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
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities
- (740) 382-5452 or (800) 374-2806
- Email: ocecd@gte.net
- Web: www.ocecd.org
Hands & Voices
- (866) 422-0422
- Email: parentadvocate@handsandvoices.org
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
Family Voices
- (937) 208-7547 or (888) 835-5669
Getting Services for Your Child
Ohio Help Me Grow Infant Hearing Loss Program
- (614) 644-8389 or (800) 755-4769
- Email: beis@odh.ohio.gov
[Click on “Infant Hearing Program” in the “Features” Column]
Pediatric Audiology Services Directory
[Click on “Infant Hearing Program” in the “Features” column,
then select “Pediatric Audiology Services Directory”]
Ohio School for the Deaf: Outreach Services
- (614) 995-1566
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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(301) 915-8009 or (800) 459-3529
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Email: info@cuedspeech.org
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Web: www.cuedspeech.org
Helping to Pay for Services
Ohio Department of Health: Bureau of Children’s Medical Services
- (800) 755-4769
- Email: bcmh@odh.ohio.gov
- Web: www.odh.ohio.gov
[Click on “C” from the Index, then select “Children With Medical Handicaps (BCMH)”]
Assistive Technology of Ohio
- (614) 293-9134 or (800) 784-3425
- Email: atohio@osu.edu
- Web: www.atohio.org
Sertoma International, Inc.
- (816) 333-8300
- Email: infosertoma@sertomahq.org
- Web: www.sertoma.org
Funding Assistance for Audiology Services
Hearing Aid Loaner Programs