The ICF is a classification of health and health-related conditions for children and adults that was developed by World Health Organization (WHO) and published in 2001.

This Info to Go document, developed at the Clerc Center, addresses the various laws impacting students who are deaf or hard of hearing, including the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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Many factors affect hearing loss, so we at Cochlear™ have customized training programs for patients to get the most from our products. Get started!

Baby sign language can unlock the world around them and give their minds a head start. It lets babies communicate their needs rather than crying.

How do you hear? Watch this ear video to step inside the ear.

Purpose We sought to determine whether speech perception and language skills measured early after cochlear implantation in children who are deaf, and early postimplant growth in speech perception and language skills, predict long-term speech perception, language, and neurocognitive outcomes. Method Thirty-six long-term users of cochlear implants, implanted at ...

Welcome to the Hearing First Community, where LSL professionals and families gather to connect, learn, and grow together to help power the potential of children with hearing loss everywhere.

Harnesses and pouches for young CI recipients

Examples of different ways to wear your CI in a pouch

National listing for all Parent Technical Assistance Centers

This resource provides the student, parent, coach, athletic director, principal, school-board member and educational audiologist with all the information needed to make athletics accessible in the most cost-effective, comfortableway.

Illinois Families for Hands & Voices is a parent-driven, non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families that have children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing without a bias toward communication modes or methodologies. We want to provide Illinois families with the necessary resources, networking, and information in order to improve communication access and educational outcomes for their children. Our statewide activities, advocacy efforts, and parent/professional collaboration are all focused on enabling our deaf and hard-of-hearing children to reach their fullest potential!

CHOICES for Parents is a statewide coalition of parents and professionals ensuring that children with identified hearing loss and their families receive the necessary resources, advocacy, information, services and support. CHOICES for Parents is committed to providing unbiased information.

Established in 1937, and administered by the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC) is the Illinois Title V agency that provides care coordination for families and children with special health care needs. DSCC, governed by Administrative Rules, helps children with disabilities, and those who have conditions which may lead to disabilities, grow and develop to the full extent of their abilities.

The All Kids program offers many Illinois children comprehensive healthcare that includes doctors visits, hospital stays, prescription drugs, vision care, dental care and medical devices like eyeglasses and asthma inhalers. Some families pay monthly premiums for the coverage, but rates for middle-income families are significantly lower than they are on the private market. For instance, a family of four that earns between $45,000 and $67,000 a year pays a $40 monthly premium per child, and a $10 co-pay per physician visit.

The purpose of this website is to provide information that will be of interest and benefit to families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. From this site, families may connect with the resources and information necessary to make informed decisions for their children.

The Illinois Service Resource Center provides behavior support for students who are deaf or hard of hearing in Illinois. Behavior support can be for individual students with challenges, or at the preventive level with classrooms or school programs. ISRC serves students with hearing loss regardless of communication mode.

Chicago Hearing Society’s mission is to empower deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people to communicate with each other, thereby lessening the isolation which separates them.

Project Reach provides: Technical assistance / Consultation Information Training Family Support To address the needs of children with deaf-blindness and their families.

Hearing aid that can be used on stuffed animals. Cute!

In addition to the essential skills and concepts of the Iowa Core, students who are deaf or hard of hearing have specialized needs not covered in the general education curriculum. The purpose of the Expanded Core Curriculum for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (ECC-DHH) is to be a resource for IFSP and IEP team members when developing educational plans for a student who is deaf or hard or hearing. This tool is designed for teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing and education audiologists to address these identified areas that are either not taught or require specific and...

Welcome to the website for supervisors of educational programs in Illinois that serve students who are Deaf or hard of hearing. We promote quality educational programming and social experiences for our students. ISHI deals with local, statewide, and national issues which affect our students. Our members come from all over the state and represent both small and large school districts.

Empowering deaf teens around the world

Kid-friendly website that looks at hearing loss

Fun activities and movies

AMAZING pediatric resources and tools from a group located in Denmark and founded by Oticon.