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'Succeed with Hearing Loss' Support Group Session

Support group sessions are available for individuals with hearing loss and their significant others (partners, children, siblings).


Succeed with Hearing Loss

The Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders and the UM Speech and Hearing Clinic will be holding a series of support group sessions for individuals with hearing loss. Their significant others such as partners, children and siblings can also participate in these sessions.  

Examples of topics discussed during these group sessions include tips to improve communication, concerns with using hearing aids, handling difficult listening situations, emergency preparedness and self-advocacy.

During the Spring 2019 semester, the sessions will be held on March 8, March 22, April 12, April 26 and May 3 between 2:30 and 4:30 PM in the room NE1217 within the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders located on the South Oxford Campus at 2301 South Lamar, North Entrance, Suite 1200 Oxford, MS, 38655 . Parking is available in the parking spaces reserved for clients near the North Entrance.  If you are interested in participating in these sessions, please contact Dr. Rebecca Lowe (rl1@olemiss.edu) or Dr. Vishakha Rawool (vrawool@olemiss.edu). 

You need not have hearing aids to participate in these sessions, and the sessions are being offered free of charge.