Learning About Hearing Loss

Finding Families Like Yours

Getting Services for Your Child

Helping to Pay for Services

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

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

  • (610) 525-9600, (412) 924-1012
  • Email: jsexton@clarkeschools.org, dj@depaulinst.com

American Society for Deaf Children

  • (800) 942-2732
  • Email: asdc@deafchildren.org

Family Voices

  • (215) 844-6641, (570) 836-7319
  • Email: sbadeau@aol.com, sheilaamandad@yahoo.com

Hands & Voices

  • 1-866-922-8781, (724) 941-6223
  • Email: handsandvoicespa@hotmail.com, campion1071@comcast.net

Parent Training and Information Centers

  • Parent Education Network
  • (717) 600-0100, 1-800-522-5827
  • Email: pen@parentednet.org
  • The PEAL Center
  • (412) 281-4404, 1-866-950-1040
  • Email: info@pealcenter.org
  • The Mentor Parent Program Inc.
  • 1-888-447-1431
  • Email: info@mentorparent.org
  • Philadelphia Hune Inc.
  • (215) 425-6203

Getting Services for Your Child

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs

  • 1-877-PA-HEALTH, (717) 783-8143

Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities

  • Email: ra-ocdintervention@state.pa.us

Let Them Hear Foundation Advocacy Program

Oral Deaf Education Programs

  • (877) 672-5332





Learning more about communication options:

  • ASL University:
  • John Tracy Clinic Correspondence Courses
    (213) 748-5481 or (800) 522-4582 
  • National Cued Speech Association
    (800) 459-3529 
    Email: info@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 Web: