A Parent's Guide to Hearing Loss

Produced by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program

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Cochlear Implants

Cochlear Implant Education Center (CIEC)
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/CIEC/

A unit of the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University. Investigates, evaluates, and disseminates effective practices related to cochlear implant technology and its role in the education and lives of deaf children from birth through high school.

Gallaudet University
Address: 800 Florida Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20002
(202) 651-5638 — (Voice, TTY)

NIDCD Information Clearinghouse
www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/coch.asp (Federal Website)

Answers the following questions: What is a cochlear implant? How does a cochlear implant work? Who gets cochlear implants? How does someone receive a cochlear implant? What does the future hold for cochlear implants? Where can I get additional information?

National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Address: 1 Communication Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20892-3456
E-mail: nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov
(800) 241-1044 — (Voice, Toll-free)
(800) 241-1055 — (TTY, Toll-free)

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