COVID-19 Resources

Hearing Industries Association

• Message from HIA Leadership
• Resources from Amplifon
• Resources from Earlens
• Resources from Phonak
• Resources from Signia
• Resources from Starkey
• Resources from Widex 

Federal Resources

CARES Act

• Text: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/748/text
• Senate Section-by-Section: https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CARES%20Section-by-Section%20FINAL.PDF
• House Speaker Member Toolkit: https://www.speaker.gov/sites/speaker.house.gov/files/COVID%20TOOLKIT%203.30.20.pdf

Federal Government Resources

• Coronavirus.gov
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• U.S. Department of the Treasury
• U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

Partner Resources

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

• https://www.entnet.org/content/coronavirus-disease-2019-resources

American Cochlear Implant Alliance

• https://www.acialliance.org/page/covid-19updates

Alexander Graham Bell Association

• https://www.agbell.org/COVID-19-Resources

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

• Latest Updates: https://www.asha.org/About/Coronavirus-Updates/
• Telepractice Updates: https://www.asha.org/About/Telepractice-Resources-During-COVID-19/

Ear Community

• Resources on how to wear a surgical mask if you have Microtia and Atresia: https://youtu.be/0JXFipRBBqQ
• Article on one patient’s experience when trying to communicate at the hospital, having COVID-19, who is a CI user. Dr. Ruffin is an ENT who wears bilateral CIs: https://www.chadruffinmd.com/blog/2020/3/21/patient-with-cochlear-implant-hospitalized-with-covid-19?fbclid=IwAR1zOn158x68McKYyPcbpHK3LB7gQhdGdlNqFJF7yeSU5z8pKyQP4w83S5g
• Facebook Microtia and Atresia Support Group for families and individuals who have Microtia and Aural Atresia: https://www.facebook.com/Microtia-and-Atresia-Support-Group-118851728152174/

Example of how to sew buttons on a headband to help hold the straps of a surgical mask when you have either unilateral or bilateral Microtia or Atresia.

Hearing Loss Association of America

Resources on communication access in hospitals

• https://www.hearingloss.org/communication-access-recommendations-hospitals-covid-19/ 
• https://www.hearingloss.org/communicate-with-healthcare-providers-covid-19/

International Hearing Society

• http://ihsinfo.org/covid-19/