http://www.relayservice.com.au/
This is a great service whereby you can use text chat on your computer to make phone calls. The relay officer does the talking for you! Several different forms, depends how you communicate, whether you can speak but not hear or vice-versa. I've have found it a life-saver. Stay tuned - there may be a FaceBook-based user support group coming...
Cochlear Implant
An Australian success story. The first implant was performed on the 1st of August 1978. [I hope you're sitting down] 30 years to the day after I went 100% deaf! So, like, it was the last day of the 30th year. That is freaky!
Wikipedia page
Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre
http://www.scic.nsw.gov.au/
Cochlear Implant - the animated movie
http://au.youtube.com/CochlearltdDeaf Village
Deaf websites and blogs from all over the world
http://deafvillage.com/
If you're interested in AusLan check this site. Kind of like a dictionary, it shows the hand gestures. Click the links!
http://www.auslan.org.au/
Deafness Forum of Australia
Resources, links elsewhere
Australian Tinnitus Association
http://www.tinnitus.asn.au/
Hearing Awareness Week NSW page
23 August 2008
Cochlear Awareness Network
http://www.c-a-network.com
CICADA [Cochlear Implant Club and Advisory Association]
http://www.cicada.org.au/
YouTube Switch-On videos
[link]
Jennie's Story
[link]Movies - Captioned cinemas
http://www.yourlocalcinema.com.au/
Rights and Complaints
Australian Human Right Commission
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/
Make a complaint to the AHRC
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/complaints_information/lodging.html
Media Access
http://www.mediaaccess.org.au/
Captions [and complaints]
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