Learning About Hearing Loss
Family-friendly websites where you can learn more about hearing loss:
Maryland’s Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- (410) 767-6290
- Email: odhh@gov.state.md.us
Maryland Association of the Deaf
- Web: www.mdad.tv
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
Family Support & Resource Center
- (410) 480-4597
- Email: partners@msd.edu
Parents’ Place of Maryland, Inc.
- (410) 768-9700
- Email: info@ppmd.org
- Web: www.ppmd.org
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
Family Voices
- (410) 768-9100 or (888) 835-5669
Hands & Voices
- (866) 422-0422
- Email: parentadvocate@handsandvoices.org
Getting Services for Your Child
Maryland Infant Hearing Program
- (410) 767-5803 or (800) 633-1316
Maryland State Department of Education Early Intervention Program
- (410) 767-0261 or (800) 535-0182
- Web: www.mdecgateway.org
Maryland School for the Deaf
- Frederick: (301) 360-2000 or Columbia: (410) 480-4500
- Web: www.msd.edu
The Family Hearing Center
- (301) 738-1415
- Web: www.ttlc.org/fhc.htm
The Listening Center at Johns Hopkins
- (410) 955-9397 or (410) 955-4744
Hearing and Speech Agency
- (410) 318-6780
- Web: www.hasa.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
Maryland Children’s Health Program (MCHP) or Medicaid Information
- (410) 767-5300 or (800) 456-8900
Children’s Medical Services (CMS)
- (410) 767-5585 or (800) 638-8864
- Web: www.cms.fhamd.org
Maryland Loaner Hearing Aid Bank
- (410) 767-0739
Maryland Technology Assistance Program
- (410) 554-9230 or (800) 832-4827
- Web: www.mdtap.org
Family Center on Technology and Disability
- (202) 884-8068
- Email: fctd@aed.org
- Web: www.fctd.info
Funding Assistance for Audiology Services