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
Parent Information Center
- (302) 999-7394 or (888) 547-4412
- Email: picofdel@picofdel.org
- Web: www.picofdel.org
Delaware Families for Hands and Voices Foundation
- (302) 836-1411
- Email: johnsontlk@aol.com
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
- (888) 835-5669
Getting Services for Your Child
Delaware Health and Social Services: Early Hearing and Intervention Program
- (800) 262-3030
Delaware Health and Social Services: Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
- (302) 255-9134
Child Development Watch: Division of Public Health
- (302) 995-8617 or (302) 424-7300
Al duPont Hospital for Children: Auditory Rehabilitation Program
- (302) 651-6043
Al duPont Hospital for Children: Cochlear Implant Center
- (302) 651-6555
Statewide Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
- (302) 454-2487 or (800) 292-9590
- Web: www.dedhh.org
Hearing Loss Association of America: Delaware Chapter
- (302) 292-3066
- Email: hlade@comcast.net
- Web: www.hlade.org
Council on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Equality (CODHHE)
- (302) 739-3620 or (302) 739-3621
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
Delaware Children With Special Health Care Needs
Delaware Hearing Aid Law HB 355
- (302) 292-3066
- Email: hlade@comcast.net
Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative
- (302) 651-6790 or (800) 870-3284
- Web: www.dati.org
Delaware Newborn Hearing Aid Loaner Bank Program
- (302) 744-4544
Funding Assistance for Audiology Services