Learning About Hearing Loss
Family-friendly websites where you can learn more about hearing loss:
CT Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
- (800) 708-6796 or (860) 231-8756
- Web: www.ct.gov/cdhi
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
Connecticut Family Support Network
- (877) 376-2329
- Web: www.ctfsc.org
CT Parent Information and Resource Center
- (800) 842-8678
- Email: info@ctpirc.org
- Web: www.ctpirc.org
PATH Parent to Parent/Family Voices of CT
- (203) 234-9554 or (860) 679-1595
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
Hands & Voices
- (866) 422-0422
- Email: parentadvocate@handsandvoices.org
Getting Services for Your Child
Connecticut Department of Public Health: Early Hearing Detection &
Intervention Program
- (860) 509-8074
[Click on “Programs and Services” at the top of the page, then select “H”
and click on “Hearing Screening”]
Connecticut Birth to Three System
- (800) 505-7000
- Web: www.birth23.org
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center
- (860) 739-3089 or (800) 445-2722
- Email: cpac@cpacinc.org
- Web: www.cpacinc.org
Let Them Hear Foundation Advocacy Program
American School for the Deaf: Early Childhood Services
- (860) 570-1883
- Email: asdinfo@asd-1817.org
- Web: www.asd-1817.org
CREC Soundbridge
- (860) 429-4260
- Email: ecole@crec.org
New England Center for Hearing Rehabilitation (NECHEAR)
- (860) 455-1404
- Email: nechear@snet.net
- Web: www.nechear.com
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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(800) 459-3529
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Email: info@cuedspeech.org
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Web: www.cuedspeech.org
Helping to Pay for Services
Connecticut Child Development Infoline
- (800) 505-7000 or 2-1-1
State of Connecticut HUSKY Healthcare for Uninsured Kids & Youth
- (877) 284-8759
- Web: www.huskyhealth.com
Connecticut Tech Act Project
- (860) 424-4881
- Web: www.cttechact.com
Funding Assistance for Audiology Services
Hearing Aid Loaner Programs