{"id":2464,"date":"2018-04-19T11:10:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T15:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/hcc\/?page_id=2464"},"modified":"2018-08-22T15:02:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T19:02:42","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/hcc\/patient-resources\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"State Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<header><\/header>\n<div id=\"content-area\">\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-text-43c4ff240ea14226a55a42ee5ce1ee42\" class=\"\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: inherit;font-size: 24px\">Advocacy and Support<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hearingloss.org\/\">Hearing Loss Association of America<\/a> \u2013 Information &#8211; Education &#8211; Advocacy &#8211; Support<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"external-link\"><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nchearingloss.org\/\" target=\"_self\">Hearing Loss Association of NC<\/a> &#8211; North Carolina Chapters of the HLAA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"external-link\"><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/files.nc.gov\/ncdhhs\/documents\/files\/ACCESS%20North%20Carolina%202015_0.pdf\" target=\"_self\">ACCESS NC<\/a> &#8211; Vacation and Travel Guide for Adults with Accessibility Needs<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>State Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncatp.org\/\" target=\"_self\">NC Assistive Technology Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncdhhs.gov\/divisions\/dsdhh\" target=\"_self\">NC Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/howsyourhearing.org\/\" target=\"_self\">How&#8217;s Your Hearing<\/a>? &#8211; Resources form the American Academy of Audiology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"pageTitle\">Smoking and Hearing Loss<\/h3>\n<div id=\"content-area\">\n<ul>\n<li>Smoking increases middle ear problems (Sharabi et al. 2002)<\/li>\n<li>Smokers are twice as likely to have mild hearing loss compared to non-smokers (Nakanishi et al. 2000)<\/li>\n<li>Smoking worsens the effects of exposure to loud noise (Wild et al. 2005)<\/li>\n<li>Risk of high-frequency hearing loss increases with the number of cigarettes smoked per day (Nakanishi et al. 2000)<\/li>\n<li>Maternal exposure to cigarette smoke can negatively impact the hearing and auditory processing of babies (McCartney et al. 1994)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you or a loved one is ready to quit smoking, consider joining a cessation program. The <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/tobacco\/ndp\" target=\"_self\">UNC Nicotine Dependence Program <\/a><span class=\"external-link\">provides extensive services and support for those looking to improve their health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Additional local resources and information can be found at:\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quitlinenc.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Quitline NC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocacy and Support Hearing Loss Association of America \u2013 Information &#8211; Education &#8211; Advocacy &#8211; Support Hearing Loss Association of NC &#8211; North Carolina Chapters of the HLAA ACCESS NC &#8211; Vacation and Travel Guide for Adults with Accessibility Needs State Resources NC Assistive Technology Program NC Services for the Deaf and the Hard of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/hcc\/patient-resources\/resources\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about State Resources\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62935,"featured_media":0,"parent":2438,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2464","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/hcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/hcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/hcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/hcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62935"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/hcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/hcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2464\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/hcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/sphs\/hcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}