Learning About Hearing Loss
Family-friendly websites where you can learn more about hearing loss:
Washington State Department of Health:
Early Hearing Loss, Detection, Diagnosis and Intervention Program
- (206) 418-5613
- Email: ehddi2@doh.wa.gov
Washington Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- (360) 902-8000 or (800) 422-7930
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
Washington State Parent to Parent Support Programs
- (800) 821-5927
- Email: statep2p@earthlink.net
Washington State Hands & Voices
- (509) 899-1732 or (866) 422-0422
- Email: info@wahandsandvoices.org
Family Voices of Washington
- (800) 572-7368 or (888) 835-5669
Washington Fathers Network
- (425) 653-4286
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- (202) 337-5220
- Email: info@agbell.org
- Web: www.agbell.org
American Society for Deaf Children
- (800) 942-2732
- Email: asdc@deafchildren.org
- Web: www.deafchildren.org
Getting Services for Your Child
Infant Toddler Early Intervention Program (ITEIP)
- (360) 725-3500 or (800) 322-2588
Listen and Talk
- (206) 985-6646
- Web: www.listentalk.org
Family Conversations
- (206) 987-5147
Hearing, Speech, and Deafness Center
- (206) 323-5770 or (888) 222-5036
- Web: www.hsdc.org
Washington Sensory Disability Services
- (800) 572-7000
- Email: wsds@psesd.org
- Web: www.wsdsonline.org
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
Washington State Children With Special Health Care Needs
- (360) 236-3571 or (800) 322-2588
- Email: cshcn.support@doh.wa.gov
Washington Assistive Technology Act Program
- (877) 428-5116
- Email: uwat@u.washington.edu
- Web: www.watap.org
Funding Assistance for Audiology Services
Hearing Aid Loaner Programs