Links to other helpful web sites ( Some of the links are still under construction)

Progress Toward A New Standard on Classroom Acoustics for Children With Disabilities"http://www.access-board.gov/publications/acoustic-factsheet.htm"

Article by Dr Mark Ross, PhD, The Role of Sound: Don't Ignore the Hearing of Hard of Hearing Children, 2003 Odyssey ]

Policy Statement on Educating Hard of Hearing Children in Regular School. Hearing Loss, Nov.-Dec.1997 -[

Education World, New Standards Should Help Children in Noisy Classrooms," http://www.education-world.com/a_admin158.shtml"

Children's Hearing in the Classroom"http://www.nfd.org.nz/understand/soundadvice/childrenshearingintheclassroom/

New article by Mike Nixon - (schoolconstructionnews.com)

Acoustics in Schools, Singer, Miriam J. - (ERICDocs)

Hands and Voices - (handsandvoices.org)

Information and Advocacy for People Interested in Hard of Hearing Children - (hardofhearingchildren.com)

Deaf Versus Hard of Hearing, Pam Candlish, "http://www.hardofhearingchildren.com/Great%20Information/deafvs-hoh.htm

The Listen-Up Web - (listen-up.org)

Say What Club - (saywhatclub.com)

Reed Martin, J.D., Special Education Strategies And Resources - (groups.yahoo.com/group/ReedMartinSPEDlaw/)

The Coalition of Special Education Parents (COSEP) - (groups.yahoo.com/group/COSEP/)

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - (agbell.org)

The Access Board - (access-board.gov)

Classroom Acoustics - (classroomacoustics.com)

Eliminating Acoustical Barriers to Learning in Classrooms - (users.aol.com/acoustics3/classroom_acoustics.html)

Let the Word Be Heard: Be an Advocate for Good Classroom Acoustics - (professional.asha.org/news/classroom_acoustics.cfm)

Organizations That Support the Listening and Speaking Philosophy

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Publications - (agbell.org/bookstore.cfm)

Auditory Verbal International

Learning to Listen Foundation "http://www.learningtolisten.org/av-therapy-home.html"

The St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf Satellite in Urbana, Illinois

Other Useful Sites

The Campaign for Improved Acoustics in Schools. "http://www.lhh.org/hrq/noise/nelson.html"
American Academy of Audiologists, www.audiology.org

American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association

Audiology Online, Useful articles on all aspects of hearing loss. Includes, : Having Hearing Aids:A Little Boy Tells His Own Story, " http://www.audiologyonline.com"

National Center for Education Statistics - (nces.ed.gov)

National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF) - (rl/acoustics.cfm)

Send a letter to NCES National Center for Educational Statistics - (educationworld.com/a_issues/issues073.shtml)

Acoustical Society of America - (acoustics.org/press/139th/golden.htm)

Response to Petition for Rulemaking on Classroom Acoustics - (access-board.gov/publications/acoustic.htm)

MORE ARTICLES

Approaches to Education of Hard of Hearing Children -(professional.asha.org/resources/deskref/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=1700)

Other Articles on Acoustics

Sound Standard For Schools by Carolyn Knox - (FindArticles.com-Sound Standard for schools is key to learning

Educational Issues and Definition of Functionally Hard of Hearing http://menus.csun.edu/MENU%20text/classrooms/family/fam-8.html
Learning to Listen Foundation, ( More definitions of funtionally hard of hearing) "http://www.learningtolisten.org/power-of-hearing.html