Internet Technologies & Hearing Loss -

ForumsHeidi Walsh

Over the next few weeks, we will look at an Internet Technology per week including: Forums Chatrooms Blogs Facebook Twitter Skype

And how these technologies can support people with hearing loss

Forum A forum or message board, is an online

discussion site where people can hold conversations by adding messages to the online area

A message is called a post Other people reply to the post A group of posts is called a thread You normally have to ‘join’ a message board

before you can post a message

Where can I get new hearing aid batteries from?

New post

I get mine from my audiology clinic Reply

Have you asked at your GP surgery? Reply

My GP surgery does not have batteries

Reply to a reply

What do you do about ear wax?

New post

Activity: Your own forum In groups: start a discussion forum using a sheet

of flipchart paper At least one person should think of a question (s)he has

about hearing loss and add a new post using a red post-it note

One of more people should reply to that post using a yellow post-it note

You can reply to a post using a post-it note MAKE SURE YOU PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR POST-

IT NOTE!

Useful Forums Forums are available on almost any topic Many organisations have forums Many companies have forums

Answers to questions and problems Feedback on products

There are forums on hobbies as well!

RNID Tinnitus Forum

British Tinnitus Association

Acoustic Neuroma Association - USA

British Acoustic Neuroma Association (BANA)

Patient UK

Links http://www.rnid.org.uk/community/forums/ http://www.tinnitus.org.uk/bta-forum http://www.anausa.org/smf/ http://www.bana-uk.com/ http://experience.patient.co.uk/

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