RESOURCES
The
following list is not intended to be all-inclusive but represents
some of the resources available. The information contained in this
list is accurate to the best of our knowledge as of March, 2005.
The Hearing and Speech Agency
5900 Metro Drive
Baltimore, MD 21215
Voice: 410-318-6780
TTY: 410-318-6758
email:hasa@hasa.org
www.HASA.org
(provides a family support group and wide array of clinical services,
information resource center, advocate for those who are deaf or hard
of hearing or who have speech and language disorders)
Advanced
Bionics Corporation
www.cochlearimplant.com
Alexander
Graham Bell Association for the Deaf (AG Bell)
Voice/TTY: 202-337-5220
www.agbell.org
American
Academy of Audiology (AAA)
Voice: 703-790-8466
TTY: 703-790-8466
www.audiology.org (Spanish and English)
American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Voice/TTY: 800 638-8255
www.asha.org (Spanish and English)
Auditory-Verbal
International, Inc.
703 739-1049
TTY 703 739-0874
www.auditory-verbal.org
Beginnings
for Parents of Children Who
Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc. (Beginnings)
www.beginningsvcs.com
(general information on communication options, early intervention,
etc.)
Boys Town National Research Hospital
www.boystownhospital.org
Cochlear
Corporation
www.cochlear.com
Cochlear
Implant Association, Inc.
www.cici.org
(provides website links to all cochlear implant manufacturers)
Deaf
Kids. Com
www.deafkids.com
(website for kids with hearing loss)
Hearing
Aid Loan Bank
Voice: 410-767-0739
Toll Free Voice: 800-535-0182
TTY: 410-383-0731
House
Ear Institute (HEI)
www.hei.org
IDEA
Practices
www.ideapractices.org
Jewish
Social Services Agency
Voice: 301-990-6880
TTY: 301-990-7215
www.jssa.org
(provides an array of support programs for families of all
religions)
John
Tracy Clinic
www.jtc.org
(list of websites by categories of interest)
www.kidsers.com
(Spanish and English)
Maryland
Cued Speech Association
Voice/TTY: 301-718-8717
www.mdcsa.org
Maryland
Technology Assistance Program
www.mdtap.org
Med-El
Medical Electronics
www.medel.com
My
Baby’s Hearing
www.babyhearing.org
(introductory information)
National
Campaign for Hearing Health
www.hearinghealth.net
(categorized website links)
National
Cued Speech Association
Voice/TTY: 800-459-3529
www.cuedspeech.org
The
Oberkotter Foundation
Voice: 877-ORAL-DEAF (877-672-5332)
www.oraldeafed.org
(list of oral schools)
Office
of Genetics & Children with Special
Health Care Needs, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Voi:ce: 410-767-6730 / 800 638-8864
TTY 800-633-1316
The
Parent to Parent Network
(410) 480-4597 (v/tty)
Partners@msd.edu
Phonak
www.phonak.com
(Simple explanations of hearing loss, audiograms,
and how the ear works)
Raising
your Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child
www.raisingdeafkids.org
Sibling
Support Project
www.thearc.org
Starkey
Laboratories, Inc.
www.starkey.com
(Simple explanations
of hearing loss,
audiograms, and
how the ear works)
University of Maryland
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
0100 LeFrak Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Clinic: 301-402-4218
Paula C. Schauer, M.S., CCC-A, FAAA: 301-405-4619
STAR
STAR Program(Speech Therapy and Aural Rehabilitation)
Widex
www.widex.com
(Simple explanations
of hearing
loss, audiograms, and
how the ear
works)
Catalogs/Books/Videos
Deaf Mall (Deaf
links)
www.deafmall.net
(website links and extensive list of books and other literature
for sale)
Gallaudet University
Press
www.gupress.gallaudet.edu
(list of books and other literature for sale)
Harris Communications
800-825-6758
www.harriscomm.com
(catalog of assistive listening devices including amplified telephones,
smoke detectors, light signalers, etc.)
Listen Up!
www.listen-up.org
(Practical information and extensive list of books and other
literature for sale)
Choices in Deafness: A Parent’s Guide to Communication
Options (2nd edition): Schwartz,
S. ed.
Woodbine House, Bethesda, MD (1996)
Dreams
Spoken Here (video)
1-800-ORALDEAF
Free from Oberkotter
Foundation Film Project
Sign-Me-A-Story (video) featuring Linda Bove
Harris
Communication
(Sesame Street actress signs stories for young children)
Schools
For a complete
listing, contact the Maryland State Department of Education.
Bosworth
Family Oral Education Center
The Hearing and Speech Agency
Voice: 410-243-3800
TTY: 410-243-1275
www.hasa.org
Gallaudet University
Voice/TTY: 202-651-5000
www.gallaudet.edu
Maryland
School for the Deaf
www.msd.edu
