Recommended Web Sites

The American Academy of Audiology - This web site is from a professional organization of individuals dedicated to providing quality hearing care to the public.

American Sign Language - American Sign Language (ASL) is a complete, complex language that employs signs made with the hands and other movements, including facial expressions and postures of the body.

The American Society for Deaf Children - This society is an organization of parents and families that advocates for deaf or hard of hearing children's total quality participation in education, the family and the community.

American Speech-Language, Hearing Association (ASHA) - ASHA is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 99,000 speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists in the United States and internationally. Here is their web site for public information.

Audiometry - The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) discusses hearing tests.

Captions for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Viewers - Find the laws and other information which support close captions for television programs, from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

CDC Health Topics A to Z - Health Topics A to Z provides a listing of disease and health topics found on the CDC Web site. The listing includes deafness, early hearing detection and intervention, hard of hearing, hearing impairment, hearing loss in infants, hearing screening, and newborn hearing screening.

Cochlear Implants - The Food and Drug Administration have created this information on a popular type of hearing device.

Digital Hearing Aids: Current "State-of-the-Art" - The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association offers this information.

Hearing Loss - This excellent page from the Mayo Clinic provides an overview of hearing loss - signs/symptoms, causes, treatment, prevention and self care.

How Hearing & Balance Work - More great information from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

MedlinePlus: Hearing Disorders and Deafness and Hearing Problems in Children - Developed by the National Library of Medicine, this consumer health site directs the user to selected online resources.

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders - The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders is one of the Institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health. Information on hearing, ear infections, and deafness can be located at this site.

Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention - NIOSH recommends removing hazardous noise from the workplace whenever possible and using hearing protectors in those situations where dangerous noise exposures have not yet been controlled or eliminated.

Type, Degree and Configuration of Hearing Loss - Read about the different kinds of hearing loss in this document from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - The institute addresses the needs of deaf, deafened and hard of hearing individuals by providing products, services and programs that work towards ensuring accessibility to their environment which is equal to that of the hearing public.

What Is an Audiologist? - The American Academy of Audiology answers the question.