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OUTSIDE RESOURCES
Along with the services we provide, we’re also a hub for Listening and Spoken Language resources, especially those in Indiana.
If you don’t find what you need on our site, please also check out Resources for Teens, Resources for Families, and Employment and Legal Resources gathered by AG Bell.
Options for Communication
BEGINNINGS
BEGINNINGS was founded on the premise that parents, given accurate, objective information about hearing loss, could make sound decisions for their child. They provide one of the best overviews of each of the communication options and have videos explain each mode.
Opening Doors
Opening Doors: Technology and Communication Options for Children with Hearing Loss provides background on early intervention, the use of technology and other support available to children and their families. They have a page on exploring communication options. [disponible en español]
AG Bell
The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing helps families, health care providers and education professionals understand childhood hearing loss and the importance of early diagnosis and intervention. Through advocacy, education, research, and financial aid, AG Bell helps to ensure that every child and adult with hearing loss has the opportunity to listen, talk and thrive in mainstream society. Become a member today and enjoy the Volta Voices magazine and emails about teaching your child to listen and speak. They also have financial aid available.
Hands & Voices
The Indiana Chapter of Hands & Voices came about after a gathering of parents who have deaf or hard-of-hearing children felt inspired to begin a local chapter as a means to unite parents throughout Indiana and provide a venue in which information could be easily shared.
National Cued Speech Association
The National Cued Speech Association focuses on cued speech, which is a visual communication method that utilizes handshapes that represent phonemes not visible on the lips. “Cueing allows users who are deaf or hard of hearing…to access the fundamental properties of spoken languages through the use of vision.”
National Association for the Deaf
The National Association for the Deaf (NAD) supports ASL as the primary language of thinking and the foundation for language. “The mission of the NAD is to preserve, protect, and promote the civil, human, and linguistic rights of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America.”
Hearing First
Hearing First wants all children to have the opportunity to take advantage of access to sound – a critical building block for future success.
Getting Fit with Amplification
Cochlear Implant Online
Cochlear Implant Online highlights all aspects of the cochlear implant, which includes blogs by those who wrote about their experiences with the cochlear implant. This is a very informative website that should be visited by all persons who are seeking a cochlear implant for their child or themselves.
Cochlear Implant Awareness Foundation
The Cochlear Implant Awareness Foundation exists to provide information, resources, and support to persons who may be eligible for this life-changing technology.
INDATA
Since 1979, Easterseals Crossroads has been Indiana’s premier provider of Assistive Technology Services. These clinical services are available statewide and are the hallmark of our program. In October 2007, Easterseals Crossroads was awarded the Indiana Assistive Technology grant (INDATA), which consists of federal funding targeted to increase the availability of assistive technology to Hoosiers with disabilities. These services are available throughout the state of Indiana at no charge.
Indiana Lions Speech & Hearing, Inc
Indiana Lions Speech & Hearing, Inc. promotes the conservation and restoration of human hearing, the prevention of speech and hearing disorders, the support of research into the treatment and prevention of speech and hearing disorders, and assistance in eliminating communication barriers for those persons afflicted with speech and hearing disorders.
Let Them Hear Foundation
The Let Them Hear Foundation helps hearing-impaired individuals to H.E.A.R., specifically those lacking adequate access to funding and healthcare resources. It is a nationwide Advocacy Program to assist in appealing an insurance denial.
GiveHear of Fort Wayne
GiveHear of Fort Wayne is committed to providing the gift of hearing to children and adults who cannot afford it traditionally. Typically this means they are uninsured or underinsured with little or no hearing benefits. Patients must meet certain financial criteria to become a patient.
Learn Utilizing Appropriate Therapies
St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf – Indianapolis
St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf is committed to the auditory-oral education, spiritual and emotional growth, and personal development of hearing-impaired children and young adults, without discrimination, reflecting the values and traditions of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 135,000 members and affiliates who are speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists in the United States and internationally.
Indiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association
The purpose of the Indiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ISHA) is to support and empower members to provide the highest quality, life-changing communication, swallowing and hearing services to the people of the state of Indiana.
Hearing First
Hearing First wants all children to have the opportunity to take advantage of access to sound – a critical building block for future success.
Learn Via Appropriate Education
St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf – Indianapolis
St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf is committed to the auditory-oral education, spiritual and emotional growth, and personal development of hearing-impaired children and young adults, without discrimination, reflecting the values and traditions of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.