Florida League

• Audiology
• Mental Health, Case Management and Behavioral Health
• Job Placement and Career Counseling
• Hearing Loss Association of American (formally SHHH)
• ALDA Meetings (Association of Late-Deafened Adults)
• ASL (American Sign Language) Classes
• Cochlear Implant Support Group
• Health Lecture Series
• Telephone Distribution Program
• Interpreter Services

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Audiology

1,435,912 Floridians have a significant hearing loss. In Broward County the hard of hearing population approaches approximately 146,984 with an additional 8,375 categorized as Deaf. Hearing aids can offer dramatic improvement for around 95% of hearing losses.

The effects of hearing loss are complex. Hearing impairment often causes or is clustered with medical, financial, physical and emotional complications, like anxiety and a sense of isolation. A communicative challenge such as hearing loss not only affects the person who is deaf or hard of hearing, but also all those with whom s/he interacts. Thus, the League is also a source of help for parents, siblings, friends, teachers, employers and employees of people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Run by licensed and certified audiologists, the League’s Audiology Department offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach through its specialized clinical and support services for infants, children and adults, including:

• Hearing testing and regularly scheduled free hearing screenings.
• Hearing aid evaluation, dispensing, maintenance and repair - we dispense over 250 hearing aids yearly, including the latest in programmable and digital technology. There are approximately 20 visits during our Tuesday walk-in hours by people requiring earmold fittings, hearing aid repairs, loaner aids, or for consultations.
• Assistive devices dispensing and training - while hearing aids are extremely useful, sometimes the hearing aid alone will not provide sufficient help. To help with more challenging listening situations, the League provides auxiliary or assistive devices and the specialized orientation or training required to use them effectively. These include alerting devices which react to alarm situations, and assistive listening devices which facilitate communication.
• Cochlear Implant Support Group – provides specialized information and support for successful adaptation to cochlear implants, which is a surgical breakthrough that restores hearing sensation to people who are profoundly deaf and cannot benefit adequately from amplification. Individuals who receive their cochlear implant from many different cochlear implant centers attend the group.
• Free onsite hearing screenings held at the League every Thursday from 9:00 to 4:00 pm.
• Florida Telecommunication Relay, Inc. (www.FTRI.org) program - The Florida Legislature passed the Telecommunications Access System Act (TASA F.S. 427) in 1991. The intent of TASA is to provide basic telecommunications services for Hard of Hearing, Deaf, Deaf/Blind, and Speech Impaired individuals, in the most cost effective way possible. The specialized telephone equipment and ring signaling devices provided through this program are loaned to all qualified permanent Florida residents for as long as they need it, at NO CHARGE. League for the Hard of Hearing-Florida is the distribution center in Broward County.

  Funding for special programs provided through grants by United Way of Broward County http://www.unitedwaybroward.org

  Funding for special programs provided through grants by Broward County Human Services Division http://www.broward.org/humanservices

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