Hear for Life

Additional Resources

These links have been compiled by a group of regional professionals in the field of deaf education. They are provided for information only and do not imply endorsement of any products or services featured on these websites. These links are a representative sample of resources available and will be updated on a monthly basis. Please contact dm@depaulinst.com to suggest new content and/or report broken/incorrect links.

Otolaryngology (ENT)

• American Academy of Otolaryngology: www.entnet.org
• Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh: www.chp.edu/clinical/03a_otolary.php
• Pittsburgh Ear Associates: www.pittsburghear.com
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC): www.upmc.com/Departments/Otolaryngology/

General Informational Websites

• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf: www.agbell.org
• American Society for Deaf Children: www.deafchildren.org
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: www.asha.org
• Auditory Options: www.auditoryoptions.org
• Hearing Exchange: www.hearingexchange.com
• Hearing Journey, CI information: www.hearingjourney.com
• Help Kids Hear: www.helpkidshear.org
• National Center for Hearing Assessment & Management: www.infanthearing.org/index.html
• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities: www.nichcy.org
• Sound and Fury: www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury/cochlear/debate10.html
• Status of State Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Laws: www.asha.org/about/legislation-advocacy/state/bill_status.htm

Advocacy Organizations

• American Association of the Deaf-Blind: www.tr.wou.edu/dblink
• American Society for Deaf Children: www.deafchildren.org/convention.aspx
• Deaf Linx: www.deaflinx.com/DeafEd/OptionsGuide/Intro.html
• Education Law Center: www.elc-pa.org
• Hearing Loss Association of America: www.shhh.org
• National Association for the Deaf: www.nad.org
• National Black Deaf Advocates: www.nbda.org/programs.html
• National Deaf Education Project: www.ndepnow.org/
• Pennsylvania Health Law Project-Pittsburgh: www.phlp.org

Audiology

• Academy of Dispensing Audiologists: www.audiology.org
• American Academy of Audiology / American Doctors of Audiology: www.audiologist.org
• Educational Audiology Association: www.edaud.org

Cochlear Implant Manufacturers

• Advanced Bionics: www.bionicear.com
• Cochlear Corporation: www.cochlear.com
• Med-El: www.medel.com

Educational Programs for Children

• DePaul School for Hearing and Speech: www.speakmiracles.org
• Oral Deaf Education: www.oraldeafed.org
•       Option Schools Directory: www.oraldeafed.org/index.html
• Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf: www.wpsd.org

FM Systems

• Oral Deaf Education: www.oraldeafed.org
• Phonic Ear: www.phonicear.com
• Telex FM: www.telex.com

Hearing Aid Manufacturers

• AVR Sonavation: www.avrsono.com
• Micro-Tech www.mthearing.com
• Oticon: www.oticon.com
• Phonak: www.phonak-us.com
• Resound www.gnresound.com
• Siemens www.siemens-hearing.com
• Sonic Innovations (www.sonici.com
• Starkey www.starkey.com
• Unitron www.unitron.com
• Widex: www.widex.com

Medical Research Organizations

• Boys Town National Research Hospital: www.boystownhospital.org
• House Ear Institute: www.hei.org
• National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders: www.nidcd.nih.gov
• Johns Hopkins: webhost5.nts.jhu.edu/chb/
• University of Michigan: www.khri.med.umich.edu
• University of Iowa: www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/otolaryngology/clinics/cochlearimplant/research.html
• Massachusetts Eye and Ear: www.meei.harvard.edu
• University of Washington, St. Louis: www.cid.edu/home/CIDatWUSM%20scientists.htm

Parent Specific Information

• Beginnings for Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: www.ncbegin.org
• Choices for Parents: www.choicesforparents.org
• Deaf Children and Signing: www.deafchildrenandsigning.com/deaf-children.html
• Hands and Voices: www.handsandvoices.org
• Help Kids Hear: www.helpkidshear.com
• My Baby’s Hearing: www.babyhearing.org
• Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania: www.parenttoparent.org
• Raising Deaf Kids: www.raisingdeafkids.org

Pediatrics

• American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org/
•       Pennsylvania Chapter: www.paaap.org/

Professional Education and Teaching Resources

• First Years Professional Development through Distance Education: www.firstyears.org
• Habilitation Outreach for Professionals in Education (HOPE) Online training presented by Cochlear: www.audiologyonline.com/aointeractive/courses/courses.asp?pid=6
• Gallaudet University’s Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center: clerccenter.gallaudet.edu
• John Tracy Clinic: www.jtc.org
• Listen Up: www.listen-up.org
• The Listening Room: www.hearingjourney.com/listening_room/index.cfm?langid=1
• National Technical Institute for the Deaf: www.ntid.rit.edu
• Network of Educators of Children with Cochlear Implants (NECCI): www.childrenshearing.org
• Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN): www.pattan.net

Products and Services

• American Dog Trainers Network: www.inch.com/~dogs/service/html
• Center for Assistive Technology: www.cat.pitt.edu
• Center for Hearing & Deaf Services, Inc.: www.hdscenter.org
• National Education For Assistance Dogs Services: www.neads.org

Government (local, regional, state)

• Approved Private Schools and PA Chartered Schools for Deaf and the Blind: www.pde.state.pa.us/special_edu/lib/special_edu/ directory_2008.rev.pdf
• PA Office for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing: www.dli.state.pa.us/landi/cwp/view.asp?a=128&q=245997