Advocacy for Hearing Impairments
FP-0500 * YF-3200
Programs that intercede on behalf of individuals and/or groups to ensure that they receive the benefits and services to which they are entitled and that organizations within the established service delivery system meet the collective needs of the community; which attempt to marshal public support for a particular issue or cause; or which seek to influence legislation, local ordinances or administrative rulings in order to benefit specific interest groups or achieve specific social, political or environmental goals.
A defect in one or more parts of the ear and its associated nerve pathways that lead from the ear to the brain which prevents the individual from adequately hearing, receiving or attending to faint speech, ordinary conversational speech, loud speech or other sounds.