Learning About Hearing Loss
Family-friendly websites where you can learn more about hearing loss:
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
- (202) 651-5051
- Email: clerc.center@gallaudet.edu
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders
- (800) 241-1044
- Email: nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov
Finding Other Families Like Yours
Center for Hearing and Communication: Family Resource Center
- (917) 305-7700 or (877) 544-4327
New York Parent Centers
Family Voices of New York
- (518) 474-0570
Hands & Voices
- (866) 422-0422
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- (202) 337-5220
- Email: info@agbell.org
- Web: www.agbell.org
American Society for Deaf Children
- (800) 942-2732
- Email: asdc@deafchildren.org
- Web: www.deafchildren.org
Getting Services for Your Child
New York State Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program
- (518) 437-7016
- Email: bei@health.state.ny.us
NYC Directory of Resources for the Deaf
New York State Office of Children & Family Services
Hear 2 Learn
- (315) 701-5710
- Email: admin@hear-2-learn.com
- Web: www.hear-2-learn.com
Let Them Hear Foundation Advocacy Program
Oral Deaf Education Programs
- (877) 672-5332
- Web: www.oraldeafed.org
Learning more about communication options:
- ASL University:
- John Tracy Clinic Correspondence Courses
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(213) 748-5481 or (800) 522-4582
- National Cued Speech Association
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(800) 459-3529
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Email: info@cuedspeech.org
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Web: www.cuedspeech.org
Helping to Pay for Services
Assistive Technology Programs
- (518) 439-1263
Funding Assistance for Audiology Services
Hearing Aid Loaner Programs
State Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs