A good source for information on various aspects of deafness are several discussion groups on the Internet: Listed below are several discussion groups with brief descriptions and instructions on how to join them by sending an e-mail message: For all these, the "subscribe" goes in the body of the message, with nothing on the "Subject" line.
Auditory-Verbal Listserv: To: majordomo@bmccane.maxbaud.net subscribe avcircle@bmccane.maxbaud.net This discussion group focuses on topics related to the auditory-verbal therapy approach for deaf children. It has several auditory-verbal professionals who participate and who are very willing to answer any questions, including two of the tops in the field - Judith Simser and Pam Talbot
Cochlear Implant Circle To: majordomo@bmccane.maxbaud.net subscribe cicircle@bmccane.maxbaud.netThis discussion group is of special interest to parents of children who've had a cochlear implant and to parents considering a cochlear implant for their child. A few professionals from some of the implant centers participate in the list.
Archives at: archives by date and archives by thread maillist lists in chronological order threads lists by subjects Parentdeaf-hh listserv: To: listproc@amethyst.educ.kent.edu subscribe parentdeaf-hh your nameThis discussion group, sponsored by the American Society for Deaf Children, covers a wide variety of topics. The list has a greater number of participants who are using sign with their deaf children than the number of participants who are using oral approaches, and there are numerous heated discussions on this list. However, there are sometimes gems that make it worthwhile. It also has several oral deaf adults and several signing deaf adults who participate.
Deafdigest: To: barry@clark.net subscribe DEAFDIGEST your nameWeekly summaries of news that is of interest to the Deaf Culture community.
DEAF-L: To: listserv@siu.edu sub deaf-l your nameThis discussion group is heavily oriented towards Deaf Culture and has numerous signing deaf adults who are very critical of oral approaches to deaf education.
Cochlear Implant Forum listserv : To: listserv@yorku.ca subscribe CI your nameThis discussion group includes many deaf adults with implants and covers many topics related to cochlear implants. Cochlear (Nucleus-24) and Med-el representatives participate in discussions. Advanced Bionics (Clarion) representatives monitor the list and will respond privately to posts.
Beyond-Hearing Listserv: To: majordomo@duke.edu subscribe beyond-hearingThis discussion group seems to be more for hard-of-hearing and late-deafened adults, many of whom are members of SHHH (Self-Help for Hard of Hearing)
EDUDEAF listserv: To: listserv@lsv.uky.edu subscribe EDUDEAF your nameThis discussion group has wide participation by many deaf educators and parents of deaf children.
MO-DEAF listserv: To: MO-Deaf-subscribe@yahoogroups.comMo-Deaf is a list serve for Deaf people in Missouri to discuss things that are happening around the state and to promote involvement in the political process. It is run as a service to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing people of Missouri by the Office of Deaf Services. Anyone can subscribe to Mo-Deaf.
Listen-Up For instructions on joining see: http://www.listen-up.org/list.htm -or- see: http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/listen-up -or- send blank mail to: listen-up-subscribe@yahoogroups.comThis is another discussion list for parents of deaf children, and is monitored closely by the list owner. Posts that criticize any method of deaf education are not allowed, and one doesn't see the bickering on this list that is often-times present on Parentdeaf-HH.
Nucleus Forum To: admin@nucleusci.com subscribe For Nucleus-22 and Nucleus-24 topics. Educational Audiology List To: Majordomo@godot.cc.duq.edu subscribe eaa-listFor professional educational audiologists, but postings are informative sometimes for parents.
Beyond-Hearing News send blank mail to: bhNEWS-subscribe@yahoogroups.comThis listserv serves primarily as a distribution of daily news items about deafness and hearing loss from around the internet that are gleaned by the very active listowner.
CI at yahoogroups.com send blank mail to: ci-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Another mainly adult-oriented CI discussion group. Deafhomeschool send blank mail to: deafhomeschool-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Listserv devoted to topics about home-schooling deaf children. Alexander Graham Bell Association send blank mail to: AGBell-subscribe@yahoogroups.com USA-L at yahoogroups.com send blank mail to: USA-L-subscribe@yahoogroups.comInformation about deaf people from the general media around the country.