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http://www.advancecentre.org.nz/
Website of the Advance Centre for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Tertiary Students. Information and support for both students and tertiary institutions, facilitator of workshops and courses, and assessor of student's needs.
http://www.acc.co.nz/
Website of the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC). Information about making a claim to ACC for work related hearing loss.
www.audiology.org.nz
Website of the NZ Audiological Society - dedicated to all topics related to audiology, hearing, hearing loss and hearing aids.
www.carers.net.nz
Website of New Zealand family, whanau and aiga carers. NZ Ministry of Health provides information for those who care for disabled family members.
www.captionmovies.co.nz
Website of Open Captions, which provide access to movie-going for people who are deaf, hearing impaired or have English as a second languages, by rendering the audio as text. Open captions include sound effects and music.
www.deaf.co.nz
Website of the Deaf Association of New Zealand, which provides services to Deaf culture in New Zealand.
Deaf Gay and Lesbian of New Zealand
A website specially created to support deaf gay and lesbian New Zealanders, with news, profiles, events, listings, website links and contacts.
www.ensg.co.nz
Website of the Ear Nurse Specialist Group Aotearoa New Zealand - a professional group of specially trained Registered Nurses who focus on ear health.
www.enable.co.nz
Website of Enable - a multi-service organisation in New Zealand that assists people with disabilities and their families, employers etc.
www.ensg.co.nz
Website of the Ear Nurse Specialist service (ENS). This service works mostly in community settings, operating mobile ear clinics equipped to deliver vital ear services to the wider community, and to families who have difficulty with transport.
www.hdc.org.nz
Website of the Health and Disability Commissioner. The Commissioner′s role is to promote and protect the rights of health and disability consumers, and to facilitate the fair, simple, speedy, and efficient resolution of complaints.
www.hearing.org.nz
Website of the NZ Hearing Association - features information on assistive devices and advice.
www.hearinghouse.co.nz
Website of The Hearing House - a charitable trust that has set up early intervention centres to enable families to teach their children who are deaf or hearing impaired to listen and speak.
www.hearinginfo.co.nz
Website of the Christchurch Hearing Association
www.hearingnz.org.nz
Website of the Auckland Hearing Association
www.hearwell.co.nz
Website of the Wellington Hearing Association
www.elifeline.co.nz
Website of Lifeline′s email conselling service, provided by Lifeline Christchurch.
www.nzdrfu.co.nz
Website of NZ Deaf Rugby Football Union.
http://www.nzsign.co.nz/
New Zealand Sign Language website.
www.nzslta.org.nz
Website of NZ Sign Language Teachers Association.
www.otikids.com
NZ Award-winning Kids Corner with childrens′ stories about hearing loss, games and kid info.
www.oticon.co.nz
Website of Oticon - one of the world′s leading companies in the hearing health industry.
www.oticon.org.nz
Website of The Oticon Foundation - one of the world′s oldest foundations. Oticon is committed to supporting the needs of the hearing impaired.
www.researchreview.co.nz
Online medical publishers Research Review publish Hearing Review every second month. Research Review was established to help healthcare communities stay up to date with the latest research in the quickest and most effective way, while at the same time identifying the local implications of that research. Subscribe now to Hearing Review and other reviews for free.
www.ssc.govt.nz/mainstream
Website of the State Services Commission - Mainstream Supported Employment Programme. A two-year, subsidised employment programme for people with significant disabilities.
www.slianz.org.nz
Website for the Sign Language Interpreters Association of New Zealand
www.health.auckland.ac.nz/audiology/
Website of the University of Auckland - Audiology department website. Useful information about hearing loss, hearing protection and tinnitus.
www.deafquip.co.nz
Website of Deaf-Quip - online suppliers of assistive devices and specialised equipment
www.ihear.co.nz
Website of ClaritasConnect - committed to helping hearing impaired people experience the joy of hearing with perfect clarity - using HATIS® products.
www.reidtechnology.co.nz
Website of Reid Technology - supplies a wide range of audiology and hearing aid clinic products, assistive listening and alarm systems, sound level meters, noise dosimeters, hearing protection and inductive loop amplifiers.
www.agbell.org
American organisation which promotes use, maintenance and improvement of all aspects of verbal communications.
www.alda.org
International organisation for the support of late-deafened adults, based in America.
www.asha.org
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, see the anatomical tour of the ear.
www.babyhearing.org
Boystown National Research Hospital website created to answer parents questions.
www.colorado.edu/slhs/mdnc
Marion Downs National Center for Infant Hearing. Site caters for academics to hard of hearing and deaf adults.
www.deaf.com
American gateway to the deaf community links to bulletin boards, chat rooms and more.
www.deafchildrenaustralia.org.au
Deaf Children Australia provides information, advocacy, support services and educational resources that respond to the needs of all deaf and hearing impaired children and their families.
www.deafnessforum.org.au
Deafness Forum of Australia represents the Deaf and hearing impaired communities of Australia. The website has lots of useful information and links to other sites in Australia and round the world.
www.deaflibrary.org
A compendium of links "intended to educate and inform people about Deaf cultures in Japan and America".
http://www.deafnessresearch.org.uk/Listen%20Hear!+4955.twl
Top tips for safer listening and making the most of music from the UKs only national charity dedicated to helping deaf and hard of hearing people through medical research and education.
www.deafworld.com
World Directory for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community
Deaf World Web
Information about sign language from countries around the world, features articles and testimonials.
www.digilife.com
Provides information about hearing loss, evaluating your hearing and learning about hearing aids.
www.dontlosethemusic.com RNIDs campaign to encourage people to listen to music safely
www.dwu.org
American organisation by, of and for deaf women which focuses on advocate, education and advocacy.
www.earfoundation.org
American non-profit organisation to educate public and medics about hearing loss and disease of the ear.
www.gohear.org
American site for parents of deaf or hearing impaired children, featuring valuable, factual information.
www.hse.gov.uk/noise/index.htm
British web pages about noise at work. Features noise calculators and a demonstration of noise induced hearing loss.
www.healthyhearing.com
American website on hearing loss, featuring hearing test, FAQ, interviews, articles and testimonials.
www.hearinglosshelp.com
American website with help and support for hearing loss, as well as information about causes of hearing loss and ear conditions.
www.johntracyclinic.org
Provides worldwide and without charge, parent centres services to you children with a hearing loss, correspondence programmes also, America based.
www.rnid.org.uk
Website of RNID, formerly called the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, in the United Kingdom
http://www.shepherdcentre.com.au
A centre in Australia which helps deaf and hearing impaired children to listen and speak.
www.shhhaust.org
ebsite of SHHH (Self Help for Hard of Hearing People) Australia Inc
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