Hearing+Impairments


 * Hearing Impairments **
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Hearing Impairments ||

Heari﻿ng impairment is partial or whole hearing loss, whether temporary or long. A person with a hearing impairment may have a difficult time receiving sound frequencies through the ear, distant speech, or may not hear any sounds at all. Those with a hearing impairment may wear a hearing aid.

 Hearing Impairment can be broken down into four types:

 1. Conductive

 2. Sensorineural

 3. Mixed

 4. Central

 Conductive hearing loss is when there is difficulty conducting sound waves through the outer, middle and inner ear. It is a temporary loss and can be medically corrected or through surgery.

 Sensorineural hearing loss is a permanent loss of hearing that affects the inner ear (cochlear) or the pathways of nerves of the inner ear to the brain. It can affect a person’s sound level and understanding of sounds.

 Mixed hearing loss can be a combination of the two examples above, conductive and sensorineural. A person could have damage in their outer ear as well as the nerves in their cochlear.

 Central hearing loss affects the central nervous system pathway to the brain and is classified as a learning disability. A person with central hearing loss will typically have very good hearing, but the problem is interpreting what they hear. Loud noises, multiple conversations and other auditory distractions can be hard for a person with central hearing loss to filter.



<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">The Hearing Loss Association of America has developed a series of videos relating to information about Hearing Impairments, the basic facts, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, prevention and causes, and resources. Here is the video on Basic Facts about Hearing Impairments:

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For more information and to watch the rest of the videos in this series, you can click on the following link:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">@http://www.hearingloss.org/learn/hearingloss_vids.asp

|| <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Hearing Loss Association of America]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The HLAA is a program that provides resources, support and information with those with hearing loss or family members of those with hearing loss and how to acclimate to living with hearing loss.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|National Association of the Deaf]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|NIDCD Information Clearinghouse]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The National Association of the Deaf focuses a lot on the civil rights of those with hearing impairments in the United States.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders information Clearinghouse provides information and resources about hearing impairment.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Books about Hearing Impairment:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bamford, J. (1991). Hearing impairment, auditory perception and language disability. San Francisco: Wiley-Blackwell.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Luterman, D. (2006). //Children with hearing loss: a family guide.// Sedona, AZ: Auricle Ink Publishers.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Morgan-Jones, S. (2005). //Hearing differently: the impact of hearing impairment on family life.// London: Whurr Publishers Ltd.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Naff, C. (2010). //Deafness and hearing impairment//. Belmont, CA: Gale Cengage.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Stenross, B. (1999). //Missed connections: hard of hearing in a hearing world.// Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Waldman, D. (2009). //Your child’s hearing loss: a guide for parents.// San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing, Inc. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Education and Service || * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em;">[[image:logo.png align="left"]]The Maryland Disability Law Center provides the Special Education Rights Handbook that is available for parents and professionals. This handbook was designed to help parents, caregivers and professionals and provide them with all the information needed regarding the Special Education process, eligibility, IEP's, advocacy, among others.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Hearing Loss Association of Greater Baltimore focuses on providing education and advocacy for persons with hearing impairments. Also, they offer support and weekly meetings for parents and friend s.




 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em;">The Hearing and Speech agency provides a wide range of services for children and adults, from early detection to medical aid. They also have several educational programs were parents and their children can both participate, as well a school from Pre-K to the Elementary grades.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em;">The National Cued Speech Association provides information, services, and education for parents and professionals who chose Cued Speech as a mode of communication for their children. Cued Speech is a way of communicating for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing experiencing difficulties in language and communication disorders and it allows them to access and use some of the fundamental properties of spoken language supported by vision and communicate effectively.




 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em;">Maryland Relay offers people who are Deaf, have Speech disabilities, or are Hard of Hearing, the opportunity to effectively communicate through Text telephone with anyone using a standard telephone. The website includes the instructions on how to use it and videos, it also offers recent news and programs.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em;">The Hearing Loss Association of America offers as part of their services a series of Webinars, which are lectures or meeting held online over the Internet where professionals discuss medical concerns and researches associated with hearing loss. This Webinars have been created for parents, caregivers, professionals, personas affected with hearing loss, and it allows for the users to ask questions about the topics being discussed. It is held at least once a month; they are captioned and audio-enabled.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Cochlear Implant Center at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center provides a wide variety of services, ranging from audiological and speech recognition testing, evaluations, cochlear implant surgery, and therapies, among others. They are a team willing to work along with the parents, the teachers, and other professionals involved, in order to achieve success for each child or adult experiencing hearing loss || * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Maryland Disability Law Center Special Education Rights Handbook for Parents and Professionals


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hearing Loss Association of Greater Baltimore


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Hearing and Speech Agency


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">National Cued Speech Association


 * Maryland Relay


 * Hearing Loss Association of America Webinars


 * The Cochlear Implant Center of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Local Support Groups

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Educational Conferences || * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Hearing Loss Association of Greater Baltimore provides local support group meetings and informational meetings which are all open to the public and free and are held at The Hearing and Speech Agency at 5900 Metro Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association has their ASHA Schools 2011 Conference from July 8- July 10, 2011 which will be held at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center, National Harbor, MD 20745. They note that sessions held at the conference are held at an intermediate level, assuming familiarity with concepts and terminology of the topic.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The American Society for Deaf Children has their 22nd Annual Biennial ASDC Conference "Parent Choices: Key to Your Child's Future" from June 22-26, 2011 at the Maryland School for the Deaf in Fredrick, MD. This educational conference brings families together providing additional support, extracurricular and community activities and education


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Hearing Loss Association of Montgomery County provides support group meetings to share experiences and information about the loss of hearing. Meetings are held at the Rockville Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 2085
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Hearing Loss Association of America is having the 2nd International Hearing Loop Conference from June 16-19, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City where their main focus of the conference is hearing loop technology. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hearing Loss Association of Greater Baltimore

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

America Society for Deaf Children

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Montgomery County Chapter- Hearing Loss Association of America

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hearing Loss Association of America ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Recreational

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿Community based Resource || * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Baltimore Adapted Recreation and Sports provides fun opportunities of recreation for people with disabilities and their friends and families like camping, sailing, rock climbing and more. A membership is required.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Maryland School for the Deaf provides opportunities for students to participate in various athletics such as football, basketball, baseball, cheerleading and track and field.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The League for People with Disabilities, Inc. offers camping and therapeutic recreations for people with disabilities. There are camps in the summer as well as camping for the winter.




 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program of Carroll County allows people of all disabilities to learn to ride the horses, bond with them, improve overall physical strength and help with concentration and confidence.

* <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Hearing Loss Association of Greater also provides a list of Local Theaters, along with some located at the Washington DC area, that offer Rear View and/or Open Captioning in the movies. Generally, they offer open captioning in one or two movies per week and then change the movie selection in order to provide a variety of selection.

|| <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Baltimore Adapted Recreation and Sports

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Maryland School For the Deaf

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The League for People with Disabilities, Inc.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4-H Therapeutic Riding Program of Carroll County

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Movie Theaters offering Open Captioning ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Funding/ Legal Advocacy || * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[[image:images-2.jpeg width="146" height="53" align="left"]]The American Society for Deaf Children provides advocacy and a couple advocates: <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Protecting Students With Disabilities which has Frequently Asked Questions about Section 504, and <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Classroom Interpreting which advocates the need of having interpreters in the classrooms of K-12.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Hearing Loss Association of America provides a list of states mandated for hearing insurance and what is covered through government assistance.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Miracle Ear Children's Foundation provides free hearing aids to children who are eligible.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Social Security Online allows you to apply for disability benefits for both children and adults. You can apply right online on your own time.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">American Academy of Audiology provides advocacy and legal information to educate people about hearing impairment issues. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">American Society for Deaf Children

<span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 19px;">Hearing Loss Association of America

<span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 19px;">Miracle Ear

<span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 19px;">Social Security

<span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 19px;">American Academy of Audiology ||