Learning About Hearing Loss
Family-friendly websites where you can learn more about hearing loss:
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
Nevada Hands & Voices
- (775) 750-3143
- Email: info@nvhandsandvoices.org
Nevada PEP
- (702) 388-8899 or (800) 216-5188
- Email: pepinfo@nvpep.org
- Web: www.nvpep.org
Family Voices
- (775) 823-9500 or (866) 326-8437
- Email: info@familytiesnv.org
- Web: www.familytiesnv.org
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advocacy Resource Center
- (702) 363-3323 (S. NV) or (775) 355-8994 (N. NV)
- Web: www.dhharc.org
Nevada Chapter of Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- (705) 553-2029
- Email: agbellnv@cox.net
- Web: www.agbellnv.com
American Society for Deaf Children
- (800) 942-2732
- Email: asdc@deafchildren.org
- Web: www.deafchildren.org
Getting Services for Your Child
Nevada Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program
- (775) 684-3478 or (866) 254-3964
- Email: jzenteno@health.nv.gov
Nevada Early Intervention Services
- (775) 688-1341 (NW. NV) or (775) 753-1214 (NE. NV) or (702) 486-7670 (S. NV)
or (800) 522-0066
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Email: ddinnell@dhhs.nv.gov
- Web: http://health.nv.gov/BEIS.htm
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
Nevada Assistive Technology For Independent Living Program
- (775) 353-3599 (N. NV) or (702) 333-1038 (S. NV)
Nevada Hearing Aid Loaner Program
- (775) 750-3143
- Email: info@nvhandsandvoices.org
Funding Assistance for Audiology Services
Nevada Early Intervention Services (NEIS)
- (775) 688-1341 (NW. NV) or (775) 753-1214 (NE. NV) or (702) 486-7670 (S. NV)
or (800) 522-0066