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June 12, 2008 - Reno, Nevada: Mark Ross, Ph.D., received the Hearing Loss Association of America's (HLAA) Lifetime Achievement Award during the Opening Session of HLAA's co...
Marlee Matlin is a remarkable person. She proved her acting chops in her film debut in Children of a Lesser God in 1986. The role won her a Golden Globe for Best Actress and an...
Time sure does fly. It seems only a few years back that we all enjoyed the extremely successful TV series, The Waltons. The stories were heartwarming, the characters real and the...
Hearing loss is a major health and quality-of-life problem in the United States; hearing loss is the second most self reported ailment after back problems. One way to this...
COPENHAGEN, June 2 The Ida Institute, an independent educational institute dedicated to fostering better understanding of the human dynamics associated with hearing loss, appo...
There is no better explanation as to what drives associations like AG Bell than the quote from anthropologist Margaret Meade, who once said, A small group of thoughtful people...
Clarke President Bill Corwin and the Board of Trustees announce that New York Times bestselling author Josh Swiller will address the Clarke School community at Commencement on...
Los Angeles, CA - May 2, 2008 - House Ear Institute sponsor Sennheiser Corporation has renewed its commitment to the Sound Partners Teen Hearing Conservation Initiative - It's...
b>The New Frontier: Deafness in the 21st CenturyJuly 25 27, 2008For families with children ages newborn 14 yearsClick Here to View Information on the Family Weekend (P...
Bryan Adams, famed musician and photographer, introduced his photo collection of Hear the World Ambassadors in an interactive exhibit timed to celebrate the beginning of Better Hearing and Speech Month.
Shes funny. Very funny.Shes also an award-winning actress, accomplished author, renowned motivational speaker and humanitarian.Shes been nominated five times for the American...
Bethesda, MD: Barbara Kelley has been named deputy executive director of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the nation's foremost organization for people with...
On March 5, 2008, AG Bells President Karen Youdelman and Executive Director Alexander T. Graham presented U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) with the 2008 AG Bell Award of...
March 3, 2008, Bethesda, Maryland: Brenda Battat, M.A., of Bethesda, Maryland, has been named executive director of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the nation's...
You are invited to participate in the 2008 Walk4Hearing. There are many ways to be involved. The 2008 Hearing Loss Association of America Walk4Hearing will be in 17 cities...
Clarke Family WeekendJoin us for a weekend in beautiful New England to share insights, experiences and strategies for the changing frontier of deafness and hearing loss. Clarkes...
Famous musician photographed by Bryan Adams as latest ambassador to join initiative focused on topic of hearing lossStfa, Switzerland (February 21, 2008)/PRNewswire/The quarterly...
Hearing Loss Association of America Convention 2008, June 12-15, in Reno, Nevada, will hold its Opening Session on Thursday, June 12, 5:30 p.m. Olegario "Ollie" D....
Washington, D.C., February 20, 2008 Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs will serve as The Better Hearing Institutes (BHI) newest national spokesperson to promote the diagnosis trea...
San Francisco, CA February 1, 2008 Kathy Peck, co-founder and executive director of H.E.A.R., was honored for her more than two decades of dedicated service to music industry...
Washington, D.C. January 16, 2008 The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) is pleased to announce the 2008 recipients of highest assoc...
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) was asked by PepsiCo to provide advice, feedback, and comments on a 60-second commercial filmed entirely in American Sign Language...
The National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NDCD) Advisory Council has added five new members to its roster. The Council advises the secretary of the U.S. Department...
Whoever said disabled people cant scale mountains hasnt met Bill Barkeley. In September 2007 Bill, 45, accomplished a truly awe-inspiring feat he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, ina...
The Mainstream Center at Clarke has just published a new childrens kit to help teachers explain hearing loss to their students who have normal hearing. The new book Friends, Like...