Resources
Recommended Audiology Resources
If your child has been diagnosed with a hearing loss, explore these organizations, educational materials, and family support resources.
Atlanta Area School for the Deaf
Phone: (404) 296-7101
www.aasdweb.com
Atlanta Speech School
Phone: (404) 233-5332
www.atlantaspeechschool.org
The Auditory-Verbal Center of Atlanta
Phone: (404) 815-4321
www.avchears.org
Babies Can’t Wait and Children First
Phone: (404) 657-2850 or (404) 656-6679
www.bcw-bibs.com
*use to obtain contact information for your county coordinator.
GA Hands and Voices
www.gahandsandvoices.org
GA Pines
Phone: (
404) 298-4882
www.gapines.info
GA Pathway to Language and Literacy
www.georgialiteracy.org
Georgia’s Resource Guide for Families of Children With Hearing Loss
Download info here.
American Academy of Audiology
Phone: 1-800-AAA-2336
www.audiology.org
ASHA (American Speech Language and Hearing Association)
Phone:
1-800-498-2071
www.asha.org
Auditory-Verbal International(AVI)
www.auditory-verbal.org
National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management
www.infanthearing.org
Advanced Bionics (Cochlear Implant Device)
www.advancedbionics.com
Cochlear Corporation (Cochlear Implant Device)
www.cochlear.com
Oticon
www.oticon.com
Phonak
www.phonak.com
AG Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
www.agbell.org
Beginnings for Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
http://www.ncbegin.org
Boys Town National Hospital
www.babyhearing.org
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov
GA Pathway to Language and Literacy
www.georgialiteracy.org
Gallaudet University National Deaf Education Network and Clearinghouse
www.gallaudet.edu.cler-center.html
Hands & Voices
www.handsandvoices.org
Hearing Loss Education Center
www.hearinglosseducation.com
Mayo Clinic
www.mayoclinic.com/health/hearing-loss/DS00172
National Cued Speech Association
www.cuedspeech.org
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders
www.nidcd.nih.gov
National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov
Oberkotter Foundation
www.oberkotterfoundation.org
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Men
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim
*to obtain information regarding genetic disorders and/or syndromes
Option Schools, Inc.
www.auditoryoralschools.org
Supporting Success for Kids with Hearing Loss
www.successforkidswithhearingloss.com
The Governor Council on Developmental Disabilities
Provides funding on a matching basis for family members so they may attend educational programs or seminars. Recipients must be Georgia residents and are limited to receiving one grant per year. They will reimburse registration costs, travel, food and lodging after the event.
www.gcdd.org
The John Tracy Clinic
Free services to hearing impaired children to age 5. They send lessons and videotapes by mail, and you report back to them by mail or internet. The international summer program is a three-week program free of charge with preschool camp, sibling camp, and intensive parent program.
www.johntracyclinic.org
It’s a Noisy Planet: Protect Their Hearing, NIDCD, National Institutes of Health
Listen to your Buds, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Turn it to the Left, American Academy of Audiology
Setting Language In Motion, The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center and Boston Children’s Hospital
Additional Recommended Links:
https://www.healthyhearing.com/help/hearing-loss/children
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