Janet L. Pray, Ph.D. Professor of Social Work and Faculty Fellow for Strategic Planning in the Office of the President at Gallaudet University. Frequent presenter and workshop leader on successful adaptation to hearing loss, family issues, and assertiveness. These include national SHHH conventions; SHHH chapters; professional conferences of social workers, audiologists, psychologists, counselors, nurses, and others; and International Congress of Hard of Hearing People. Faculty and coordinator since 1985 of the psychosocial component of Gallaudet's Elderhostel program, Hearing Loss in Later Years. Numerous publications on the psychosocial effects of hearing loss on individuals and families and approaches to coping.