Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell)
AG Bell is a membership-based information center on hearing loss, emphasizing the use of technology, speech, speechreading, residual hearing, and written and spoken language. AG Bell focuses specifically on children with hearing loss, providing ongoing support and advocacy for parents, professionals, and other interested parties.
Contact Information
3417 Volta Place, NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-337-5220 (V)
202-337-5221 (TTY)
info@agbell.org
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS)
AAO-HNS is a nonprofit association that strives to unite, serve, and represent the interests of ear, nose, and throat specialists and their patients to the public, government, other medical specialists, and related organizations.
Contact Information
One Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-836-4444 (V)
703-519-1585 (TTY)
American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC)
ASDC is a national organization of families and professionals committed to educating, empowering, and supporting parents and families of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The ASDC helps families find meaningful communication options, particularly through the competent use of sign language, in their home, school, and community.
Contact Information
P.O. Box 3355
Gettysburg, PA 17325
717-334-7922 (V/TTY)
American Tinnitus Association (ATA)
The mission of the ATA is to silence tinnitus through educaiton, advocacy, research, and support. This nonprofit organization provides the latest information and resources to tinnitus patients, promotes tinnitus awareness to the general public and the medical community, and funds the nation's brightest tinnitus researchers.
Contact Information
P.O. Box 5
Portland, OR 97207-0005
Association of Late-Deafened Adults, Inc. (ALDA)
ALDA serves as a resource center providing information and referrals, self-help, and support groups for people deafened as adults. ALDA works to increase public awareness of the special needs of deafened adults.
Contact Information
1131 Lake Street, Suite 204
Oak Park, IL 60301
877-907-1738 (V/Fax)
708-358-0135 (TTY)
info@alda.org
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Boys Town National Research Hospital's mission is to "help heal America's children and operate the nation's leading clinical research center for childhood hearing loss and related disorders." Their Web site offers information on the causes of hearing loss in children as well as information on hearing testing.
www.babyhearing.org was created by the Boys Town National Research Hospital to answer parents' questions about infant hearing screening and follow up testing, steps to take after diagnosis of hearing loss, hearing loss & hearing aids, language & speech, and parenting issues. It was developed with support from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
Contact Information
555 N. 30th Street
Omaha, NE 68131
The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University
The Clerc Center provides information, training, and technical assistance for parents and professionals to meet the needs of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Its mission is to improve the quality of education afforded to deaf and hard of hearing students from birth to age 21 throughout the United States.
Contact Information
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington DC 20002-3695
202-651-5051 (V)
202-651-5052 (TTY)
clerc.center@gallaudet.edu
Deafness and Family Communication Center (DFCC) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The DFCC is an organization dedicated to helping parents make better decisions for their deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Their web site has information and resources on hearing loss and is made possible by a grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
Contact Information
3535 Market Street, 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-590-7440 (V)
215-590-6817 (TTY)
info@raisingdeafkids.org
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)
HLAA provides assistance and resources for people with hearing loss and their families to learn how to adjust to living with hearing loss. Its national support network includes an office in the Washington DC area, 14 state organizations, and 200 local chapters.
Contact Information
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1200
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-657-2248 (V/TTY)
League for the Hard of Hearing
The League offers people who are hard of hearing or deaf access to diagnostic, rehabilitation, counseling, and education programs. The mission of this nonprofit agency is to improve the quality of life for people with all degrees of hearing loss and to offer comprehensive services regardless of age or mode of communication.
Contact Information
50 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10004
917-305-7700 (V)
917-305-7999 (TTY)
National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
Established in 1880, NAD is the nation's largest consumer organization safeguarding the accessibility and civil rights of 28 million eaf and hard of hearing Americans in education, employment, health care, and telecommunications. The NAD focuses on grassroots advocacy and empowerment, captioned media, deafness-related information and publications, legal assistance, policy development and research, public awareness, certification of interpreters, and youth leadership development.
Contact Information
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 820
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-587-1788 (V)
301-587-1789 (TTY)
National Cued Speech Association (NCSA)
NCSA promotes the effective use of Cued Speech for communication, language acquisition in more than 50 languages, and literacy. Through publications, exhibits, family/professional learning vacations and conferences, NCSA provides education, awareness, and support for people with language, hearing, and learning needs, assisting their families and the professionals who serve them.
Contact Information
Pam Beck
23970 Hermitage Road
Cleveland, OH 44122-4008
800-459-3529 (V/TTY)
info@cuedspeech.org
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
NIDCD is one of the institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health. NIDCD supports and conducts research in, and distributes information on, the disorders of human communication to improve the lives of millions of individuals with communication disorders.
Contact Information
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive, MSC 2320
Bethesda, MD 20892-2320
nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov
The NIDCD Information Clearinghouse provides information and resources for health professionals, patients, industry, and the public. To obtain information, call the Clearinghouse Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. eastern standard time. Leave a message to request publications at other times. The NIDCD Directory lists organizations that are national in scope and that focus on health issues relating to hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech. The directory is designed to encourage networking among individual and organizations that have an interest in deafness and communication disorders.
Contact Information
NIDCD Information Clearinghouse
1 Communication Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20892-3456
800-241-1044 (V)
800-241-1055 (TTY)
nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov
Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. (TDI)
TDI is a national advocacy organization focused on addressing equal access issues in telecommunications and media.
Contact Information
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 604
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3803
301-589-3786 (V)
301-589-3006 (TTY)
info@tdi-online.org
World Council on Hearing Health (WCHH)
World Council on Hearing Health is the public education and advocacy arm of the Deafness Research Foundation. Its charge is to provide the strategies and tactics and to implement programs to fulfill the mission of the Deafness Research Foundation.
Contact Information
1050 17th Street, NW
Suite 701
Washington, DC 20036
202-887-5850
info@wchh.com
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