ALDA-ROCK is an official chapter of the Association for
Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA). It is one of the many groups that has become established in the United States
from the original group in Chicago.
Our Mission
To Support the Empowerment of Deafened People.
ALDA-ROCK
This group is made up of individuals who have become late-deafened, hard of
hearing and share their experiences on how they cope with some of their everyday
living and communication problems. Our chapter serves communities in
Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.
One of our goals is Raising Our
Communities Knowledge
on hearing loss. We would be happy to present a program for public awareness
about our chapter and ALDA, contact Kathy, KSCtryLn@aim.com
for more information.
The group is open to people of all ages who have lost some or all of their
hearing after developing speech and language.
It also includes hearing individuals, businesses and organizations that agree with the by-laws of ALDA Inc.
and are interested in helping to spread advocacy for this group and in reaching
others like us.
ALDA, Inc. was founded in 1987 by a group of late-deafened who
gathered in Chicago. Most of them were total strangers who had never
met or talked to another deafened person, yet they found themselves
comfortable with each other.
Today, ALDA's membership is International in scope.
What is Late-Deafness?
Late-deafness means deafness that happened postlingually, any time after the
development of speech and language. Late-Deafened people may have lost their
hearing suddenly or gradually as a result of inherited causes, accident, illness,
medications, surgery, noise, or unknown causes. They are unable to understand
speech without visual aids such as speechreading, sign language, and/or
captioning.
