List of resourceful links for your use:

Hearing Device Manufacturers

Cochlear - The global leader in innovative, implantable hearing solutions. Connection thousands of people to a world of sound. Delivering technology for a lifetime of new opportunities.

GNResound - Their mission is to bring the happiness of hearing to those with hearing loss.

Phonak - Phonak Group specializes in design development production and worldwide distribution of technologically advanced hearing systems.

Siemens Hearing Instruments - For over 125 years, Siemens Hearing Instruments has dedicated itself to designing and building the most technologically advanced hearing aids to fit all types and degrees of hearing loss and cosmetic preference, so people with hearing loss can enjoy the world with better hearing and better living.



Local Resources

Idaho Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Idaho Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - a valuable resource for issues pertaining to deafness, hearing loss, advocacy, accessibility, education, and technology. Their goal is to provide timely information that empowers the deaf and hard-of-hearing community to make informed decisions regarding their quality of life.

Idaho Hands and Voices - a parent-to-parent, non-profit advocating group that provides non-biased communication information, networks you with other parents in your situation, and teaches you how to advocate for you child.

Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind (ISDB) - a group of professionals that ensure your child’s hearing needs are met at school, either their home school or at the state school, and at home by providing counseling and support. They also have limited funding to provide children with appropriate assistive technology.

Infant / Toddler Program - a state-based program that supports children with hearing loss from birth to 3 years of age. They also assist in coordinating speech and language assessments and treatment.



National Resources

National Council on the Aging - Promoting good hearing health through education.

American Tinnitus Association - A non-profit organization working to improve the resources, information, and assistance available to sufferers of tinnitus.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association | ASHA - ASHA is the professional association for audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists.

American Academy of Audiology (AAA) - The American Academy of Audiology promotes quality hearing and balance care by advancing the profession of audiology through leadership, advocacy, education, public awareness and support of research.

Better Hearing Institute - The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is a not-for-profit corporation that educates the public about the neglected problem of hearing loss and what can be done about it.



Balance

Vestibular Disorders Association - VEDA provides information, resources, support, and advocacy. They strive to elevate public awareness about vestibular disorders in order to promote understanding, access to diagnosis and treatment, research, and help for those facing the challenges of living with a vestibular disorder.


APTA - American Physical Therapy Association. Current research, physical therapy news, consumer information, career advice and access to back issues of Physical Therapy.



Aural Rehabilitation

The Listening Room - A web resource full of free (re)habilitation activities and ideas to support the development of listening and language skills in children, adolescents and adults. The CLIX program offers interactive listening activities that can be done independently or with a listening coach. A pretest helps you decide at which level to start.

Find Sounds - This free search engine helps find sounds made by animals, household items, musical instruments, people, vehicles and more.

Earobics/ GameGoo - Offers free listening games for kids from beginner to advanced and includes such activities as letter-sound correspondence, following directions, and finding antonyms.

Brain Connection - This site offers several free games to challenge your child's listening by matching speech sounds, sequencing sounds, identifying animal sounds and listening to directions.

ESL Cyber Listening Lab - On this site you'll find everyday conversations with adult and child voices followed by questions about what was said. You can choose easy, medium or difficult levels.

English Language Listening Lab Online - The English Language Listening Lab Online offers audio clips of conversations about various topics. After listening you choose from a set of pictures to answer questions.

Telligan Children's Stories - This site offers a collection of children's stories, some with illustrations and text and some with audio/text only.