Global Hearing Loss Support – SayWhatClub

International Resources

Explore our comprehensive international resources for hearing loss support. Connect with communities, find helpful tools, and learn about services available worldwide. Your journey towards better hearing starts here!

This page offers  links to international resources for the deaf and hard of hearing living outside the United States. The SayWhatClub is an international organization that provides peer-to-peer support to people all over the world.

This list is by no means complete. If you have suggestions for updates or additions, please contact us.  We would be happy to add more international links for deaf and hard of hearing people living in your country.

Hard of Hearing and Deaf Associations

Australia

• Better Hearing Australia, Inc. – Non-profit Hearing Loss Organisation
  

Austria

Belgium

• FEVLADO – Federatie van Vlaamse DovenOrganisaties
  
• FFSB – Fédération Francophone des Sourds de Belgique
  

Canada

• Advanced Listening – Assistive Listening Systems
• Assistive Listening Device Systems
• CHHA – The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association
  
• CHS – Canadian Hearing Society
• Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility–  In B. C., WIDHH provides one-on-one consultation and offers a large showroom of communication devices.

Croatia

•  HSGN – Croatian Assoc. of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Denmark

• Høreforeningen – Danish Association of the Hard of Hearing
  

Europe

• European Federation of Hard of Hearing People
• European Association of Cochlear Implant Users

Germany

• Deutscher Schwerhörigen-Bund e.V. 
  

Finland

• Kuulonhuoltoliitto/Hörselsvårdsförbundet
  

France

• ARDDS – Association for Rehabilitation and Defense of the Deaf
• INSTITUT PASTEUR – Hearing Institute

Iceland

• Felag Heyrnalausra

India

• Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing

Ireland

• CHIME – The National Charity or Deafness and Hearing Loss
  

Italy

• FIADDA – Associated Italian Families for the Defense of the Rights of the Hearing Impaired

Netherlands

• NVVS Nederlandse Vereniging Voor Slechthorenden
  
• Nationale Hoorstichting
  
• Dovenschap – voor en door doven
• Stichting Plotsdoven

New Zealand

• NFD National Foundation for the Deaf
  
• The Hearing Association
  

Norway

• Hørselhemmedes Landsforbund
  

Slovenia

• Deaf and Hard of Hearing Associations of Slovenia

South africa

• NCPD- Hearing Loss Matters

Spain

• Confederación Nacional de Sordos de España
  

Sweden

• Hörselskadades Riksförbund

Switzerland

• Ecoute

United Kingdom

• BDA – British Deaf Association
• British Tinnitus Association
• RNID – Royal National Institute for Deafened People (for deaf AND hard of hearing people)
• UK Hearing Link – For people with any level of hearing loss and their families

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