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There are many ways in which Lions support people who are deaf and hard of hearing.

  • In Illinois, USA, the Deerfield Lions sponsor a support group for the visually and hearing impaired. The Wheaton Lions Club presented two US$1500 college scholarships to local students who were visually or hearing impaired.  
  • In Minnesota, USA, the Lions of District 5M donated US$5 million to the Lions Hearing Foundation at the University of Minnesota. The Foundation includes: a temporal bone library, a temporal bone lab for university students,a voice lab for photographing patients' larynxes and a cochlear implant program for children as young as one year of age.
  • Lions from New York's District 20-Y2 created the Lions Loan-out Program featuring devices for the deaf or hard of hearing. Local residents can borrow devices such as: smoke detectors with strobe lights, amplified telephones and doorbell alerts.
  • The Indiana Lions Speech and Hearing, Inc. sponsors two US$1000 scholarships for college students studying audiology or speech pathology.
  • In Wisconsin, USA, the South Beloit Lions made a US$5,000 donation to the Center for Sight and Hearing in Rockford, Illinois in memory of deceased club members. The Lions of District 27-A purchased and installed a public address system at two local churches.
  • In West Virginia, USA, the Craigsville Lions donated a TTY (telecommunications device for the deaf) for a hard of hearing person in the community. The Clarksburg Lions donated four videocassette recorders (VCRs) to a local school for the deaf.
  • The Waldport, Newport, and North Lincoln Lions Clubs Oregon, USA, used the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation's Mobile Screening Unit to screen the vision of 2500 students in the county.
  • The Lions of District LC-7 (Brazil) provided support for a local theater school for the deaf.
  • In Turkey, the Lions of District 118 remodeled a five-story school for the deaf and hard of hearing.  
  • The Krsko Lions, Slovenia, donated US$9,000 to an association for the deaf. The funds were used for educational programs.

 In addition, Lions can:

  • Donate temporal bones for research at a temporal bone bank.
  • Provide sign-language interpreters for persons who are deaf and need assistance during meetings with lawyers or doctors.
  • Volunteer at the Deaf Olympics.
  • Provide closed-captioning equipment for television viewing.
  • Help finance medications and medical treatments for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing.

 
 
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