Week of 10.09.01 HearingExchange News http://www.HearingExchange.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Welcome to the current edition of HearingExchange News! Feel free to forward this to anyone else you think would be interested in it. Subscription and removal information are at the end of the newsletter. If the links don't work or you are an AOL user: please copy and paste the links into your browser. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IN THIS ISSUE: * Letter from the Editor * Sponsor Message * What's New * Feature Article * News * Message Boards * Sponsor Message * Featured Site * Featured Book * Poll Results * Get Involved * Sponsor Message ============================================================ " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " L E T T E R F R O M T H E E D I T O R " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Hi everyone, Last week I discovered and signed up for the Emergency Email Network. It is a free service that will send important news related emails to your computer, PDA or pager. Since I signed up, I received several timely, pertinent news on national and international events. Since I can't understand the radio and am always on the go, these pager emails have been truly helpful. It appears that the site is undergoing some changes as I write this, but check it in a day or two and sign up for this terrific, free service at: http://www.emergencyemailnetwork.com The late-breaking news on the hearing loss front is radio show host's Rush Limbaugh's announcement that he has experienced a sudden hearing loss during the past three months. Read a transcript of the announcement here: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_100801/content/lucky.guest.htm Have a good week, ~ Paula ============== S P O N S O R M E S S A G E ============== The Easy Recall is a digital answering machine with crystal clear voice messaging. Its djustable Tone and Play Speed controls allow you to hear every word the first time--no more replaying! The Easy Recall has a powerful amplifier and high fidelity speaker. The audio output jack may be used for a headset or neckloop. Includes fifteen minutes of message recording time with remote message retrieval option. See this product and many more at http://www.harriscomm.com/?source=hearingexchange ============================================================ " " " " " " " " " " W H A T ' S N E W " " " " " " " " " " We have exciting news for everyone! HearingExchange is now offering free Hearing Loss Journals to members of the deaf and hearing impaired community. Each person can create a journal viewable to the public but is password protected to ensure that it remains unedited by others. Currently, there are four categories for journals: * Cochlear Implant Users * Hearing Aid Users * Living with Hearing Loss * Parenting a Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child To begin a journal, click here: http://www.hearingexchange.com/journals/stories.cgi?sort=date&cat=stories and register. To read the first installment of my own personal journal, click on the link below: http://www.hearingexchange.com/journals/stories.cgi?sort=rating&cat=5 Our chats are quite exciting with many new chatters and lively discussions! Do you like to chat? Do you have a favorite topic related to hearing loss? An hour a week to devote? Become a chat host at HearingExchange. Visit this page for more information and to apply for this fun position: http://www.hearingexchange.com/chat_host.htm Our next chat is this Wednesday at 9:30pm Eastern, 8:30pm Central, 6:30pm Pacific. To join us, simply click on the link below or the "Chat" link on http://www.HearingExchange.com, enter a screen name (no password necessary) and click on "Sign on." If you would like further details, send a blank email to mailto:chatinstructions@sendfree.com. You will receive an automatic email reply. Click here to chat: http://www.hearingexchange.com/chat/chat2.htm Our chatroom is open 24 hours, so pop in and see if anyone is there. It's a great way to meet new people who have common issues and interests. Last chance to enter the HearingExchange Anniversary contest! The contest expires October 14th, so be sure to enter for a chance to win. We'll be giving away 5 great prizes including an amplified telephone and a vibrating alarm clock. Special thanks to our anniversary celebration sponsors: * HearingPlanet.com - http://www.HearingPlanet.com/?source=HearingExchangeN * Harris Communications - http://www.harriscomm.com/?source=HearingExchangeN Enter to win here: http://www.hearingexchange.com/contest.html We have added a Chat Updates list for those of you who would like to receive a weekly chat reminder with the date and time of the chat. Are you an employer or a job seeker? Then you'll want to sign up for our new Jobs & Resumes newsletter. You will receive emails containing current resumes and jobs posted on the HearingExchange Employment boards. To get these or other newsletters from us, enter your email address in the Sign On box on the left side of the main page of http://www.HearingExchange.com. ============================================================ " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " F E A T U R E A R T I C L E " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " After 40 Years, Lawyer Regains his Hearing By Jan Pudlow Neal P. Pitts can't wait to leave his Orlando law office and get home before sunset, so he can listen to crickets chirping by the lake. It's a sound he hasn't heard for 40 years, and he considers it no less than a miracle. Thanks to advances in medical technology - along with an abiding faith that he would hear again one day - a cochlear implant procedure at Shands Hospital in Gainesville was a great success. Read on at: http://www.hearingexchange.com/articles/featured_article_100801.htm ============================================================ " " " " N E W S " " " " HATIS* and Verizon Pave Road to Complete Wireless Telecommunications Access for Hard-of-Hearing. Read about it: http://www.hearingexchange.com/articles/henews-100801.htm = = = = = October 1 Begins New Era of Telephone Access, 711 Will Permit Easy Nationwide Access to Relay Services, Click here: http://www.hearingexchange.com/articles/henews-100101.htm = = = = = For Maryland Infants, A Sound Solution - A New State Law Aimed at Reducing Development Problems Demands Insurers Cover Babies' Hearing Aids. Read Kathleen Phalen's article in the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55278-2001Oct1.html = = = = = The Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) Inner Ear Core Consortium has been awarded a five-year grant totaling $1.54 million from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Get the details: http://www.hearingexchange.com/articles/henews-100301.htm These and other news briefs and articles are all available on the main page of HearingExchange. Go to http://www.HearingExchange.com and review the News and Articles sections of the site as well as their archives. ============================================================ " " " " " " " " " " " " " " M E S S A G E B O A R D S " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Have something to say? Say it on our Message Boards! You don't need to register to participate. You can easily post a new topic or reply to current threads. From our Cochlear Implant forum: "My little grandson...is 6 years old he goes 12/19/01 for the cochlear implant/clarion bionic ear. His hearing loss is severe to profound in both ears...I would love to talk to parents who's child has had this done...so I can give information to my daughter and son-inlaw." Respond to this message here: http://www.hearingexchange.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000064.html - - - - - From our Deaf/Hard of Hearing forum: "I am a high school special education teacher who recently aquired a HOH student on my case load. I am looking for stratagies for teaching reading." Have you successfully taught your hearing impaired child or student to read? Reply to this thread: http://www.hearingexchange.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000151.html - - - - - From our Parenting forum: "My daughter...has bilateral sensorinueral hearing loss, she is 15 months old. This is a new subject for my husband and I. We are open to any suggestions...My husband and I are open to any advice that can help 2 people who have never dealt with this subject..." Read more from this parent and reply here: http://www.hearingexchange.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000154.html - - - - - From our Late Deafened forum: One of our most active threads is on the topic of sudden hearing loss. With Rush Limbaugh's recent announcement, hopefully this issue will receive more attention in the press and more research will be done. Join in the thread here: http://www.hearingexchange.com/ubb/Forum5/HTML/000010-6.html - - - - - From our Special Education forum: Live in New Jersey? Have a child with hearing loss? Here's a great opportunity: "I am presently a C-Print captionist for a deaf high school student who will be graduating in June. I will be able to offer this support service in the Central Jersey area..." Reply to this post here: http://www.hearingexchange.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000026.html - - - - - From our Students forum: Interested in participating in research projects or surveys? We have many students in our Students forum seeking your input. Visit this forum today: http://www.hearingexchange.com/ubb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number=8&SUBMIT=Go These topics and more can be found on our message boards. Click here to see a list of all the forums available: http://www.hearingexchange.com/ubb/Ultimate.cgi ============== S P O N S O R M E S S A G E =============== WyndTell offers the ONLY wireless service with 2-way e-mail designed for people with hearing loss. WyndTell Service keeps you connected with cell-phone convenience, but without cell-phone hassles, t-coil incompatibility, or noisy environments, etc. Visit http://www.wynd.com/?source=hearingexchange or call 800-549-9800 v or 800-549-2800 tty. Let them know you heard about them from HearingExchange. =========================================================== " " " " " " " " " " " " " F E A T U R E D S I T E " " " " " " " " " " " " " The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse contains a wealth of information on hearing, balance, speech, language, research and much more. An excellent resource for people with hearing loss, parents and professionals. Visit the NIDCD today: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/tools/map.htm ============================================================ " " " " " " " " " " " " " F E A T U R E D B O O K " " " " " " " " " " " " " The Child with Special Needs: Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth - Dr. Stanley Greenspan is an internationally known child development expert and Serena Wieder is a nationally recognized child psychologist. This book offers a comprehensive guide for parents, educators and others who work with children with speech and language delays or disorders. The floor-time approach discussed in this book has been an extraordinary eye-opener for many adults and has improved results in children with a variety of disabilities. 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