The official website for Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (Australia) Inc.

Welcome to the SHHH website!


What's on this website

Click on one of the links below to get to the relevant page:
 
All About SHHH
  What We Are
       Background
        Mission Statement and Objectives
        Disclaimer
   Our Services
       Information
        Publications
        SHHH Online Discussion Group
        Libby Harricks Achievement Award
        Access
        Community Awareness
        Advocacy
        Hearing Aid Bank
   Where To Find Us
       Information Centres
        Support Groups
  The People Behind Us
       Board of Management
        Advisory Panel
        Volunteers
SHHH Membership
Join SHHH and participate in all the benefits of membership.

SHHH Information Sheets
Many useful articles and features on all aspects of hearing impairment.

Useful links
Click here to find references to all kinds of useful services such as audiologists, suppliers of hearing technology, support groups, other associations, etc, etc.
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Contact us . . .

By mail at:
Hillview Community Health Centre
1334 Pacific Highway
Turramurra    NSW    2074

By email at:
shhh@netspace.net.au

By phone and TTY:
(02) 9144 7586

By fax:
(02) 9144 3936














































































This website is for members of Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH) and for the wider community of those have an interest in hearing impairment.  It tells you what SHHH is about, and has lots of news and information on hearing impairment issues.  There are many links to other relevant websites and much more besides.  In particular, see the Special Features at the foot of this column.  

  
                             

SHHH is here to help!

Hearing loss is a very common problem, affecting more than one in ten in our community.  A hearing impairment can be very distressing to the individual, to couples, and to family, friends, carers and workmates.  However, there is so much that can be done nowadays to help people manage hearing loss.  With modern technology, good communication strategies and well developed coping skills, so much more can be done to make life easier and more enjoyable.

SHHH is made up of many volunteers, mainly themselves hearing impaired, who are able to help others with the knowledge and experience that they have acquired.
Special Features
SHHH Online Discussion Group
Share your views and discuss mutual problems concerning hearing loss with many others from around the world through SHHH's own Google Group. Anyone can view group messages, however to post messages you need to be a member.  Becoming a member is a simple process when you follow the "Join this group" link.  If you don't have a Google account you will need to set one up as a first step;  again this is a simple process.


Invisible Handicap Resource Kit
SHHH is proud to be associated with the completely revised and updated edition of this popular resource kit, aimed at professionals and carers working with the hearing impaired. For details follow this link.
To read a professional review of this package click here.


Ask an audiologist!   Do you have a question you would like to put to our expert audiologist, Dr Jenny Rosen? Send an email to SHHH at
shhh@netspace.net.au and we will get back to you with an answer as quickly as possible.


Captioned movies.  Would you like to know what captioned movies are showing and where you can watch them?  Media Access Australia have them listed on their website.  Follow this link to see them.




This website last updated 2 July 2009.

Latest News



ANZ Bank's "Abilities Program"
ANZ Bank have committed to a program of recruiting 35 people with disabilities by September 30.  See here for details.
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Libby Harricks 2009 Oration

Click here to read an account of the 2009 Oration by a SHHH member who was there.

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"Breaking The Sound Barriers"
A new book about how families cope when a child is diagnosed with deafness.  For details click here.

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More captioned cinemas!

Twelve independent cinemas are now offering captioned movies.  Read the press release here.

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New captioned cinema in Queensland

Captioned movies have begun screening on a regular basis at the Greater Union Pacific Fair Cinemas in Broadbeach Waters, Queensland.  Follow this link to see what's showing here and at other captioning cinemas.

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Community Service Announcement
Beware of ATM frauds!  Click here to view a presentation on the latest threats to ATMs, presented by the Commonwealth Bank.
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The latest issue of "Hearing Matters" is now out!  

This issue (May 2009) features:
- Announcement of Dr Stuart Down, sports physician, as the winner of the Libby Harricks Achievement Award for 2008
 - A reprint of a New Yorker article on tinnitus
- A Deafness Forum article on noise injuries among farm workers
- NAL researcher Dr Gitte Keidser on why hearing aids are not yet perfect
- SHHH's Ray Piesse's review on a recently released communicator and volume control mobile phone
- Let Us Hear's campaign on behalf of adults ineligible for Australian Hearing Services
. . . plus much more.  See here for how to subscribe.
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DVD complaints - let's get lasting change!

Deafness Forum of Australia is planning to coordinate an unprecedented campaign of complaints about DVD access.

To do this we need a number of individuals all around Australia to make complaints about DVDs without captions and/or audio description - complaints against both the DVD shop and the distributor. 

For details read this letter from campaign coordinator Kate Locke.

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Would you like to make or receive a video relay call in AUSLAN through your PC?  

Australian Communication Exchange (ACE) recently launched a two year trial of a video relay service known as Multi-Media Response (MMR). 

Visit http://www.videorelay.com.au/ for more information on MMR including a videoclip in Auslan.

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More News . . .

Deaf Children Australia will be hosting the 4th World Congress on Mental Health and Deafness in October 2009 in Brisbane.  View the flyer here.

Early bird registrations and calls for papers are now open.  Visit www.mhd2009.org  to register now.

For information on Youth Grants to attend this conference see here.

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Looking Back . . .

June 08:  Merringong Theatre in Wollongong, NSW introduces captioning.  Details here.

Aug 07:  SHHH produces a TV ad for Hearing Awareness Week 2007.  See it here.

June 07:  Review of the Invisible Handicap Training Package.
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