Successful advocacy is often the result of teamwork. Our successes
here at TDI comes from working in collaboration with other consumer
organizations striving toward the same goal. Below is an ACTION
ALERT from Self Help for the Hard of Hearing (SHHH) seeking information on
how individuals with hearing aids and cochlear implants are using mobile
phones, whether it is analog or digital. IF you use hearing aids or
cochlear implants, TDI encourages you to inform SHHH of your experience
with mobile phones. They will use this information at their meeting
with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on September 12.
Please go to the website and fill out this survey TODAY.
URGENT: MOBILE PHONE SURVEY - please complete by September 9th
SHHH has just posted a survey on the SHHH website to find out if and how
hearing aid and cochlear implants wearers are using mobile phones. Please
fill out the survey no later than 9 a.m. September 10th so that SHHH may
provide your input to the FCC.
On September 12th, Brenda Battat, director of public policy for SHHH
and member of the FCC Consumer/Disability Telecommunications Advisory
Committee, will meet with staff in the FCC Wireless Bureau and the
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, to push hard for solutions so
that you can use digital wireless phones with hearing aids and cochlear
implants. Your survey results will be given to the FCC at that meeting.
SHHH was a member of the HEAR-IT NOW Coalition that submitted a petition
to the FCC on June 5, 1995, to revoke the exemption of wireless telephones
from the Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Act. SHHH was subsequently
a member of the Wireless Action Coalition (WAC) that requested the FCC to
reopen the proceeding on digital wireless phones and hearing aid
interference. We believe the only way to achieve access to digital
wireless phones for hearing aid and cochlear implant users is to lift this
exemption. The URL for the survey is:
www.shhh.org/survey/survey/93498675/default.cfm
SHHH is the largest consumer organization of people with hearing loss in
the United States. Our mission is to open the world of communication to
people with hearing loss through information, advocacy, and support. SHHH
is committed to ensuring that people with hearing loss have full access to
all telecommunications services and and products. For more
information about SHHH, please view the web site at
http://www.shhh.org.
2003 Blue Book Listing Deadline Approaching
The deadline for listing updates and corrections in the 2003 Blue Book
is October 1, 2002. The 2003 Blue Book is scheduled to be printed
and ready for mailing by the end of January, 2003.
If the information in your listing has changed in the past year, now is
the time to notify TDI of your new contact information. If you
have already informed us, there is no need to do it again. Send
your updates to
jimhouse@tdi-online.org.
Reserve your copy of the 2003 Blue Book now! Go to
www.tdi-online.org
and click on HOW TO JOIN.
ATTENTION - ALL ADVERTISERS
Only three weeks left!
That's how much time you have left today to take advantage of
pre-paid rates for ad placements in the Yellow Pages
section of TDI's 2003 Blue Book.
TDI's Blue Book - America's only comprehensive directory of TTY,
FAX and pager numbers along with addresses for email, IM, WWW and
surface mail for deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-deafened and
deaf-blind individuals as well as businesses, libraries, schools,
agencies and government offices that have made themselves
accessible to the 28 million deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals
in America.
Deadlines for Advertisements for the 2003 Blue Book
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Deadline for pre-paid ad rates for the Yellow Pages section:
September 30, 2002
Deadline for ad space reservations: November 8, 2002
Deadline for artwork submissions: November 15, 2002
Take Advantage of TDI's Package Deals!
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Package deals are always welcome and negotiable. That's where you
can showcase your products and/or services in several ways in
TDI's two publications, the annual Blue Book and the quarterly
GA-SK news-magazine. Contact Ken Glickman (
kenglickman@tdi-online.org) to
see how much you can save with these package deals for your
organization!
The 2003 Blue Book is scheduled to be printed and ready for
mailing by the end of January, 2003.
eBlue Book Update
TDI is currently under negotiation with a contractor to develop the
eBlue Book and overhaul TDI's website. The target date for
completion of this project is Spring 2003. Once our negotiations
are completed, TDI will send out an announcement in future eNotes,
The GA-SK, as well as postcards. Stay tuned...
TDI's 16th Biennial International Conference
& Expo Update
TDI has selected Las Vegas, Nevada as the site for its 16th Biennial
International Conference & Expo in July 2003. The dates and
hotel information will be announced soon.
