Learning About Hearing Loss
Family-friendly websites where you can learn more about hearing loss:
Florida Newborn Hearing Screening Program
- (866) 289-2037
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
- (850) 510-0095 or (202) 337-5220
- Email: dfilloon@agbellflorida.org
Parent Training and Information Centers
- (888) 248-0822
Family Voices
- (877) 926-3514 or (888) 835-5669
American Society for Deaf Children
- (800) 942-2732
- Email: asdc@deafchildren.org
- Web: www.deafchildren.org
Hands & Voices
- (407) 272-8714 or (866) 422-0422
- Email: handsvoicesfl@yahoo.com
Getting Services for Your Child
Florida Early Detection and Intervention Programs
- (866) 289-2037
Florida Early Steps Program
- (800) 654-4440
Florida School for the Deaf and Blind
- (800) 344-3732
- Web: www.fsdb.k12.fl.us
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
Florida’s Children’s Medical Services
- (866) 289-2037
- Web: www.cms-kids.com
Florida’s Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology
- (850) 487-3278 or (888) 788-9216
- Email: faast@faast.org
- Web: www.faast.org
Florida’s Hearing Aid Loaner Program
- (866) 999-2443
- Email: info@childrenshearinghelpfund.org
Funding Assistance for Audiology Services