Resources
Trainers - Consultants
Ted Venema, PhD
Audiologist & Consultant
Eastend Saskatchewan, Canada S0N 0T0
Antonio Calderon, MD
Medical Doctor
Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist
Industry Trainer
Teresa "TJ" Barnes, RN
Hearing Loss Equality and Inclusion Advocate
Keynote Speaker
Author
Helpful Blogs
Living With Hearing Loss
"Living With Hearing Loss is a blog and online community for people living with hearing loss. Founder Shari Eberts has an adult onset genetic hearing loss and hopes that sharing her story will help others to live more comfortably with their own hearing issues."
Hearing Protection
Noise Levels and Exposure Limits
Important charts to help you understand when it's appropriate to protect your hearing.
Helpful Services
121 Captions
Expert providers of verbatim realtime captioning onsite and remotely to your tablet or laptop. www.121captions.com
Resume and Employment Guide for People With Disabilities
This guide includes important insight such as laws that protect their rights, workplace discrimination, and harassment to ensure they receive a fair chance at achieving their career goal.
Here is the guide.
Parabolic Pictures
Visual Storyteller, Evan Atwood commented on the production of the Basic Hearing Aid Training for
Caregivers™ video, “This training video is clear, concise, detailed, and arranged with great care. It is engaging to watch, from start to finish. I highly recommend this video for caregivers!”
Helpful Products
Ear Gear
Protect your Hearing Instrument from
Sweat, Moisture, Dirt, Loss & Wind Noise
High Fidelity Acoustic Filters
clEAR
EAR Trains the Brain
Improve your speech discrimination, receive support from your hearing healthcare professional, be more relaxed and feel more confident in your ability to understand what people are saying, and stay active and involved in your world.
Amptify
The World's First Digital Therapeutic for Hearing Loss
Amptify is an evidence-based hearing healthcare program that uses a proprietary digital toolkit to provide ongoing and personalized hearing rehabilitation from our world-class specialists to your diverse population.
Helpful Websites
Cochlear Implant Basics
Cochlear implants can be a life-changing experience. Listen to people who've experienced this amazing change in their own lives. We want all Hearing Aid Professionals and Caregivers to know about this important website that helps everyone understand the basics of cochlear implants. https://cochlearimplantbasics.com/
Cognitive Function
Cognivue
Our passion is to elevate the gold standard of cognitive health assessment, reduce the stigma of cognitive issues, and empower action with early detection. We will work to integrate within healthcare, government and private business communities to achieve broad awareness, accessibility and adoption of cognitive health assessment. Through our partnerships, we will define and support a cognitive health care continuum that serves a diverse and growing at-risk population.
Compression for Clinicians
Preventing Decline
Hear & Beyond
Eddie the Elephant
The Human Ear Canal
Community Outreach
Interview with Gary Barg
Interview with Dr. Keith Darrow
Caregiver Training
Ethical Selling
Hearing Test Prep™
Wisdom Of Age
Caring.com
Did you know that about 36% of individuals aged 65 and older live with at least one disability, as per the American Community Survey? For these seniors, Assisted living can provide a less restrictive housing option, and live as part of a community, which can help to increase social bonds and life enjoyment. To assist in this matter, we've created a comprehensive guide that covers topics like costs, funding sources, alternative housing solutions, and crucial factors to consider when choosing a facility. It also includes a detailed list of disability resources for each state. Click here.
The NCOA recently published a piece about supporting senior communication. In this piece, readers will find:
• How to provide accessible communication for folks with vision,
hearing or mobility challenges.
• One of the most comprehensive lists of applications and
technologies available to help people stay connected to friends and
family.
• Practical tips to stay social and enjoy the fine arts.
• Plus, actionable ideas from a licensed therapist that readers can
use to help cope with anxiety.
Read and print it here.
Our guide helps deaf and hard-of-hearing students learn about online accommodations colleges offer to comply with the American Disabilities Act, popular listening devices and applications, and scholarships.
We also list the five best colleges for students with hearing disabilities and additional helpful resources.
Access it here.