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Provide a self help atmosphere for those with a degree of hearing impairment and/or their friends and carers.
Working within the confines of SHHH Aust. this venue provides a link for those wishing to correspond via e-mail.
Enquiries may be addressed to SHHH Volunteers: shhh@netspace.net.au
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advocacy
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Is there an advocacy agency specific to people who are deaf/hearing impaired? Or does that come under generic disability??
I am looking to go to TTY this is my problem thru the telstra disability equipment service I get LOTS of equipment phones (which I will still need one cause going to superprint and doesn't come with a phone like the uniphone. Dont need really big screen but cant read the standard sized print of uniphone AND the superprint is different colour, also need extension ringer and visual signal alerter now thing is that OPtus will supply only the TTY nothing else for $2.75 a month. Can buy other equipment but will be too expensive. Think optus is its own company now and thats why they are unable to get the other equipment. But their prices are a lot cheaper calls to 13 numbers like the national relay service are included in the plan and we can switch to their internet too. BUT if we have the ph with them we have to have the internet with them as well unless we have wireless currently with bigpond and VERY expensive and they changed their mind about how much they would charge (or someone gave the wrong info when they called us) We could go with telstra for the phone and have a company separate (like ADAM who are Adelaide based) but I was seriously considering going to optus and the man from NRS helping me suggests an advocacy place OR I said just stay with telstra. Dont you all think its rediculous that we dont get a choice of carrier simply because they dont provide the equipment we need to hear the phone/hear on the phone? However I am not sure its worth the fuss???... more »
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Fw: Help accident with hearing aids
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----- Original Message ----- ...To: Association of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss General Discussions Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 11:37 PM
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Hi everyone this is quite embarrasing but I accidently wore my aids in the shower! Bad for two reasons a the aids and b I am suposed to wear ear plugs otherwise can get infecitons... more »
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Review of captioning on digital TV multi-channels
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About 2 weeks ago, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the
Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy and the Hon Bill Shorten MP,
Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services,
released an important discussion report on access to electronic media
for people who are Deaf or have a hearing impairment.... more »
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set top boxes
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Sorry to ask this again but can someone tell me the standard that the set top box has to have to have subtitles? 4922 or something like that??? Also if you have an analogue tv can you only have SD and if you do does that mean you miss out on all the new channels?? I dont understand the governments website one bit?? Is there a ph number??... more »
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Media Access Australia’s Accessible Entertainment Christmas competition
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Media Access Australia’s Accessible Entertainment Christmas
competition
Christmas is just around the corner and to celebrate Media Access
Australia is giving away three fabulous prize packs.
Each pack includes five captioned and audio described DVDs and two
tickets to an accessible cinema with captioned and audio described... more »
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Act now to improve Cinema Access – deadline Monday 7 December
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Act now to improve Cinema Access – deadline Monday 7 December
Preserve your right to protection under the Disability Discrimination
Act !
Arts Access Australia, the national organisation for arts and
disability, urges you to voice your objection to the current
application made by Village Roadshow, Greater Union, Hoyts and Reading... more »
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New Member
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I am a new member from Perth, WA. I am 38 years old. I have had a
hearing loss all my life and wear heairng aids in both ears. I
struggle with my hearing loss and haven't accepted. Socially etc. Any
tips on how others cope would be appreciated. I feel isolated. Thanks.
Please can anyone help mainly with social chit chat with makes you... more »
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National relay service TTY
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Hi I have contacted telstra about this but I am wondering if anyone knows what the call cost to 13 numbers is ie the national relay service?? They say all 13 numbers are 30 cents but someone else I spoke with in telstra said 13 numbers are local call 1300 numbers are higher rate. I did specifically ask for the cost of 13 and 1300 numbers. This is because I am looking at going to TTY and calls made thru relay service are 13 numbers even if they are an STD number.... more »
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