Useful links
Transport
WISES MAPS :
www.wises.co.nz
METRO BUSES :
www.metroinfo.co.nz
Funding
ACC :
www.acc.co.nz
ENABLE :
www.enable.co.nz/services/hearing-services
WAR PENSION :
www.veteransaffairs.mil.nz
COMMUNITY SERVICES CARD :
www.workandincome.govt.nz/individuals/a-z-benefits/community-services-card.html
WINZ ADVANCE PAYMENT (LOAN) :
www.workandincome.govt.nz/individuals/a-z-benefits/advance-payment-of-benefit.html
SUPERGOLD CARD :
www.supergold.govt.nz/
Support services for consumers
EAR HEALTH CLINICS :
Ear Health or Ear Hygiene Clinic
TINNITUS :
www.hear-it.org/How-to-live-with-tinnitus
HYPERACUSIS :
www.deafnessresearch.org.uk/factsheets/hyperacusis.pdf
THE BALANCE DISORDER CENTRE :
http://www.balancedisorder.co.nz/
PHONES AND ALARMS FOR PEOPLE WITH HEARING LOSS :
www.phonequip.co.nz
NEW ZEALAND TELEPHONE RELAY SERVICE :
www.nzrelay.co.nz
HEARING DOGS :
www.hearingdogs.org.nz
NEW ZEALAND COCHLEAR IMPLANT PROGRAMMES :
www.scip.co.nz ; www.clinics.auckland.ac.nz
NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING UNIT :
www.nsu.govt.nz
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE DEAF :
www.nfd.org.nz/
DEAF AOTEAROA :
www.deaf.org.nz
PRIVACY COMMISSIONER :
www.privacy.org.nz
HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER :
www.hdc.org.nz
Noise-Associated Hearing Loss
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH :
www.osh.govt.nz
HEALTH AND SAFETY EMPLOYMENT ACT :
www.osh.govt.nz/law/hse.shtml
Audiology courses
UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND MASTERS OF AUDIOLOGY COURSE :
www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/faculty/postgrad/programmes/maud.aspx
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY MASTERS OF AUDIOLOGY COURSE :
www.cmds.canterbury.ac.nz/courses/maud.shtml
Audiological (or Professional) Organisations
NEW ZEALAND AUDIOLOGICAL SOCIETY :
www.audiology.org.nz/why-see-an-audiologist.aspx
NEW ZEALAND HEARING ASSOCIATION :
www.hearing.org.nz/
LIFE UNLIMITED HEARING THERAPISTS :
www.life.nzl.org/
AUDIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA :
www.audiology.asn.au/
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF AUDIOLOGY :
www.audiology.org/Pages/default.aspx
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION :
www.asha.org/
BRITISH SOCIETY OF AUDIOLOGISTS :
www.thebsa.org.uk/