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Welcome!
ALDA Midwest is an official group of the Association of Late-Deafened Adults, Inc. We are dedicated to helping those located in the midwest region of the United States, as well as anyone interested, in receiving support, friendship, and advocacy as a late-deafened adult. |
What Is ALDA?
ALDA was formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1987. Most of those that gathered there were total strangers who had never met or talked to another deafened person, yet they found themselves wonderfully comfortable with one another. There was an unspoken feeling of understanding and patience with each other's communication difficulties. The marvelous sense of fellowship lasted and led to more social gatherings and self help support groups, which swiftly evolved into the Association of Late Deafened Adults (ALDA). Today, ALDA's membership is international in scope. ALDA works collaboratively with other organizations around the world serving the needs of late-deafened people and extends a welcome to everyone, late deafened or not, who supports our goals.
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What is a "Late-Deafened Adult"?
Late-deafened usually means deafness that happened post-lingually, any time after the development of speech and language. Often it means after the age of adolescence (13 and above). Usually a late-deafened adult (LDA) has identified with hearing society through schooling, social connections, etc. They are usually unable to understand speech without visual aids such as speech-reading, sign language, and/or Communication Access Real-time Transcription (CART). They also may have lost their hearing suddenly or gradually as a result of inherited causes, accident, illness, medication, surgery, noise or other factors. LDAs also can share in the common experience of having been raised in the hearing world and having become deaf rather than having been born deaf. |
WANT TO JOIN ALDA MIDWEST?
ALDA Midwest meets via e-mail through the Yahoo! group by the same name. To join, all you have to do is sign into Yahoo! and click join the group! It's as simple as that!
Click here to join our group!
Contact Us!
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns. Questions can be directed to the moderator of the ALDA Midwest Yahoo! group or to the national ALDA, Inc., group. We hope you'll consider joining our family and that you'll feel a little less alone. |
  
Visit the national ALDA, Inc. website:
Click Here! |
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