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This document provides answers to frequently asked questions about hearing dogs, including the cost, what kinds of sounds the dogs respond to, and application process.... Details >

Dogs for the Deaf, Inc.  

The purpose of this Web site is to describe cochlear implants, link to FDA-approved implants, note the benefits and risks of cochlear implants, and provide news about cochlear implant recalls and safe... Details >

Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The Hotline strives to educate the public about the need for Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing abuse outreach programs. The toll-free TTY number, 1-800-787-3224, assist individuals with programs an... Details >

National Domestic Violence Hotline  

Hearing Dogs are professionally trained to alert people to household sounds that are necessary to everyday safety and independence and may be placed with qualified applicants who are deaf or hard of h... Details >

Dogs for the Deaf, Inc.  

Also available in: Spanish 

The goal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) is to identify infants with hearing loss in order to prevent communication disabilities. EHDI programs details are available at this web sit... Details >

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Also available in: Spanish   

This fact sheet provides parents with ways to interact with their children and offers practical suggestions for giving children consistent sensory cues. The fact sheet suggests ways parents can recogn... Details >

National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness  

Many studies have shown that early diagnosis of hearing loss is crucial to the development of speech, language, cognitive, and psychosocial abilities. Treatment is most successful if hearing loss is i... Details >

American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery  

This page answers frequently asked questions about hearing health. The page includes information on what types of hearing aids are available, how consumers choose the right type of hearing aid, how a ... Details >

International Hearing Society  

Also available in: Spanish 

Written especially for parents, this fact sheet describes the who, what, when, where, and why's for early hearing screening.... Details >

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Hearing loss is one of the most common conditions affecting older adults. This overview from the National Institutes of Health reviews causes, prevention, and treatment of hearing loss.... Details >

National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health

This page is an online hearing test from the Sight and Hearing Association with questions designed to evaluate one’s ability to hear in different circumstances. The answers to the test aid in determin... Details >

Sight and Hearing Association  

Also available in: Spanish 

This site offers a guide to noises that can cause ear damage. Page includes a “noise ruler” for measuring potentially damaging noise exposure. ... Details >

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

This site has a library of resources, experience assisting individuals and groups opposed to noise pollution, and access to sound level monitoring equipment that individuals often do not have. ... Details >

Noise Pollution Clearinghouse  

Noise is one of the most common causes of hearing loss, and one of the most common occupational illnesses in the United States. Learn what you can do to protect your hearing.... Details >

Better Hearing Institute  

This article explains what assistive listening devices are and how these devices can be used with or without a hearing aid to improve the daily communication situations -- negative effects of distance... Details >

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association  

Also available in: Spanish 

This site presents information and tips about preventing noise-induced hearing loss.... Details >

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders