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Audiologists/Hearing Aid Dispensers:

 

Acadian Speech and Hearing Services

555 S. Ryan Street

Lake Charles, La.  70601

337-436-3277

 

Audibel Hearing Health Center

2804 2nd Avenue

Lake Charles, La.  70601

337-477-5774

 

Beltone Audiology and Hearing Care Center, Inc.

2000 Oak Park Blvd

Lake Charles, La  70601

337-480-1435

 

Billedeaux Hearing

2200 E. Prien Lake Road

Lake Charles, La.  70601

337-310-0632

 

The Hearing Center of Lake Charles, Inc.

2000 Oak Park Blvd.

Lake Charles, La  70601

337-474-3880

 

General:

 

Aetna InteliHealth

   Search hearing loss under search a term

 

Hearing Exchange

   A web page by a hard of hearing lawyer with hint to help cope.

 

Hearing Loss Web

   Lots of information about hearing loss

 

Hearing Planet

   Find the connection to the on-line pamphlet “How to select the right hearing aid.”

 

National Dissemination for Children with Disabilities

   Lots of information.  Search “hearing loss” (use the quotation marks)

 

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

   Lots of information on hearing disorders and includes an organization search engine

 

North Dakota American Academy of Pediatrics Facts on Infant Hearing Loss

   Obviously, facts about infant haring loss

 

Special Family Needs

   Search hearing loss for additional links

 

The Hearing and Speech Center

   Information from an audiologist not in Southwest Louisiana

 

Understanding Hearing Loss

   A web site by an audiologist which gives basic information about hearing loss

 

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

   Straight talk about hearing loss and hearing aids

 

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Medical

 

Baylor College of Medicine

 

Kids Health  (Kid friendly)

 

University of Washington

 

American Family Physician

 

Dizziness, imbalance, and hearing disorders

 

National Institute of Health
   Scroll down to the “Understanding Your Audiogram” for an explanation of your audiogram.

 

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Organizations

Alexander Graham Bell Association
Works to empower deaf and hard of hearing people.

American Association of the Deaf-Blind
An organization of, by, and for people with both hearing and vision loss.

The American Tinnitus Association
Focuses on the relief, prevention, and eventual cure of tinnitus.

Association of Late Deafened Adults (ALDA)
Focuses on education and support for late-deafened persons.

Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Loss (AMPHL)
Supports medical professionals with hearing loss.

Captioned Media Program
Loans captioned videos to people with hearing loss, and even pays the postage both ways.

Coalition for Movie Captioning
Advocates for movies to be fully accessible to people with hearing loss.

Cochlear Implant Association, Inc. (CIAI)
Focuses on providing education and support for persons who have or considering cochlear implants.

The Ear Foundation
Focuses on education and support for persons with Meniere's Disease.

Hearing Loss Association of America
Focuses on providing information and support for persons who are hard of hearing.

International Federation of Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH)
An international organization working for the rights of hard of hearing and late-deafened people.

 

League for the Hard of Hearing
A not-for-profit hearing rehabilitation and human services agency
for infants, children and adults who are hard of hearing, deaf and deaf-blind.

 

National Association of the Deaf
Focuses on safeguarding the accessibility and civil rights of 28 million deaf and hard of hearing Americans in education, employment, health care, and telecommunications.

 

National Hearing Conservation Association
Focuses on reducing noise in all places.

Ohio Coalition for Hearing Health Awareness
A state organization with a new and refreshing approach to assisting people with hearing loss. You'll want to read about this!

SayWhatClub
An online organization that provides support and information for persons who are hard of hearing or late-deafened.

Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. (TDI)
A national advocacy organization focusing its energies and resources to address equal access issues in telecommunications and media for people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-deafened, or deaf-blind.

World Federation of the Deaf
An international organization that works to improve the lives of people with hearing loss throughout the world.

 

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Hearing Aids and Assistive Devices

 

A & M Hearing

 

AbleData

 

Audex

 

Audio Controle

 

Avr

 

Beltone

 

Bernafon

 

GN Resound

 

Harris Communication

 

Magnatone

 

Micro-tech Hearing

 

Miracle Ear

 

Oticon

 

Phonak

 

Rexton

 

Siemens

 

Songbird

 

Sonic Innovations

 

Starkey

 

Telex

 

Unitron

 

Widex

 

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Last updated 1/25/2007