Hearing Access Champions

Recognizing people whose long-term research, advocacy, and lived experience have expanded hearing accessibility in everyday life.

People to recognize

Long-term work that moved access forward.

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Hearing loop advocate

An audiologist and longtime advocate who has helped communities understand and adopt hearing loops and telecoils.

Auracast advocate & journalist

A journalist with lived experience of hearing loss who explains emerging accessible-audio technology and its real-world use.

Researcher

A researcher whose work has advanced early hearing detection, intervention, and outcomes for deaf and hard-of-hearing children.

Disability rights advocate

A Deafblind lawyer, author, and educator who helps organizations design access from the start.

Community pioneer

The founder of HLAA, who helped build a national self-help and advocacy movement led by people with hearing loss.

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