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Services and Programs for People with Hearing Loss

Services and Programs for People with Hearing Loss. Valerie Stafford-Mallis, MBA. Education/Training/Outreach Coordinator Florida Department of Health Florida Coordinating Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Late-deafened Adult. About Today’s Program.

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Services and Programs for People with Hearing Loss

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  1. Services and Programs for People with Hearing Loss

  2. Valerie Stafford-Mallis, MBA • Education/Training/Outreach Coordinator • Florida Department of Health • Florida Coordinating Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing • Late-deafened Adult

  3. About Today’s Program • Analyze real world conditions you face • Identify what you need • Develop tool kit of resources and competencies

  4. Becoming Aware

  5. Persons with Hearing LossNationally • 1 in every 10 Americans has hearing loss. (Source: 2006 CDC data) As baby boomers reach retirement age starting in 2010, this number is expected to rapidly climb and nearly double by the year 2030.

  6. Persons with Hearing LossState and Local • 3 Million people in Florida are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. (Source: 2006 CDC) The Centers for Disease Control estimate that 16.1% of the population of Florida has some form of hearing loss – from mild loss to profound loss.

  7. Gallaudet University • Estimates approximately 1% of the population has profound hearing loss. • This equates to approximately 185,000 deaf persons in Florida.

  8. It’s Up To YOU • Know what you need • Know what’s out there • Know your rights & responsibilities • Know how to ask for what you need • Know where to go for help • Commitment to persevere

  9. You Need… • Awareness of your disability and your accommodation needs • Willingness to self-disclose and how to self-disclose effectively • Willingness to ask for what you need and how to do it effectively

  10. Building Your Toolkit of Services and Supports

  11. Assistive listening devices / systems Amplified sound equipment Hearing aid compatible telephones Amplified telephone handsets TTY/TDD A quieter room CART Certified/qualified sign language interpreter Oral interpreter Note takers Captioned videos Clear lines of sight Effective Accommodations

  12. Where do the biggest challenges happen? What you need to do, but are unable to? (Consider physical, cognitive, communication, academic, social, emotional limitations) What accommodations are available to help overcome these challenges (think high & low tech options) How will you determine if the accommodation has been successful? Questions to Consider

  13. Remember… • If you yell or are nasty, people will not listen to you any better…they will just remember that you yelled and were nasty. • Tell the person responsible about the difficulty you are experiencing. • Ask specifically for the kind of help you need. • Offer to help implement a solution. If all else fails, take notes for future use…

  14. www.hearingloss.org • Hearing Loss Basic Facts • Hearing Loss Symptoms • Hearing Loss Diagnosis • Hearing Loss Treatments • Living with Hearing Loss • Hearing Loss Causes and Prevention • Hearing Aids, Cochlear Implants and Assistive Listening Devices

  15. www.ALDA.org

  16. http://www.fadcentral.org/index/index.html

  17. www.communicationaccess.org

  18. www.fldsca.org

  19. www.fldeafblind.org

  20. www.agbell.org

  21. www.fctd.info

  22. Used by Permissionhttp://www.michigan.gov/documents/cis/Rights_Hb_DODHH_174911_7.pdf

  23. Medical Communication Signs

  24. Captioning-www.CaptionFish.com

  25. Questions? Comments? Concerns? Thank you very much for having me!

  26. Valerie Stafford-Mallis Florida Coordinating Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing www.fccdhh.org

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