Links

Audiogram - Degrees of Hearing Loss and Speech sounds plotted on an audiogram (Audiogram is the name of the graphic depiction of how someone hears at different pitches and volume levels.)
Click here to open audiogram in a Microsoft Word document format

Michigan Hands & Voices
www.mihandsandvoices.org
A non-profit support group for families with children who are deaf and hard of hearing in the state of Michigan.  Site provides information related to joining the group, how to find more information about the group, past and current newsletters, etc...  There is a national group called Hands & Voices.

How to Hear
http://www.howihear.com/
Watch and hear simple video clips from patients and professionals related to education and information about Audiology, Audiologists, Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, Assistive Listening Devices, Children and Hearing, Auditory Processing Disorders, etc...

People Concerned with Hearing Loss
http://www.unitronhearing.us/ccus/people.htm
A site sponsored by a manufacturer of value based hearing instrument technology designed to help inform the consumer about how hearing works, types of hearing loss, types of hearing technology, support, pediatrics and hearing loss, how to locate a professional in your area, etc...

 

Hearing Loss Association of America

http://www.hearingloss-mi.org/index.html

Hearing Loss Association of America, founded in 1979, is a consumer, educational organization devoted to the welfare and interests of those who cannot hear well, their relatives and friends.

 

Michigan Chapters  (click on the city below for chapter information)

Upcoming Activities

Contact the Chapter for upcoming activities

Ann Arbor

Dearborn

Flint

Grand Rapids

Kalamazoo

Lansing

Macomb

Muskegon

Royal Oak

Saginaw

Allen Park

Traverse City

Waterford

Garden City

St. Joseph

 

MI Cochlear Implant Chapter

Mt Pleasant :

Health Professions Building
Central Michigan University

Corner of E. Campus Drive & Preston, 1 block west of Mission Road (Bus 27) & Preston Street  Parking:  Right outside of building...enter fromE. Campus Drive

Email: Mt-Pleasant-CI@hearingloss-mi.org

 

Ann Arbor:

Email: Ann-Arbor-CI@hearingloss-mi.org

 

Grand Rapids:

Email:Grand-Rapids-CI@hearingloss-mi.org

 

Cochlear Implant Chapter -  Meets in three locations. 

Ann Arbor, Mt Pleasant and Grand Rapids.

Boys Town National Research Hospital
http://www.boystownhospital.org/home.asp

Boys Town National Research Hospital, with two locations in Omaha, Nebraska at 555 N. 30th St. and 14000 Boys Town Hospital Road in the historic Village of Boys Town, provides nationally-oriented clinical and surgical services. Research programs focuse on childhood deafness, visual impairment and related communication disorders.  Accredited by the The Joint Commission, Boys Town National Research Hospital is dedicated to improving the lives of children and their families through education and technology.

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
www.nidcd.nih.gov/

The 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.