Links related to hearing loss

Fantastic article and resources (including a curriculum) on working with teens with hearing loss

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.

The Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living, the statewide association representing the 23 Centers for Independent Living (CILs) in Illinois. INCIL is an authoritative source of information about the accomplishments and needs of Illinois CILs and about issues most critical to promote independent living for all persons with disabilities

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.

Our mission is to promote audiology as the primary profession in Illinois for the delivery of hearing and balance care and to facilitate our members’ abilities to identify, diagnose, treat, and prevent hearing and balance disorders through professional education, public awareness, and research initiatives.

Founded in 1960, the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ISHA) is a non-profit organization representing 4,000 licensed professionals with advanced degrees in speech-language pathology and audiology. Reflecting the cultural diversity of our state, ISHA represents professionals sensitive to the diverse needs of all consumers.

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.

IAD strives to promote advancement of the social, educational, and economic well-being of the deaf and hard of hearing citizens of Illinois.

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.

Information on interpreted performances and other events in the Deaf community

MOPD promotes total access, full participation and equal opportunity for people with disabilities of all ages in all aspects of life. It seeks to accomplish this mission through a multi-faceted approach that includes systemic change, education and training, advocacy and direct services.

Find answers to a variety of disability related concerns, including information on how to seek individual assistance with disability-related rights issues, information on legislation and public policy that impacts the disability community, training to help you advocate for your own disability rights in a variety of circumstances, and information on ensuring that people with disabilities remain safe in the wide variety of settings where they live and work.

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

Illinois RID is a state affiliate chapter of the national professional organization, Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. We are a member-driven organization committed to education, networking, and resource sharing.

Article in the ASHA Leader looking at late-deafened adults and cochlear implant rehabilitation

Great overview and resources with lists of apps for SLPs (but can be used with Audiologists, Itinerant Teachers, etc. as well)

Information on how deaf-access-orize iOS 5

Sign language is NOT universal! Here are some great links to alphabets and signs from all over the world.

Look for apps

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...

These are the resources we can share: •Workshops and training events •Help with technology •Extension courses

Very comprehensive resource on disorders and normal acquisition

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