Beyond NIDCD: News from Other Organizations

Summer Issue of Hearing Health Features NIDCD’s Noisy Planet Campaign

Hearing Health, the quarterly magazine produced by the Deafness Research Foundation, highlights the NIDCD’s It’s a Noisy Planet. Protect Their Hearing campaign in its summer issue. The foundation is collaborating with the campaign to help spread the word about the importance of protecting our hearing. The magazine is available by subscription, or you can access the latest issue for free on the Web. 

The Holley Institute Gets New Name to Reflect New Programs

After 16 years, the Holley Ear Institute has become the Holley Institute. The new name takes into account their expanded programming that includes persons experiencing hearing and vision loss.

Upcoming programs at their facilities in Michigan include:

• Volunteer Week, August 16-21. Adults who are deaf and ages 18 and older are invited to volunteer 4-5 hours a day beautifying the facilities and grounds.
• Healthy Language–Healthy Future, September 18-19. For families with toddlers (between the ages of 1 and 3) who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
• Deaf Cancer Survivors Weekend, October 23-25.

To learn more, visit their Web site.

Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA) Balance Awareness Week September 20-26

The Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA) celebrates the 13th annual Balance Awareness Week, September 20-26. The week was established in 1997 to raise awareness about the importance of balance and inner-ear health to a person’s general well-being and quality of life. For more information check the association’s Web site.

Central Institute for the Deaf Offers Workshops and New Spanish-language Resources

The Central Institute for the Deaf offers four workshops on auditory-oral deaf education at its facilities in St. Louis, Mo. Courses are at the intermediate or professional level, and are accredited for ASHA continuing education units (CEUs).

• Targeting Speech Skills for a Child Who Is Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing: From Assessment to Intervention, September 25.
• Early Intervention for Children with Hearing Impairment, October 21.
• SPICE: Auditory Management of Children with Cochlear Implants and/or Hearing Aids, October 22-23.
• Listen, Talk and Learn in Pre-K: Designing a Program for Preschool Children Who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing, November 6.

To register or for more information, contact Dianne Gushleff at dgushleff@cid.edu or call (314) 977-0133. Or visit their Web site.

CID also offers a Spanish-language version of two checklists to help parents and teachers learn how to care for children's hearing aids and cochlear implants. Each 6”x9” magnet includes tips on what to do in the morning and at bedtime. You can order them on the Web.

New Resources from the Stuttering Foundation

The Stuttering Foundation has new resources available on its Web site. 

• Stuttering: Myths, Beliefs, and Straight Talk. Targets teens and dispels some of the myths surrounding this complex disorder. Free to download.
• The Child Who Stutters: To the Pediatrician, 4th revised edition, by Drs. Edward G. Conture and Barry Guitar. Includes a risk factors chart and physicians' checklist for referral. Free to download.
• Tools for Success: A Cognitive Behavior Therapy Taster. This DVD explores the interaction of thoughts, feelings, physical reactions, and behaviors from the perspectives of children, parents, and therapists. It discusses and demonstrates ways to use the cognitive model. To buy a copy of the DVD, visit their Web site.

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