DISEASE DIRECTORY

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Communication Disorders : Hearing

 Deafness

  • About Feelings - Psychotherapy for deaf, hearing impaired, and hearing adults. Online counseling, deaf resources.
  • ASL Boardroom - Information and educational workshops on sign language and deafness for parents, interpreters, deaf individuals, and the general public.
  • Auditory Neuropathy Message Board - Message area to share information and ask questions about AN.
  • Beginnings - Provides an objective approach to meeting diverse needs of families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
  • Chinese Traditional Medicine - Describes in detail how practitioners in China solve sudden deafness with TCM herbal products and herbs. Information about TCM books, qigong, tuina and acupuncture included.
  • Coping with Hearing Loss - Interactive online course to help individuals, family, and friends cope with the loss of hearing.
  • Deaf and HOH Culture Information - Includes deaf history and resources, statistics on deafness, working with deaf and hard of hearing employees, and an annotated directory of links.
  • Deaf Dates - Personal ads for singles, dating events, and chat.
  • Deaf Generation - Resource for alumni who graduated from high schools for the deaf.
  • Deaf Revolution - Discussion and chat about being deaf in college, getting into college, and majors related to deafness.
  • Deaf Spot - Workshop and event listings, news, shop, links, and bulletin board.
  • Deaf Spot - Webmail, events, workshop listings, links, online relay, bulletin board, chat, and many other resources for the deaf community, students and teachers of ASL, and anyone interested in American sign language and deaf culture.
  • Deaf Watch Maingate - Newsletter and online resources for the deaf.
  • DEAF-L Web - Home to a mailing list about deafness, as well as information and links to other deaf resources.
  • DeafBase.com - Portal to deaf-related websites and information, as well as games and community interaction.
  • DeafBase.net - News, personals, message forum, and chat services.
  • DeafChat.com - Real-time chat with deaf people and others. Requires Java.
  • Deafness - Deafness information on laws, psychological services, websites of interest, articles and psychology of deafness research.
  • DEAFNESS - (1993). Toward a psychology of deafness: Theoretical and empirical perspectives. MA: Allyn and Bacon. Rich, S. (1997). Pedophilia and deafness.
  • Deafness - Deafness [up]. Deafness / epidemiology Deafness / genetics Deafness / in infancy & childhood Deafness / prevention & control Deafness / epidemiology.
  • Deafness / HOH Page - A site for people to learn about deafness and hearing loss, asssitive technology, sign language and deaf culture, and chat. Deafness / Hard of Hearing.
  • Deafness and Family Communication Center - Deafness and Family Communication Center of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
  • Deafness and Genetics Forum - Neutral site for information and discussion about the controversial topic of deafness and genetics.
  • Deafness Council of New South Wales - What is the Deafness Council? Phone: (02) 9412 6800 Fax (Preferred): (02) 9413 3362. Deafness Council of NSW Inc. 126 Greville St, Chatswood, NSW 2067.
  • Deafness Forum Home - The deafness forum is the peak body for deafness and seeks solutions and lobbies on issues for all Australians who are Deaf, have a hearing impairment or
  • Deafness In Disguise Exhibit - Central Institute for the Deaf & ... - DEAFNESS IN DISGUISE. CONCEALED HEARING DEVICES OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES. FEATURING THE CID-GOLDSTEIN HISTORIC DEVICES FOR HEARING COLLECTION.
  • Deafness/Hard of Hearing - Information and resources about deafness and hearing loss, in subject pages that cover a wide range of topics, including sign language, hearing aids, cochlear
  • Deafness/Hard of Hearing - Learn about the world of the deaf at About.com.
  • Deafness: Choices of Communication - Deafness: Choices of Sound and Fury: Deaf Culture http://www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury/culture/ Interesting essays on deaf history and living with deafness.
  • DEAFology 101 - Comedy about deaf culture.
  • DeafTalk - Discussion board for the deaf community includes sections for sports, the media, classifieds, education, legal issues, clubs, and general chatter.
  • Deafvoice - Share your news in the deaf community. Includes news, forums, reviews and web links.
  • Deafwire.com - Directory of sites related to deafness.
  • Defeating Deafness : Your Questions : Are there any treatments for ... - Our priorities range from Cholesteatoma to Glue Ear to Presbyacusis : Defeating Deafness. Defeating Deafness The Hearing Research Trust 2001
  • Disability Info: Deafness and Hearing Loss Fact Sheet (FS3) - Deafness and Hearing Loss. Thus, deafness may be viewed as a condition that prevents an individual from receiving sound in all or most of its forms.
  • From Sound to Silence: The Development of Cochlear Implants - Article explores the basic scientific research by thousands of scientists in fields as disparate as physics, anatomy, neurophysiology, and information science, each of whom contributed pieces of information that led to a significant human benefit--the cochlear implant.
  • Futurika - Community search engine, calendar, and directories. Requires Flash.
  • Genetics and Deafness - Parents - Boys Town National Research ... - Genetics and Deafness. Basic Concepts. Genetic Syndromes. Alport Syndrome; Autism and Deafness: A Psychologist's Perspective; How the Balance System Works;
  • Genetics and Deafness Forum UK - The Deafness and Genetics Forum is a neutral site for information and discussion about the controversial topic of deaf genes, their research and testing.
  • Girls With Hearing Aids - Devoted to promoting hearing aid acceptance with information on the types of hearing aids available.
  • Hard of Hearing Radio - Weekly program with music suitable for those with mild hearing loss, and information for the general public about dealing with this disability. Streaming audio and broadcast in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  • Hearing Aids - Article - Site describes the evolution of hearing aids, working, patient selection and a lot of information on modern hearing aids technology.
  • Hearing Exchange - Community for people with hearing loss, parents of deaf and hard of hearing children and professionals. Offers comprehensive news, articles, forums, experts, resources and events.
  • Home Page: Center on Deafness - Inland Empire - CODIE, Center on Deafness Inland Empire is a non-profit community based service agency whose mission is to enable deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deafened adults to
  • I'm Listening as Hard as I Can! - Articles about coping with severe hearing loss in a society that is seldom considerate or accommodating toward the deaf or hard of hearing.
  • International Deaf Friend Search - Searchable contact information database for deaf and hard of hearing individuals worldwide.
  • MedEl Corporation - Developer of innovative cochlear implant technology. Designed to help severe to profoundly deaf individuals who gain little or no benefit from hearing aids.
  • Medical American Sign Language Phrasebook - Information on Deaf culture and American Sign Language to help medical professionals communicate with their Deaf patients.
  • MEDLINEplus: Hearing Disorders and Deafness - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders The primary NIH organization for research on Hearing Disorders and Deafness is the National
  • New England Cued Speech Services - Provides general information on cued speech and the services and events offered by the regional group.
  • NIDCD Health Information: Hearing, Ear Infections, and Deafness - Hearing, Ear Infections, and Deafness. Causes of Hearing Loss and Deafness. Infants, Children, and Hearing/Deafness. Auditory Processing
  • OhSoEZ.com - Listings of deaf community and interpreter related events throughout the nation as well as important news related to the deaf community.
  • On Using Colorful Hearing Aids - British study on the attitudes of children and their parents to the use of brightly colored behind-the-ear hearing aids.
  • Pediatric Oncall - Provides answers to questions about hearing impairment in children.
  • Princeton Cutaneous Communication Lab - Department researches communication via skin vibrations and transmission of patterns as aids to the sensory-impaired.
  • Sign Language CENTe-R - Information and support for graduate-level professionals serving families with infants and toddlers with a hearing loss.
  • Snipe Net - Features information on deaf culture, ASL, art, and leather carving.
  • Sound-Off - A Web site dedicated to offering support, stories and resources to individuals with hearing loss and their families and friends.
  • The Deaf Resource Library - Online collection of resource material and links intended to inform about deaf communities and resources in the U.S. and Japan.
  • The Hear and Say Centre, Queensland, Australia - Offers information about the center, a calendar of events and a newsletter.
  • The 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.
  • UK Council on Deafness - The UK national umbrella body for charities and professional bodies working in the field of deafness. UK Council on Deafness, The
  • University of Tennessee: Center on Deafness - Center on Deafness. Welcome to the UT Center on Deafness. Contact the Center on Deafness Claxton Complex A508 Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-3454.