The following websites have been helpful for parents of children with hearing loss. Please share with us any additional sites that you find particularly helpful.
General information on hearing loss
- My Baby's Hearing: co-designed by Boys Town National Research Hospital and the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders, is a resource for families that have recently been told that their newborn or infant has a hearing loss.
- Beginnings: For Parents of Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: established to provide emotional support and access to information as a central resource for families with deaf or hard of hearing children, age birth through 21.
- Hands & Voices: a nationwide non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families and their children who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as the professionals who serve them.
- Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center: This site is designed to share information and provide resources with professionals and families on a variety of topics related to children and young people under 21 years of age who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- Hearing Loss Association of America: opens the world of communication to people with hearing loss by providing information, education, support and advocacy.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Hearing Loss section: provides general information about incidence of hearing loss and related health issues.
National and regional organizations
National
- American Academy of Audiology
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
New Hampshire
- NDHHS (Northeast Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services): New Hampshire's 'one-stop' resources for services specific to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community and for information about hearing loss.
- HEAR in New Hampshire: a non-profit organization providing a comprehensive auditory/oral education and therapeutic curriculum for young children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- NHDeafEd (The New Hampshire Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education Initiative): provides information and resources to optimize the educational outcomes for New Hampshire's children and youth who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Vermont
- Nine East Network proudly operates the Vermont Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program, with professional staff serving communities statewide, including: The Parent Infant Program (ages 0-3), School-Age Consulting Services for children (age 4-13) and young adults (age 14-22), and Sign Communication Support Services.
Other resources
Classroom acoustics
- Classroom Acoustics Coalition
- Acoustical Society of America — Publications on Classroom Acoustics
- NCEF (National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities): Classroom Acoustics
Cochlear implants
Cued speech
Educational issues
- Supporting Success for Children with Hearing Loss includes information on a variety of topics related to education and hearing loss
FM educational amplification manufacturers
These are the most commonly found in our region:
- FrontRow (a division of Phonic Ear)
- Oticon
- Phonak
- Lightspeed
- Audio Enhancement
Noise-induced hearing loss
- NIDCD (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
- H.E.A.R. (Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers): non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to raising awareness of the real dangers of repeated exposure to excessive noise levels from music which can lead to permanent and sometimes debilitating, hearing loss and tinnitus.
Sign language and deaf culture
Spoken language (auditory-verbal or oral)
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- John Tracy Clinic: has been providing parent-centered services to young children with a hearing loss since 1943.