Hearing Impairment
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3417 Volta Place NW
Washington, DC 20007-2778
voice: (202) 337-5220
TTY: (202) 337-5221
web: Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
American Society for Deaf Children
2848 Arden Way, Suite 210
Sacramento, California 95825-1373
voice/TTY: (800) 942-2732
fax: (916) 482-0121
e-mail: asdc1@aol.com
web: American Society for Deaf Children
ASDC offers advocacy, information, support, and encouragement to families with deaf and hard of hearing children. Representing approximately 20,000 parents, professionals, and friends, ASDC provides networking and referral services, publications and resources, and promotes signed communication for complete participation of deaf children and adults in all aspects of daily communication and life. Through ASDC's services, the lives of families with deaf and hard of hearing children are enriched through parent-to-parent support, information, and education.
Auditory-Verbal International, (AVI)
2121 Eisenhower, Suite 402
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
voice: (703) 739-1049
TTY: (703) 739-0874
fax: (703) 739-0395
e-mail: AVI@csgi.com
web: AVI Home Page
Auditory-Verbal International, Inc (AVI) is a private non-profit international membership organization whose principle objective is to promote listening and speaking as a way of life for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. AVI's goals are to heighten public awareness of the auditory-verbal approach, ensure certification standards for Auditory-Verbal clinicians and teachers, provide quality educational opportunities for parents and professionals, and facilitate networking among the professional and lay communities. The goal of the auditory-verbal approach is for children who are deaf or hard of hearing to grow up in regular classrooms and living environments and to become independent, participating citizens in mainstream society.
Better Hearing Institute
PO Box 1840
Washington, DC 20013
voice/TTY: (800) 327-9355
fax: (703) 750-9302
web: Better Hearing Institute HEAR Now
6700 Washington Avenue South
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
toll free voice/TTY: (800)648-4327
e-mail: nonprofit@starkey.com
web: HEAR Now
HEAR Now accepts tax-deductible donations of used hearing aids.
Hereditary Hearing Impairment Resource Registry
555 N. 30th Street
Omaha, NE 68131
toll free voice/TTY: (800) 320-1171
fax: (402) 498-6331
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) established the Hereditary Hearing Impairment Resource Registry on September 30, 1993, under a contract awarded to the Boys Town National Research Hospital, a division of Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, in Omaha, Nebraska. The purpose of the HHIRR is to be a national resource for the biomedical research community in the study of genetic hearing impairment and deafness. The HHIRR will collect and maintain genetic, medical, audiologic, demographic and epidemiologic information on participants. In addition, the HHIRR will encourage the pursuit of research on the genetic basis of hearing impairment and deafness by disseminating pertinent information to primary care physicians, otolarynogolgists, audiologists and medical and molecular geneticists and other biomedical scientists and health care professionals. The HHIRR will encourage and facilitate collaborations in the study of hereditary hearing impairment and deafness.
NAD: National Association of the Deaf
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 820
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3819
voice: (301) 587-1788
TTY: (301) 587-1789
fax: (301) 587-1791 web:National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
National Cued Speech Association PO Box 31345
Raleigh, North Carolina 27622
voice/TTY: (919) 828-1218
fax: (919) 828-1862
web: National Cued Speech Association
SHHH: Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1200
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
voice/TTY: (301) 657-2248
TTY: (301) 657-2249
fax: (301) 913-9413
e-mail: Choose appropriate department.
web:Hearing Loss Association of America
Signing Exact English (SEE) Center for the Advancement of Deaf Children
PO Box 1181
Los Alamitos, California 90720
voice/TTY: (562) 430-1467
fax: (562) 795-6614
email: seecenter@seecenter.org
web: S.E.E. Center
Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc.
8719 Colesville Road, Suite 300
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
voice: (301) 589-3786
TTY: (301) 589-3006
fax: (301) 589-3797
e-mail: sonnytdi@aol.com
web: Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc.
From site: "To promote equal access in telecommunications and media for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, or deaf blind."
Where do we go from Hear?
web: http://www.gohear.org
This web site is dedicated to being the best source of information for families of infants and children diagnosed with a hearing loss and the professionals who work with these individuals.