Useful links

Here you can find relevant links to different organisations that work with hearing loss. We hope that they will be useful and be a source of inspiration to you.

Visit hear-it.org – the world’s largest website on hearing loss

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"hear-it AISBL" is a non-profit organisation based in Belgium. The purpose of hear-it is to collect information on hearing loss worldwide and help to promote and improve the dialogue on and between people with hearing loss.

In the website you will find valuable and useful information on hearing loss and hearing illustrated by stories from people with hearing loss about how they experience their hearing loss.


International and national links
IFHOH

International Federation of the Hard of Hearing
http://www.ifhoh.org

IFHOHYP

International Federation of Hard of Hearing Young People
http://ifhohyp.dk

WHO

http://www.who.int

Better Hearing Institute

http://www.betterhearing.org

 

AEA

Association Européenne des Andioprothésistes
http://www.aea-europe.org

EHIMA

European Hearing Industry Manufacturers Association
http://www.ehima.com

CISS

Comité International des Sports des Sourds
http://ciss.org


National links

United Kingdom

 The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
http://www.rnid.org.uk

Hearing Concern
http://www.hearingconcern.com

The National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)
http://www.ndcs.org.uk

British Society of Audiology (BSA)
http://www.thebsa.org.uk

The Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Site
http://www.tinnitus.org

The Hearing Aid Council (HAC)
http://www.thehearingaidcouncil.org.uk


Australia

Australian Association of the Deaf, Inc.
http://www.aad.org.au

Australian Communication Exchange
http://www.aceinfo.net.au

Australian Deaf Sports Federation
http://www.deafsports.org.au

Deafness Forum of Australia
http://www.deafnessforum.org.au

The Office of Hearing Services
http://www.health.gov.au/hear

Victorian Council of Deaf People
http://www.deaf-vic.org.au

The Victorian Deaf Society
http://www.vicdeaf.com.au


New Zealand

University of Auckland Audiology Department
http://www.physiology.auckland.ac.nz/

The National Foundation for the Deaf
http://www.nfd.org.nz

University of Canterbury, Department of Speech and Language Therapy
http://www.spth.canterbury.ac.nz


USA

The American Auditory Society (AAS)
http://www.amauditorysoc.org


Canada

Canadian Hearing Society
http://www.chs.ca

Canadian Hard of Hearing Association
http://www.chha.ca

Association of Hearing Instrument Practitioners of Ontario
http://www.ahip.ca

Hearing Ear Dogs of Canada
http://www.dogguides.com/programs/programs03.htm

Canadian Association of the Deaf
http://www.cad.ca

Tinnitus Association of Canada
http://www.kadis.com/ta/tinnitus_1.htm

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