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Registration for our 2022 Listening and Spoken Language Camp is open! Click the button below to register now, or keep reading to learn more about our camp and the fun activities campers can participate in! Camp is open to ages 8 – 18. Registration closes on May 14, 2022.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Hear Indiana via email at hearcamp@hearindiana.org or via call/text at 317 995 3319.
Research has shown that our program significantly improves campers’ feelings of social acceptance and quality of life. Six months after camp, our campers still feel more socially accepted than they did prior to attending.
Today nearly all families that have children with hearing loss are choosing amplification and a listening and spoken language approach. That means that rather than learning sign language and attending special schools, these children are part of the hearing world. Most of these kids learn to speak as well as their typical peers. There is only one problem; these kiddos may feel alone in a world where they are neither hearing nor deaf. Our camp will always be the place where these children and teenagers can feel completely relaxed among their peers.
Our campers love participating in all the typical outdoor camp activities so much that they often do not notice the self-advocacy and leadership skills that have been embedded into each exercise. Additionally, deaf and hard of hearing mentors are integrated into our camp so that everyone has a role model for success.
When it’s not virtual due to a global pandemic, our camp is located at Happy Hollow Children’s Camp, a 900-acre Brown County camp near Nashville, IN. Campers, ages 8 – 18, will get to participate in the following activities:
Hear Indiana and Happy Hollow are committed to providing a safe camp environment for all campers. To help prepare for a safe camp season during COVID-19, the below procedures will continue to be implemented regularly:
Additionally, during these uncertain times, we have also implemented the below procedures:
We know that mandatory quarantines due to positive COVID-19 tests or being in direct contact with a COVID-19 positive individual is currently a reality for everyone. If at the time of camp your child has a positive COVID-19 diagnosis or is in mandatory quarantine due to exposure, Hear Indiana will offer a refund for all camp fees when a doctor’s note or a positive test result is provided.