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 In 1971, Hearing and Speech Action and Work with the Deaf became an official program of Lions Clubs International.
The mission statement of the program is:
To demonstrate concern and respect for the dignity and independence of people who have hearing or speech challenges, with the goal of improving their quality of life.
The district governor appoints a Lion to serve as district Hearing and Speech Action and Work with the Deaf chairperson.
This Lion should be familiar with:
District chairpersons are responsible for project planning
- Begin by setting goals. Evaluate the effectiveness of current club-level and district-level hearing and speech projects. Outline an overall district plan. Include procedures required for fulfilling the plan. Submit the plan to the district governor for approval.
- Communicate these goals and project ideas to club chairpersons through: an open letter on the district Web site; an open letter in the district governor's newsletter; e-mails, personal letters, telephone calls or personal visits.
- Incorporate new project ideas contributed by clubs. Do not duplicate local, regional or national programs. Work with local healthcare professionals to provide the most appropriate service to the community.
- Arrange hearing and speech seminars and workshops for club chairpersons. Invite health care professionals such as otolaryngologists, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, or local hearing and speech center professionals to present information. Seminars and workshops often help motivate clubs to participate in hearing and speech projects.
- Report activities to the district cabinet and to the local media through communications with the district public relations chairperson. Hearing chairpersons are encouraged to submit reports and photographs of successful hearing projects to:
Program Development Department
Lions Clubs International
300 W 22nd Street
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523-8842
USA
Resources for Hearing Chairpersons
Chairpersons are encourage to use the Internet as an international resource which provides continually updated information about deafness and hearing impairments.
Many Web sites feature detailed information about new products and new medical techniques. There are also animated Web sites which demonstrate sign language. Chat rooms are available for parents of children who are deaf or hearing impaired.
The World Health Organization (WHO) as well as national departments or ministries of health can provide resource materials concerning deafness and hearing impairments.
Lions Clubs International includes the following information as a service. The Association is not responsible for the content nor can it assure the accuracy of the information on the following Web sites.
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf (AG Bell) www.agbell.org 2000 M Street, NW, Suite 740 Washington, DC 20036 USA Telephone: 202-337-5220 TTY: 202-337-5221 Fax: 202-337-8314
American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) www.asha.org 10801 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852 USA Telephone/TTY : 1-800-638-8255 E-mail: actioncenter@asha.org
Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA)www.chha.ca/ 2435 Holly Lane, Suite 205 Ottawa, ON Canada K1V 7P2 1-800-263-8068 TTY: 613-526-2692 Fax: 613-526-4718 E-mail: chhanational@chha.ca
International Federation of Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH)www.ifhoh.org P.O. Box 13 Abbots Langley Hertfordshire, WD5 ORQ United Kingdom Telephone: + 44 1923 264584 Fax: + 44 1923 261635
(US) National Association of the Deaf (NAD) www.nad.org 814 Thayer Avenue Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-4500 USA Telephone: 301-587-1788 TTY: 301-587-1789 Fax: 301-587-1791 E-mail: NADinfo@nad.org
(US) National Information Center on Deafness (NICD) www.nih.gov/nia/related/aoaresrc/dir/162.htm Gallaudet University 800 Florida Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002-3695 USA Telephone: 202-651-5051 TTY: 202-651-5052 Fax: 202-651-5054 E-mail: nicdagallua.gallaudet.edu
(US) National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders www.nicd.nih.gov/ National Institutes of Health 31 Center Drive, MSC 2320 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2320 USA
Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) www.rnid.org.uk 19-23 Featherstone Street London, EC1Y 8SL England Telephone: 020 7296 8000 TTY: 020 7296 8001 Fax: 020 7296 8199 E-mail: informationline@rnid.org.uk
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH) www.shhh.org 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1200 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 USA Telephone: 301-657-2248 TTY: 301-657-2249 Fax: 301-913-9413 E-mail: National@shhh.org
World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) www.wfdnews.org P.O. Box 65 00401 Helsinki Finland E-mail: info@wfdnews.org
World Health Organization (WHO) www.who.org Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Telephone: (+00 41 22) 791 21 11 Fax: (+00 41 22) 791 31 11 Telex: 415 416 Telegraph: UNISANTE GENEVA E-mail: info@who.int
District Hearing Chairperson Award
The award  certificate and criteria are mailed to district governors. At the end of the year, the district governor presents the award to the district hearing chairperson in the district who has successfully:
- Motivated at least 50% of clubs in the district to participate in the Hearing & Speech Action and Work with the Deaf Program;
- Started a new project to enhance the District Hearing Program;
- Increased awareness of the Lions Hearing Program within the district;
- Submitted a detailed report of club participation within the district to the district governor by June 30th.
To view the newsletter for hearing chairpersons, click here.
To order service activites publication, including Hearing Program publications, click here.
Click here for awards and recognition information for: Lions members, Lions clubs, Lions districts, Lions multiple districts, Leos and youth, international Lion leaders, and non-Lions.
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