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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
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Hereunder
is a selection of websites covering different aspects of hearing loss
which you may find useful. These are grouped under the following
categories:
Support Groups
Related Organizations
Professional Services
Hearing Technology
Those
wishing to get in touch with any of the organizations listed will find
full contact details in the relevant website, usually under a "Contact
Us" link.
Support Groups
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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. Join in by clicking:
groups.google.com.au/group/SHHHgroups |
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The Meniere's Resource and Information Centre is run by the Meniere's Support Group of Victoria (MSGV).This is a non-profit, self-help organisation run mainly by volunteers. A
small group of individuals with Ménière’s disease established the MSGV in 1991. It aims to provide a high level of community support for
people who have Ménière’s disease. For details see: menieres.org.au |
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The Australian Tinnitus Association (NSW) Ltd
is a non-profit company established in Sydney in December 1984 and is supported
by the South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service. ATA's mission is to
provide information, support and counselling to tinnitus sufferers and
preventative education to the wider community. For details see: tinnitus.asn.au |
Related Organizations
Professional Services
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This is the website for the Office of Hearing Services (OHS) within the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. It gives details of the provision of Hearing Service Vouchers for Centrelink clients and other eligible citizens: health.gov.au/hear |
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Australian Hearing is
part of the Commonwealth Department of Human Services. Their
services include assessing hearing, fitting hearing devices and
providing counselling and rehabilitative programs to help eligible
clients manage their hearing impairment. They have a large number of
outlets all over Australia:
hearing.com.au |
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The National Acoustics Laboratory (NAL) undertakes
scientific investigations into hearing, hearing habilitation and
rehabilitation, and the effects of noise on people, including the
prevention of hearing loss. Most of this is government funded but
some additional research is also performed in collaboration with
commercial organisations from the hearing rehabilitation and hearing
protection industries. nal.gov.au |
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National Relay Service is a telephone relay
service that allows people who are deaf or have a
hearing, speech or other communication impairment to
make phone calls, any time of the day or night: relayservice.com.au |
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The Australian Communication Exchange
(ACE) is a non profit organisation
dedicated to empowering those who are deaf or have
a hearing, speech or communication impairment to
obtain access to the telephone and other telecommunication
networks. They
provide access to interested people, via the
National Relay Service (see above). ACE
also provides to the community a wider variety of
services and resources including a
directory of other web sites. aceinfo.net.au/Resources |
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The Audiological Society of Australia maintains a list of qualified audiologists throughout Australia on this website:
audiology.asn.au/servicelisting.htm |
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Media Access Australia used to be the Australian Caption Centre. It is now part of the international Red Bee Corporation. It provides captioning services for TV channels, DVDs, etc: auscap.com.au |
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Ear Troubles is the website for Phoenix Consulting,
a Darwin-based consultancy which aims to provide services to those
suffering from hearing difficulties, and also to those providing teaching or
other services to the hearing impaired. There is particular emphasis on the needs of indigenous
people: www.eartroubles.com |
Hearing Technology
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The Disability section of Telstra's website includes a catalogue with a variety of products to assist those with
a hearing impairment. Telstra
also has a number of locations where TTY pay phones
are available, over 230 Australia-wide are listed in this section: telstra.com.au/disability |
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wealth of imformation on the implantable hearing devices manufactured
by this multinational corporation, particularly their cochlear implants
and their "Baha" bone conduction aids:
cochlear.com.au |
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This website describes Phonak's range of hearing aids, communication aids and other accessories: phonak.com.au |
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Oricom are
an Australian firm specialising in telephones and other communications
equipment. Their range includes "Care" phones with amplification
for the hearing impaired: oricom.com.au |
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Printacall
are retailers of a wide range of assistive devices for the hearing
impaired. They are based in Denistone East, in metropolitan
Sydney: printacall.com.au |
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Another retailer of assistive devices for the hearing impaired, Moore Hearing is based in Kyogle, in northern NSW:
moorehearing.com.au |
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Phoenix Hearing Instruments Pty Ltd markets custom communications plugs,
assistive listening devices, alerting systems, voice amplification, TV listening
systems, smoke alarms and a range of other products for the hearing and vision
impaired. Based in Herston, in the Brisbane area: phoenixhearing.com.au
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Based in Boronia, Melbourne, Word of Mouth Technology specialises in assistive technology for the deaf and hearing impaired: wom.com.au |
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