Directory of Deafness Resources

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This category is for informational sites related to deafness.

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• Assistive Listening Devices
• Interpreting
• Organizations
• Parenting
• Personal Pages
• Sign Languages
• Support Groups

Resources in This Category

• About.com: Deafness

  http://deafness.about.com/
  Provides articles on a range of topics associated with hearing loss including daily life, sign language and the help available to the deaf. Newsletter and e-courses available.

• American Family Physician: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Hearing Loss

  http://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0915/p1125.html
  Article discussing the evaluation of hearing loss and what tests can be done to determine the type and cause of the problem.

• BUPA: Hearing Loss

  http://www.bupa.co.uk/health-information/directory/h/hearing-loss
  Concise factsheet explaining the causes, symptoms and treatment of hearing loss.

• Deaf Connect

  http://www.deafconnect.com/
  The Internet version of World Deaf Directory's residential email addresses. The first service of its kind by and for the deaf world.

• Deaf Linx

  http://www.deaflinx.com/
  Information about technology, sign language, interpreting, and education.

• Deaf Town

  http://www.deaftown.com/
  Community with news, events, information, and links.

• Deaf Websites

  http://www.deafwebsites.com/
  Includes list of sites pertaining to deafness, sorted by category.

• DEAF-L Web

  http://www.zak.co.il/d/deaf-info/old/home.html
  Home to a mailing list about deafness, as well as information and links to other deaf resources.

• Deafness Research UK: Genetics and Deafness

  http://www.deafnessresearch.org.uk/content/your-hearing/looking-after-your-hearing/your-genetic-make-up/
  Factsheet on the role that genetics can play in deafness.

• DEAFology 101

  http://www.deafology.com/
  Comedy about deaf culture.

• Deafplanet.com

  http://www.deafplanet.com/
  Resources and activities for deaf and hearing children to learn together online. Site is written in English, French, American Sign Language, and Langue des Signes Québécoise.

• Dizziness and Balance: Sensorineural Hearing Loss

  http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/hearing/sensorineural.htm
  Timothy C. Hain, MD, describes this condition and its causes, in particular noise induced loss and how musicians may prevent damaging their ears.

• eMedicine Health: Hearing Loss

  http://www.emedicinehealth.com/hearing_loss/article_em.htm
  Consumer resource center providing the causes, symptoms, and treatment of hearing loss.

• Fully Implantable Otologics Device

  http://www.actaitalica.it/issues/2009/2-09/Bruschini.pdf
  Preliminary surgical and clinical results of a trial of a middle ear implant designed to address the amplification needs of adults with moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss.

• Healthy Hearing

  http://www.healthyhearing.com/
  News and information about hearing loss, hearing aids, tinnitus, cochlear implants and all other hearing health topics.

• Hearing Aid Know

  http://www.hearingaidknow.com/
  Provide helpful information about issues surrounding deafness and hearing aids.

• I'm Listening as Hard as I Can!

  http://www.deafnotdumb.homestead.com/index.html
  Articles about coping with severe hearing loss in a society that is seldom considerate or accommodating toward the deaf or hard of hearing.

• Industrial Deafness

  http://www.industrialdeafness.org.uk/
  Provides information on all aspects of industrial deafness, including symptoms, causes, and prevention.

• Mayo Clinic: Hearing Loss

  http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hearing-loss/basics/definition/con-20027684
  Provides information on the signs, treatment and prevention of age and noise related hearing loss.

• Medicinenet: Hearing Loss and Older Adults

  http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=20432
  A physician-produced listing of health information about hearing loss and communications disorders.

• NIDCD: Presbycusis

  http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/presbycusis.asp
  Factsheet on this type of hearing loss that gradually occurs in most individuals as they grow older. Includes the symptoms and causes and what can be done to alleviate the condition.

• NIDCD: Sudden Deafness

  http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/sudden.htm
  Factsheet about a rapid loss of hearing over the period of a few days which should be considered a medical emergency. Includes possible causes, diagnosis, treatments, current research and links to more information.

• OhSoEZ.com

  http://www.ohsoez.com/
  Listings of deaf community and interpreter related events throughout the USA as well as important news related to the deaf community.

• On Using Colorful Hearing Aids

  http://www.les-smith.com/coloured-hearing-aids/
  British study on the attitudes of children and their parents to the use of brightly colored behind-the-ear hearing aids.

• Pediatric Hearing Loss

  http://www.utdallas.edu/~thib/rehabinfo/
  A physician describes diagnostic evaluation, and explains speech and language development. Includes family issues and recent developments.

• See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary

  http://www.seewhatimsayingmovie.com/
  Documentary follows four well-known entertainers in the deaf community: a comic, a drummer, an actor and a singer as they overcome personal obstacles and celebrate professional landmarks. Directed/produced by Hilari Scarl.

• The Deaf Resource Library

  http://www.deaflibrary.org/
  Online collection of resource material and links intended to inform about deaf communities and resources in the U.S. and Japan.

• Treatment of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

  http://archotol.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=484748
  Study by Anne Elizabeth Conlin and Lorne S. Parnes aiming to identify, evaluate and review randomized controlled trial data on the treatment of SSHL.

• WHO: Deafness and Hearing Impairment

  http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs300/en/
  Factsheet on these conditions, their causes and prevention, and the social and economic burden that they impose on society.

• Wikipedia: Deaf

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaf
  Explores the terminology behind the word "deaf" and its synonyms.

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