Adult Loss of Hearing Association (ALOHA), Tucson, Arizona

Adult Loss of Hearing Association (ALOHA) in Tucson, Arizona, is a non-profit support and advocacy organization, that provides services for hard of hearing and deaf adults.

Typically, these adults lost hearing in their preschool years, after learning language, or lost hearing in later life due to illness, aging or environmental factors.

The mission of ALOHA is to provide a support system for individuals with acquired deafness and/or hearing loss and their families ensuring their participation in the mainstream of life.

(from our ALOHA bylaws)

ALOHA was founded in 1984 by Gloria Baral, a former teacher who had lost her hearing as an adult. Her own experience with deafness, and her own need for support prompted her to establish ALOHA to provide peer support, advocacy, information and training to individuals with hearing loss, enabling them to improve their quality of life.

ALOHA is a 501(c)(3) organization and it operates on tax deductible contributions from members and businesses, grants, and bequests. A golf tournament and other fundraising events are held throughout the year. All funds are used to support our programs.