Advocacy Resources
In this section you will find a number of helpful resources for your advocacy work, and, in particular, you will find CIICA’s new Practical Advocacy Guide, where you will find a developing resource to guide you in your advocacy work, including training resources and videos, and where you can learn from experts and each other.
ADULT HEARING HEALTH:CANADA’S GROWING CHALLENGE
The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association is proud to launch ADULT HEARING LOSS: CANADA'S GROWING PROBLEM. This document, developed with CHHA groups and CI support groups across Canada is a hugely useful advocacy tool.
EUROTRAK REPORTS ON UK,FRANCE AND GERMANY: LOW AWARENESS OF CI
EuroTrak is the largest comparative multi-country study on hearing loss and hearing aid usage. See the information on the low awareness of CI in UK, France and Germany. What are we doing about this?
Resources for Teachers of the Deaf @BATOD
The British Association of Teachers of the Deaf have many resources for teachers and parents and young people on their website. They publish annual reports about teh figures for deaf children in the UK and resources about managing Listening and Cognitive Effort. Do have a look and they are downloadable.
The Real Cost of Hearing Loss
The Real Cost of Hearing Loss looks at the cost of unaddressed hearing loss to the individual and to society. It considers not only economic costs but personal costs.
FIRST VOICE: SOUND OUTCOMES REPORT
FIRST VOICE SOUND OUTCOMES REPORT FOR 2021. Their report from Australia to share includes data from their members in Australia, New Zealand, S Africa and UK. A useful resource for others.
ONLINE TRAINING FOR RADIOGRAPHERS ABOUT CI
This is an important topic -and this training resource for radiographers has been developed to help to prevent problems happening. The resource is on line and easily available - make it known to radiographers everywhere!
AVUK – #HearUsNow! VIDEO RESOURCES
AVUK have produced some videos, available to share to support your advocacy work: interviews on Perspectives on Hearing, and young people asking the government to HEARUSNOW!
Resources for Mainstream Teachers
SUKI, the Czech organisation, has produced seven great brochures for different educational situations – and EURO-CIU is helping with the translations. The project is to support the inclusion of hearing impaired children (6-12). They include: Being a parent to a child with hearing impairment – starting school Teacher of a child with a hearing impairment. […]
