News on Hearing Aid Assistance

The Oticon Foundation sponsors social and educational programs, publications, conferences, cultural activities and campaigns. A $50,000 grant to the Global Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss was awarded to establish a teacher training program for teachers of deaf and hard of hearing infants and children in Vietnam.

AG Bell announced today that Donald M. Goldberg, Ph.D., CCC-SLP/A, FAAA, LSLS Cert. AVT, has been selected by the AG Bell Board of Directors as the association's president-elect for the 2010-2012 term.

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, an annual event that raises awareness about communication and hearing disorders, and promotes screening and treatment. Various studies have shown untreated hearing impairment can cause feelings of isolation and depression, create safety issues and lower earning power.

The countdown is on for Hearing Loss Association of America's (HLAA) Walk4Hearing 2010 Spring walks to begin. Since 2006, thousands of people nationwide have joined the effort to end the stigma associated with hearing loss and provide support and resources for hearing loss prevention and education programs through the Walk4Hearing™.

May is Speech and Hearing Awareness Month and although many of us take our abilities to hear and speak for granted, communication skills are vital to our fundamental development and the function of our everyday lives. Millions of families live with the challenges of speech, language and hearing disorders.

House Ear Institute (HEI) has partnered with 97.1 AMP Radio station for AMP’s College Invasion taking place on college campuses throughout Southern California during the month of April.

Applications for the AG Bell 2010 School-Age Financial Aid Program are now available. The program offers financial awards for students ages 6 to 21 who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Negotiations continue to determine which elements of the House bill will be adopted including the specifics of a proposed tax on medical devices. HIA and a coalition of hearing health groups continue to support the provision which would exempt hearing aids from the device tax.

The Explore Your Future (EYF) program at Rochester Institute of Technology offers college-bound high school sophomores and juniors with hearing loss a unique opportunity to experience life on a college campus, explore their interests & various careers.

A new FCC rule requires wireless microphones that operate in the 700 MHz Band to stop operating no later than June 12, 2010 and will affect many theaters, churches, schools, conference centers, theme parks, and musicians.

HIA’s long-term, dedicated efforts in support of the Hearing Aid Tax Credit laid the essential groundwork for HIA and its hearing health allies to effectively engage Congress in opposition to a proposed tax on medical devices including hearing aids.

The complicated process by which the Senate and House adopted sweeping health reform legislation ended yesterday with the House's adoption of minor changes that the Senate made to the Health Reform Reconciliation Bill. The final legislation specifically exempts hearing aids from a new medical device tax.

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) will provide qualified sign language interpreters as required by federal law to deaf and hard-of-hearing persons using its...

Group Appeals To Lawmakers For Long-Term Solution   Rockville, MD ? March 3, 2010 - The Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc...

The American Academy of Audiology, on behalf of audiologists, and the Hearing Loss Association of America, on behalf of people with hearing loss announce a collaborative public...

Rockville, MD-January 28, 2010- The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) recently awarded $378,000 to 39 individuals in support of...

New York, Feb. 23 - In celebration of Better Hearing and Speech Month in May, Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) announces a drawing contest for children and...

Washington, D.C. February 18, 2010 The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) today announced the 2010...

The Oticon Foundation announced that it will donate 250,000 kroners (approximately $50,000) to support relief services for victims of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on...

The Hearing Loss Association of Florida announces the second annual Joan Andrews Scholarship.   Joan Andrews, former president of the Florida Association of Self Help...

December 20, 2009 - President Obama signed into law an omnibus fiscal year 2010 spending bill that combined six different appropriations bills which provide...

Grammy award winning singer songwriter Sting will lend his support to the Hear the World initiative, a global hearing loss campaign that helps raise awareness about the...

January 15, 2010 - The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) elected Gordon Walker, VP General Manager of Knowles...

AG Bell has named Inez K. Janger as the 2010 recipient of its prestigious Honors of the Association Award, which is given to individuals who have demonstrated dedication to, and...

Washington, DC, January 26, 2010 - Hearing Aid Tax Credit legislation in the House of Representatives (H.R. 1646) shattered previous co-sponsorship records...