Learning About Hearing Loss
Family-friendly websites where you can learn more about hearing loss:
Early Intervention Clearinghouse
- (800) 852-4302
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 Families Like Yours
Illinois Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Email: info@agbell.org
CHOICES for Parents
- (312) 523-6400 or (866) 733-8729
- Email: choicesforparents@yahoo.com
American Society for Deaf Children
- (800) 942-2732
- Email: asdc@deafchildren.org
- Web: www.deafchildren.org
The Arc of Illinois
- (866) 931-1110
Illinois Hands & Voices (ILH&V)
- (877) 533-5279
- Email: ilhandsandvoices@gmail.com
Illinois Service Resource Center
- (847) 559-0110
- Web: www.isrc.us
Family Resource Center on Disabilities
- (312) 939-3513
- Email: frcdptiil@ameritech.net
- Web: www.frcd.org
Getting Services for Your Child
Illinois Newborn Hearing Program/ Illinois Guide By Your Side
- (800) 322-3722 or (217) 782-4733
- Email: ilsound@uic.edu
Illinois Early Intervention (EI)
- (217) 782-1981
Hearing and Vision Connections
- (877) 731-8184
Illinois School for the Deaf
- (217) 479-4200
Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission (IDHHC)
- (217) 557-4495 or (217) 557-4487
- Email: dhh.webmaster@illinois.gov
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
Healthcare and Family Services
- (217) 782-1200 or (800) 526-5812
- Web: www.hfs.illinois.gov
Illinois Assistive Technology Program
- (217) 522-7985 or (800) 852-5110
- Web: www.iltech.org
Division of Specialized Care for Children
- (800) 322-3722
- Email: dscc@uic.edu
- Web: www.uic.edu/hsc/dscc
Funding Assistance for Audiology Programs
Hearing Aid Loaner Programs