Hearing Loss

Many people with hearing loss believe that hearing aids are far too expensive, and that audiologists and dealers get a huge markup on them. One… Read More »Hearing Aid Affordability

People with hearing loss may have have difficulty getting and keeping jobs. Those that have employment need communications accommodations to function most effectively. Employer’s efforts… Read More »Hearing loss and employment

Interaction between People with Hearing Loss and Law Enforcement Officers We sometimes hear horror stories about tragedies involving people with hearing loss and law enforcement… Read More »Law Enforcement

It seems pretty obvious that hearing loss has pretty significant psychological effects on people. Fortunately, scientists are finally starting to study these effects on people… Read More »Psychology of Hearing Loss

In March, 2000, SHHH distributed the following notice urging people to contact the Access Board with their access issues. This article is a wonderful summary… Read More »Access Board Serves People with Hearing Loss

Families are one of the most important parts of the lives of many of us. If our family is supportive, it can be an ongoing… Read More »Hearing Loss and Family Members

Services are scarce for hard of hearing, late deafened, and oral deaf people There are about 28 million deaf and hard of hearing people in… Read More »Services

One of the really troublesome issues facing hard of hearing, late deafened, and oral deaf persons is establishing their identity. Persons with hearing loss often… Read More »Diverse identities exist within the hearing loss community

One of the real issues facing people with hearing loss is the expense of acquiring and maintaining equipment that helps them minimize the impact of… Read More »Equipment Cost