DeafandHoH is a vibrant and empowered online hearing loss community committed to providing online spaces to network and communicate. Growing up with moderate hearing loss, Senthil Srinivasan struggled with feelings of isolation. Rather than let his hearing loss close him off from the people around him, he decided to open up about his experiences on the web. In 2008, Srinivasan founded DeafandHoH under the name “I Am Hearing Impaired”. With the launch of a weekly Open Chat Night the following year, DeafandHoH transformed into a community website, a place where people of all ages and levels of hearing loss could network, share experiences, and learn from one another in a safe environment free from communication barriers. DeafandHoH grew to encompass not only the website and chat room, but also a blog, an online forum, and a growing social media presence. In 2008, DeafandHoH started a Facebook group that grew from 30 members the first year to over 550 members by 2012 and to over 10,000 members by 2018. The Facebook group currently boasts over 30,000 members and is growing every day!
