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 Families Like Yours
Iowa Hands and Voices
- (515) 988-8512
- Email: info@iowahandsandvoices.org
Iowa Guide By Your Side
- (515) 281-4653
Alexander Graham Bell of Iowa
- Email: agbell.iowa@gmail.com
- Web: www.iaagbell.com
Ask Family Resource Center for Iowa
- (515) 243-1713 or (800) 450-8667
- Email: info@askresource.org
- Web: www.askresource.org
American Society for Deaf Children
- (800) 942-2732
- Email: asdc@deafchildren.org
- Web: www.deafchildren.org
Family Voices
- (515) 243-1713 or (888) 835-5669
Getting Services for Your Child
Iowa’s Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program
- (515) 242-5639 or (800) 383-3826
Early ACCESS
- (888) 425-4371
- Email: earlyaccessia@vnsdm.org
Let Them Hear Foundation Advocacy Program
Oral Deaf Education Programs
- (877) 672-5332
- Web: www.oraldeafed.org
Learning more about communication options:
- Iowa School for the Deaf Free Sign Language Classes:
- 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
Hawk-I: Health Care Coverage
- (800) 257-8563 or TDD: (888) 422-2319
- Web: www.hawk-i.org/en_US
Child Health Specialty Clinics
- (319) 356-1117 or (866) 219-9119
- Email: naomi-erickson@uiowa.edu
Iowa COMPASS
- (319) 353-8777 or (800) 779-2001
Funding Assistance for Audiology Services
Hearing Aid Loaner Programs