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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Educational Resources

Council on Education of the Deaf
www.deafed.net

This site facilitates informational sharing and collaborative activities within the field of deaf education.

Kent State University
Address: 405 White Hall, College of Education, Kent, OH 44242-0001

Gallaudet University
www.gallaudet.edu

This site provides information on the only liberal arts university in the United States for undergraduate students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. Graduate degree programs and continuing education courses are available as well. In addition, the University's Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center serves deaf and hard-of-hearing children at its two demonstration schools and throughout the nation.

800 Florida Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002-3695
(202) 651-5000 — (Voice, TTY)

National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
www.ntid.rit.edu/

This site provides information on the world's first and largest technological college for deaf and hard of hearing students. NTID provides deaf and hard-of-hearing students with technical and professional education programs, complemented by a liberal arts and sciences curriculum.

National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Rochester Institute of Technology
Address: 52 Lomb Memorial Dr., Rochester, NY 14623
(585) 475-6400 — (TTY and Voice)
(585) 475-5978 — (Fax)
Email: ntidmc@rit.edu

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS), U.S. Department of Education (ED)
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/aboutus.html (Federal Website)

OSERS supports programs that help educate children and youth with disabilities, provides for the rehabilitation of youth and adults with disabilities and supports research to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities.

Address: 400 Maryland Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20202-7100
(800) 872-5327 — (Toll-free)
(202) 245-7468 — (Voice)
(800) 437-0833 — (TTY)

Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc. (PAT)
www.patnc.org

PAT is an international early childhood parent education and family support program. PAT serves families throughout pregnancy until their child enters kindergarten, usually age 5. The program is designed to enhance child development and school achievement through parent education accessible to all families. It is a universal access model.

Address: 2228 Ball Drive, St. Louis, Mo. 63146
(314) 432-4330 — (Voice)
(314) 432-8963 — (Fax)
(866) PAT4YOU; (866) 728-4968 — (Toll-free)

For more information or to order additional copies of "A Parent's Guide to Hearing Loss" visit CDC's website at www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/ehdi.