Bionics
Platinum Series Processor
(PSP)
Harmony
Auria
CII and Platinum
BTEs
S-Series
User guides, troubleshooting
guides, ALD tips for all processors
Full Troubleshooting
Guide
Tools for
Schools
Cochlear
Interactive Freedom
Troubleshooting Guide
- Staff Favorite!
Freedom Bodyworn
(PDF)
Freedom BTE
(PDF)
Freedom Spanish
Language
(PDF)
ESPrit 3G
ESPrit
SPrint
Spectra
Complete Troubleshooting Manual
(PDF)
Educator's Guide to Cochlear
Implants
Tempo + and Opus 1
Opus 2
Quickguide
BRIDGE Program
Handbook for
Educators
Advanced Bionics - Platinum Series
Processor (PSP)
Advanced Bionics -
Harmony
Advanced Bionics -
Auria
Advanced Bionics - CII and
Platinum BTEs
Advanced Bionics -
S-Series
Med-El FM
Guide
Phonak's FM
Configurator
- A Staff Favorite!
Front Row Active Learning
System
- Soundfield system manufacturers
General hearing aid
troubleshooting
GN Resound - Hearing Aid Manufacturer
Oticon -
Hearing Aid Manufacturer
Phonak - Hearing Aid Manufacturer
Phonic Ear - Assistive Listening Device Manufacturers
Siemens -
Hearing Aid Manufacturer
Widex - Hearing Aid Manufacturer