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Hearing Loss and Communication Options

Hearing Loss and Communication Options

Hearing Loss and Communication Options

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Learn about the different options your family has for your child with a hearing loss

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Questions to Ask Your Doctors

Hearing Loss and Communication Options

Hearing Loss and Communication Options

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Questions to ask various doctors about your child and their hearing loss

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When to Test Your Baby's Hearing

Parent Guide to Early Intervention

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Parent Guide to Early Intervention

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Milestone Tracking

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Local Resources

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Education - Maryland

Maryland Infants & Toddlers Program
Open to Maryland residents, services provided by each county. Provides in-home and community-based support and services to families in the first four years of their child's life when that child has a hearing loss, developmental delays, or disabilities. To make a referral:
Phone: 1-800-535-0132
https://referral.mditp.org/

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Family Support & Resource Center

Open to Maryland residents, located in Columbia & Frederick. A statewide support service for families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing.   MSD houses this MSDE resource center to provide any Maryland family (including MSD families), professional, or service agency, support with raising a deaf or hard of hearing child. The center offers information resources, hosts monthly workshops and special events, and coordinates with service agencies statewide.

Phone: Voice/Text: 443-277-8899 Videophone: 410-696-7435

Email: cheri.dowling@msd.edu 

Web: https://www.msd.edu/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=973035&type=d&pREC_ID=1293264


Parents'  Place of Maryland

Open to Maryland residents. Serves ages birth to 26. We help families obtain education and health care services for their children with disabilities; work to improve education and health care for all children; train and inform parents and professionals on a variety of topics; and connect children with disabilities to community resources that address their needs. Provides one-on-one support, training, referrals, and information. 

Phone: 1-800-394-5694 or 410-768-9100

Email: https://www.ppmd.org/contact/

Web: https://www.ppmd.org/services/


Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD)

Open to Maryland residents, located in Columbia & Frederick. The Family Education and Early Childhood Department at the Maryland School for the Deaf provides home visits, early childhood classes, and family workshops and events. All students in the Family Education and Early Childhood Department will have daily opportunities to acquire two languages through ASL and English in Reading and Writing; and enhance their auditory listening skills and spoken English.
Phone: Voice: 410-696-3042 Videophone: 410-696-7435 or 240-575-2924

Email: carrie.shortt@msd.edu or katelyn.jackson@msd.edu

Web: https://www.msd.edu/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1091444&type=d&pREC_ID=1292911


A Sound Beginning

Open to all, located in Ellicott City. Provides parent-child groups which meet on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month (February - May; Sept - December) with two Summer Adventures., in addition to parent education groups, and preschool- and school-age services. This program uses listening and Spoken Language. 

Phone: 443-325-5542

Email: info@asoundbeginning.org  

Web: http://www.asoundbeginning.org/


The Gateway School at HASA 

Open to all, located in Baltimore City. A nonpublic, coeducational K-8 school for children with autism, development disabilities, and communication disorders (including hearing loss). Classroom staff include special educators, paraeducators, and speech language pathologists. This program uses listening and spoken language. 

Phone: 410-318-6780 

Email: hasa@hasa.org 

Web: https://www.hasa.org/gateway-school/  


Connections Beyond Sight & Sound 

Supports Maryland and DC children and young adults with deafblindness in their homes, schools, and communities by providing consultation, training, special programs, resources, and technical assistance to children and their families and care providers.  

Phone: 301-405-0482 

Email: http://marylanddb.org/about-connections/contact/ 

Web: http://marylanddb.org/ 


Education - Washington, DC

Strong Start - D.C.’s Early Intervention Program

Open to residents of DC. Provides in-home support and services to families with children, from birth to age five, who have a hearing loss, developmental delays, or disabilities. To schedule an in-home visit, call or email the contact info below.
Phone: 202-727-3665
Email: osse.dceip@dc.gov 

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Advocates for Justice and Education, Inc. 

Open to residents of DC. Serves ages birth to 26. Advocates for Justice and Education seeks to empower families, youth, and the community to be effective advocates to ensure that children and youth, particularly those who have special needs, receive access to appropriate education and health services. Provides a Parent-to-Parent support network, Comprehensive Resource Library, Community Education, Individual Advocacy, Legal Representation, and Transition Advocacy.

Phone: 202-678-8060

Email:

Web: https://www.aje-dc.org/


Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES)

Open to all. The Kendall Parent-Infant Program provides a center-based play group that infants and toddlers (with their family members and other caregivers) attend two mornings a week. The program emphasizes the development and acquisition of American Sign Language (ASL) and provides opportunities for families to attend ASL classes and participate in the Shared Reading Project.
Phone:  (202) 250-2761

Email:  KDESadmissions@gallaudet.edu

Web:  

https://kdes.gallaudet.edu/academics/early-childhood-education-program/


The River School Parent-Infant Program
Open to all. Resource for families of children diagnosed with hearing loss, ages birth to three. Parents, along with their infants and toddlers, meet each week for an hour and a half. Parents learn about issues relating to hearing loss and share experiences with other families in similar situations, while the children engage in fun, language-stimulating activities.
Phone: (202) 337-3554

Email: parentinfo@riverschool.net

Web: http://riverschool.net/school-life/parent-infant-program/


Connections Beyond Sight & Sound

Supports Maryland and DC children and young adults with deafblindness in their homes, schools, and communities by providing consultation, training, special programs, resources, and technical assistance to children and their families and care providers. 

Phone: 301-405-0482

Email: http://marylanddb.org/about-connections/contact/

Web: http://marylanddb.org/


Cultural & Social - Maryland & Washington, DC

Baltimore City Association of the Deaf

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BCADeaf/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BmoreAssocDeaf


Bridging Hands Camp 

Located in Nanjemoy, MD. Weeklong summer camp for ages 7-13. 

Web: https://www.bhcamps.org/  


DC Association of the Deaf

Web: https://dcadeaf.org/


Deaf Camps, Inc.  

Located in Knoxville, MD. Weeklong summer camp for ages 7-19.  

Web: https://deafcampsinc.org/ 


District of Columbia Area Black Deaf Advocates

Web: https://www.dcabda.org/


Greater Washington Asian Deaf Association

Web: http://gwada-dc.org/


Howard County Association of the Deaf

Web: https://hcadeaf.org/


Latino Deaf and Hard of Hearing Association of the DC Metro

Web: http://www.myldhh.org/


Maryland Association of the Deaf

Web: https://www.mdad.tv/


Maryland Deaf Cultural Digital Library

Web: https://www.marylanddcdl.org/


Metro South Asian Deaf Association

Web: https://msada-dc.org/


Prince George's County Association of the Deaf

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PGCAD-101250298163005/


Washington Society of Jewish Deaf

Web: https://wsjdeaf.org/

Audiology - Maryland & Washington, DC

Children's National Hospital

Located in NorthWest Washington, DC with satellite locations in Friendship Heights, DC;  Takoma Theater, DC; Rockville, MD; Lanham, MD;  Fairfax, VA;

Hearing and Speech Center

Phone: 202-476-5600

Web: https://childrensnational.org/departments/center-for-neuroscience-and-behavioral-medicine/programs-and-services/hearing-and-speech

Cochlear Implant Program 

Phone: 202-476-3925 

Web: https://childrensnational.org/departments/cochlear-implant-program 


Potomac River Clinic

Potomac River Clinic serves a diverse population of children who have a diagnosed hearing loss and benefit from hearing aids or cochlear implants.  Services also offer comprehensive pediatric hearing evaluations and more.  Co-located with The River School.

4880 MacArthur Blvd NW
Washington, DC 20007

Phone: (202) 333-1403

Email: info@potomacriverclinic.org

Web: https://potomacriverclinic.org/


MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

2115 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Suite 202

Washington, DC 20007

Phone: 202-944-5300, option 0 (scheduling)


Gallaudet Speech and Hearing Center (GUHSC)

GUHSC’s mission is to provide comprehensive and innovative hearing, speech, language, and balance services to the Gallaudet University and the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. It is located on the university campus within the Sorenson Language and Communication Center building. 

Phone: (202) 651-5328

Email: guhsc@gallaludet.edu 

Website: https://hearingandspeech.gallaudet.edu/services/audiology/ 


Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Located in Towson, MD.  

Audiology 

Phone: 443-849-2142 

Web: https://www.gbmc.org/audiology 

Cochlear Implant Center 

Phone: 443-849-8400  

Web: https://www.gbmc.org/cochlear   


Johns Hopkins Hospital

Located in Baltimore, MD with satellite locations in Lutherville, MD; Bethesda, MD; NorthWest Washington, DC

Pediatric Audiology

Phone: 727-767-8989

Web: https://www.hopkinsallchildrens.org/Services/Rehabilitation/Audiology

The Listening Center (Cochlear Implants) 

Email: cochlearimplant@jhmi.edu

Phone: 443-997-6467

Web: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/otolaryngology/specialty_areas/cochlear-implant-center/


University of Maryland Medical Center

Located in Baltimore, MD. 

Audiology (including cochlear implants)

Phone: 410-328-5947

Web: https://www.umms.org/ummc/health-services/audiology


Medical - Maryland & Washington, DC

Deafness-Related Evaluations and More (DREAM) Clinic

Located in Baltimore, MD. Offers outpatient neuropsychological assessments for infants, children, and young adults who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing. We also work with children raised in bilingual environments, such as American Sign Language (ASL) and English, who need evaluations —typically, these are children of d/Deaf adults.

Phone: 888-554-2080 or 443-923-9400

Email: Previ@KennedyKrieger.org

Web: https://www.kennedykrieger.org/patient-care/centers-and-programs/traumatic-stress-center/treatment/clinic/deafness-related-evaluations-and-more-dream-clinic


Dr. Andrew Donald, DDS

Dental services in American Sign Language. 

College Park, MD

Phone: 301-474-8277

Gaithersburg, MD

Phone: 301-987-5527

Web: https://www.drrattner.com/our-team/meet-our-team/


Dr. Bo Byun, DDS

Located in Marriottsville, MD. Dental services in American Sign Language.

Phone: (410) 696-4388 

Email: doctorbyun@gmail.com

Web: https://www.facebook.com/Dr-Bo-A-Byun-DMD-LLC-Marriottsville-Dentist-274911749307846/


Unity Clinic 

Located in Baltimore, MD. Serves children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing from infancy to age 18, and who may have experienced trauma. We also serve caregivers or any family members who are deaf or hard-of-hearing and whose child may have experienced trauma. 

Phone: 443-923-5958 

Web: https://www.kennedykrieger.org/sites/default/files/library/documents/patient-care/centers-and-programs/traumatic-stress-center/unity-clinic-factsheet-april-2016.pdf 

Other - Maryland & Washington, DC

Mayor's Office for Deaf, Deaf Blind and Hard of Hearing (MODDHH)

The mission of the MODDHH is to address the important concerns of Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, Hard of Hearing and Late Deafened residents of Washington DC.  They can be reached by email at moddhh@dc.gov, or by phone: (202) 727-5969.


Maryland Governor's Office of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing (ODHH)

Web: https://odhh.maryland.gov/

Community Resources Directory: https://odhh.maryland.gov/directory/ 

To suggest additional resources or report broken links please email us. 

Learning About Hearing Loss and Communication OpPORTUNITIES

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American Society for Deaf Children

Phone: (800) 942-2732 

Web: http://deafchildren.org/knowledge-center/parents-and%20families/

AG Bell

Phone: (202) 337-5220

Email: info@agbell.org 

Web: www.agbell.org/Learn/Communication-Options


Hearing First

Phone: (800) 522-4582 

Web: https://hearingfirst.org

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center

Phone: (202) 651-5051

Email: clerc.center@gallaudet.edu

Web: www3.gallaudet.edu/clerc-center/info-to-go.html

National Cued Speech Association

Phone: (800) 459-3529 

Email: info@cuedspeech.org 

Web: https://cuedspeech.org/

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Phone: (800) 459-3529 

TTY: 800-241-1055

Email: nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov

Web: https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/

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