Links

Consumer Organisations
Australian resources and information
Education and schools
Deaf societies
Bodies DFA Is A Member Of
Other related areas
International links
Sign language and interpreting
Deaf culture
Consumer organisations around the world
International resources
Child of deaf adult - CODA

Consumer organisations - hearing loss
Tinnitus
Hyperacusis
University and hospital departments


CONSUMER ORGANISATIONS

Aussie Deaf Kids Parent's Support Group

Australian Tinnitus Association NSW Inc.
Tinnitus is a physical condition, experienced as noises or ringing in the ears or head when no such external physical noise is present. Tinnitus is usually caused by a fault in the hearing system; it is a symptom, not a disease in itself.

Australian DeafBlind Council

Deaf Sports Australia

Better Hearing Australia Inc
If you have lost your hearing and need help this is a good place to start. Branches all around Australia.

CICADA
Cochlear Implant Club and Advisory Association

- CICADA Queensland contact Shirley ph/fax 07 3824 5003 SMS 0434 255148 

Deaf Australia
National organisation for Deaf people.

Deafness Council of New South Wales

Deafness Council of Western Australia

Deafness Foundation (VIC)

Ménière's Support Group of NSW Inc.

Ménière's Support Group of VIC Inc.

North Shore Deaf Children's Association

Parent Council for Deaf Education
A support organisation providing advocacy and support to parents and families with children, teenagers and young adults who are deaf or hard of hearing. PCDE provides advice and support regarding services and organisations such as schools and hearing services in NSW & ACT.

Parents of Hearing Impaired South Australia

TEDICORE
Telecommunications and Disability Consumer Representation is the voice on telecommunications of Australia's peak organisations of people with disabilities.

Tinnitus Association of Victoria

VCOD
Victorian organisation for Deaf people and branch of Deaf Australia



RESOURCES & INFORMATION

ACT Deafness Resource Centre
Training services, youth groups and awareness raising services.

Australian Communication Exchange
ACE runs the National Relay Service, provides the Australian Deafness Directory information and also has resource material available.

Australian Association of Teachers of the Deaf

Better Health Channel
The Better Health Channel was established in May 1999 by the Victorian (Australia) Government. Its role is to provide the community with access to online health related information.

Christian Services for the Blind and Hearing Impaired

Deaf Children Australia
Formerly VSDC — Services for Deaf Children, Deaf Children Australia provides information, advocacy, support services and educational resources that respond to the needs of these children and their families.

Deaf Info Link
Information service for people in rural Victoria.

Media Access Australia
Media Access Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that provides information and applies technological solutions to media access issues, including captioning.

National Relay Service
The National Relay Service is a telephone relay service that allows people who are deaf or have a hearing, speech or other communication impairment to make phone calls.

SHHH Australia
Self Help for Hard of Hearing people. SHHH is a not for profit organisation dedicated to helping Australians with hearing loss.

Shorthand Reporters Association of Australia (SRAA)
Profile: Realtime translation (for meetings/conferences/university lectures), captions and transcripts. Find a realtime writer in your area.

Telstra Disability Equipment
Information about equipment that Telstra provides to assist in making communication accessible.

Telstra's TTY payphone locations
This site lists the locations of Telstra's TTY Payphones around Australia.



EDUCATION & SCHOOLS

Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE - Centre of Excellence for Students who are Deaf & Hard of Hearing
The Centre provides a statewide service aimed at enhancing Deaf and hard of hearing students' participation in TAFE.

Victorian College for the Deaf

Banksia Deaf Facility
This site is located at the Banksia Secondary College in Victoria.

Carronbank School for Deaf Blind Students

Low Incidence Support Centre
Department of Education, Queensland, Australia.

Monnington Early Intervention Centre

Mosman Park School for the Deaf - Perth Western Australia

Methodist Ladies College

Monash Deaf Facility

Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children

The Shepherd Centre

Taralye
Advisory Council for Children with Impaired Hearing (Vic)

Telethon Speech & Hearing Centre for Children WA (Inc)
A non-profit organisation that helps speech delayed and hearing-impaired children learn to listen and speak.

WA Foundation for Deaf Children

WA Institute for Deaf Education
The Institute has responsibility for the education of 1200 deaf and hard of hearing children throughout Western Australia.

Summit Speech School
Summit Speech School is a private, non-profit organization which provides hearing impaired babies and preschool children a complete auditory-oral education program.

The Deaf Education Option Web

Auditory-Verbal International

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf

Cued-Speech
a Web site maintained by the Cued Speech Association of Minnesota.

Deaf Education Web Site
maintained by Kent State University - Deaf Education Teacher Preparation Program & amp; The Council on the Education of the Deaf (CED)

Special Education Resources on the Internet
A collection of Internet accessible information resources which may be of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education.

Singapore School for the Deaf

South Dakota School for the Deaf

Tennesse School for the Deaf

Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind

National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Oregon School for the Deaf

College & Careers Programs for Deaf Students
Maintained by Gallaudet and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, USA.

The Model Secondary School for the Deaf

The Central Institute for the Deaf
St.Louis, USA.

Newfoundland School for the Deaf



DEAF SOCIETIES

Tasmanian Deaf Society

Royal South Australian Deaf Society

Victorian Deaf Society

Deaf Society of NSW

Western Australia Deaf Society

Queensland Deaf Society



BODIES DEAFNESS FORUM AUSTRALIA IS A MEMBER OF

Australian Federation of Disabilities Organisations

Australian Council of Social Services

Disability Studies and Research Institute

International Federation of Hard of Hearing



OTHER RELATED AREAS

Australian Federation of Disabilities Organisations

Australian Theatre of the Deaf

Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission
This site contains copies of relevant discrimination acts as well as discussion papers related to DDA Standards Project.

National Welfare Rights Network
The NWRN is a network of services throughout Australia that provides free and independent information, advice and representation to individuals about Social Security law and its administration through Centrelink. The NWRN consists of both specialist community legal centres and services as well as individual advocates who are based in generalist community legal centres.

National Accreditation Authority for Translators & Interpreters
This site contains information about accreditation processes and lists accredited Para-professional and Professional Interpreters in each state.

The Australian Democrats
This site contains a copy of the Private Members Bill on Captioning tabled by Senator Natasha Stott Despoja.

Department of Broadband, Communication, and the Digital Economy

Office of Hearing Services


INTERNATIONAL LINKS

List of Audiology Hyperlinks
A collection of audiology papers maintained by Paul Dybala.

Cochlear Fluids Laboratory at Washington University

British Society of Audiology

Technology Assessment Program
The Technology Assessment Program (TAP) has as its broad purpose to produce information for use by industry, government, and consumers in the area of visual communications by deaf and hard of hearing people.

Yahoo - Health: Medicine:Audiology
The audiology directory maintained by Yahoo.

bionet.audiology
This is a Web site supporting the news group and archiving past postings by month.

Video Otoscopy.
Information on the video otoscope and lots of high resolution pictures (JPEG format) taken with the system.

Home Page of the Auditory Mailing Lists
A forum for the discussion of aspects of auditory perception.

A bulletin board for speech-language pathology
This site is a service provided by Thinking Publications to give speech-language pathologists and other professionals a place to post questions that can be answered by their peers."

The Vestibular Disorders Association

Job Accommodation Network

(JAN) "... an international toll-free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations and the employability of people with disabilities. "

Otolaryngology Home Page
The Indiana University Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery Home Page .

Cochlear Implants
National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement. May 15-17, 1995

Audiological Engineering Corporation
Research and development of communication enhancement products, including the TACTAID.

Hearing Rehabilitation Foundation
A not-for-profit organization promoting professional training, rehabilitation, and education focusing on the utilization of tactile aids



SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETING

Australian Sign Language Interpreters' Association
ASLIA is the professional association for sign language interpreters in Australia.The state branch sites are TAS

Interpreter's Network
This American site contains information for sign language interpreters.

Sign Linguistics Resource Index
A demonstration of a multimedia sign language (ASL) dictionary under development.

Visual Language Centre
The Visual Language Centre at the University of Wolverhampton in the UK.

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
One of the National Institutes of Health in the USA. Contains many policy statements plus other resources.



DEAF CULTURE

Deaf Connection

Deaf Life

Deaf Watch

Mining Company
This site contains information and articles about many interesting topics related to deafness and hearing loss and is regularly updated.



CONSUMER ORGANISATIONS AROUND THE WORLD

The National Foundation for the Deaf - New Zealand

British Deaf Association

RNID
Royal National Institute of the Deaf, Court Grange College, UK.

Deaf Africana
Deaf Africans from the Congo.

CISS
International sporting organisation for Deaf people.



INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES

Deaf Resources
Some more links and resources.

Deaf Resource Centre http://www.deafbiz.com/

Hearing Association of Wellington

RNID
The RNID library is a co-operative venture between the Royal National Institute for Deaf People and University College London Library.

KIWI EXPLORER: Deafness
a listing of resources from Massey University, New Zealand.

House ear Institute

The Better Hearing Institute

Neonatal Hearing Impairment



CHILD OF DEAF ADULT - CODA

CODA - Children of Deaf Adults Association



CONSUMER ORGANISATIONS - HEARING LOSS

ALDA
Association of Late Deafened Adults

AOL
America Online Late Deaf Forum

SHHH
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People.

The Hearing Loss Resources Page
Sponsored by the SayWhatClub.



TINNITUS

Australian Tinnitus Association NSW Inc.
Tinnitus is a physical condition, experienced as noises or ringing in the ears or head when no such external physical noise is present. Tinnitus is usually caused by a fault in the hearing system; it is a symptom, not a disease in itself.

Tinnitus Association of Victoria

Tinnitus Links

International Tinnitus Support Association

Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Site



HYPERACUSIS

Hyperacusis Network
This site provides detailed information on hyperacusis as well as links to other related sites.

Tinnitus Victoria



UNIVERSITY & HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS, ETC.

Lions Ear and Hearing Institute

Parmly Hearing Institute
Parmly is a basic science research institute of the Graduate School of Loyola University, Chicago.

Centre for Hearing and; Deafness
the University of Buffalo

Indiana Uni Speech & Hearing Dept.

Congenital Aural Atresia
A page of information by Alberto D. Fernandez, M.D.

Considerations In The Evaluation Of The Hearing Impaired Child
by Judith J. Owens, MD

Tympanostomy TUBES by Warren Morgan, M.D.

University of Southampton
Hearing & Balance Center.

Audiology Department
Glan Clywd Hospital, Wales

The Gallaudet Research Institute

John Hopkin's University
Hearing & amp; Balance Dept.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Speech & Hearing Sciences Program

Boys Town National Research Hospital
The Boys Town National Research Hospital is sponsored by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

The Karolinska Institute
A directory of links relating to audiological and medical aspects of hearing loss.

CADS WWW Home Page
Center for Assessment and Demographic Studies . Center for Assessment and Demographic Studies, Gallaudet University. This W3 file contains information from the demographics and assessment research at Gallaudet University's Center for ...

Project HIIT: Internet for the Hearing Impaired
Resources and Databases for the Hearing Impaired, University of Singapore .