Dor-Wood Communication Contest
for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

 This contest offers an opportunity for children who are deaf or hard of hearing to present their thoughts in the community, gaining skills, which can only come from signing or speaking to a large audience. Patterned after the Optimist Oratorical Contest, the Communication Contest For the Deaf and Hard of Hearing offers hearing impaired youth the chance to compete in speech or sign language. The Optimist International Foundations fund a $2,500 scholarship to any District that meets the minimum participation criteria.


 Topic for the 2024-2025 school year is: "How Optimism Has Guided Me Through Trying Times"

Who: The contest is open to young people through grade 12 in the United States and Canada, to CEGEP in Québec and grade 13 in the Caribbean, who are educated in the United States, Canada or the Caribbean. Students must submit the results of an audiogram completed no longer than 24 months prior to the date of the contest by a qualified audiologist. Students must be certified to have an uncorrected hearing loss of 40 decibels or more, which must be supported by the audiogram in order to be eligible to compete. Students with permanent correction should compete in the Optimist International Oratorical contest.

How To Enter: Interested students should contact Dor-Wood Optimist Club.

For more information regarding the contest please contact:

Mike Higgins

Chairman, Dor-Wood Optimist Club Communication Contest for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CCDHH)

bmpshig@aol.com

937-671-8733