National Hearing Loss Resources

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FL

Categories: Independent Living, Early Intervention, Transition for Teenagers, Computer Training, Job Placement, Job Development, Rehabilitation Engineering, Supportive Employment, Vocational Evaluation, Adjustment to Blindness, Communication Skill Development, Personal Management Training, Home Management, Adaptive Aids, Self Advocacy, Assistive Technology Training, Optical Devices Training, Support Group, Community Integration, Work Adjustment, Work Experience, Personal Adjustment, Social Adjustment, Job Coaching
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Categories: Adult Services, Personal Management, Occupational Therapist, Low Vision Therapist, Case Manager, Computer Technology Training, Orientation and Mobility, Social Group, Transition Services, Job Readiness, Blind Babies Program, Children's Academy, Low Vision, Music Program, Transportation
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MD

A national organization of families and professionals committed to education, empowering and supporting parents and families to create opportunities for their children who are deaf and hard of hearing in gaining…

Categories: ASL Classes, Camps, Organizations, Parent Support/Advocacy, Publications, webinars, Workshops
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ME

DRM’s Deaf Advocacy and Communication Access Program serves Maine people who are D/deaf*, Hard of Hearing, Late Deafened, Deaf-Blind (dual sensory loss – sight and sound), or who use signs and…

Categories: Accessibility Services, Advocacy and Awareness, Civil Advocacy, Civil Rights, Employment, Legal Advocacy, Legal Aid Resources, Legal Assistance, Self Advocacy, Volunteer Opportunities
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PA

Founded in 1908 by the Diocese of Pittsburgh and the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill, DePaul School for Hearing and Speech has been providing…

Categories: Early Intervention, Education, Self Advocacy
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TN

They offer services for families with deaf or hard of hearing children, adults losing their hearing, hearing teens, adults and professionals wanting/needing to learn sign, home-school high school students looking for…
Categories: Developmental Disabilities, Early Intervention, Education, Parent Support/Advocacy, Sign Language Instruction, Tutoring
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A church where the Deaf and their families can worship together. We offer Bible study classes choir/drama, prayer meetings and fellowship. We also offer counseling services, sign classes, worship services, parent…

Categories: Camps, Mental Health Services, Parent Support/Advocacy, Religious, Sign Language Instruction, Tutoring
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Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) is a federal and state-funded program providing services to help individuals with disabilities enter or return to employment. It is designed to assist individuals of work age with physical…
Categories: Employment Services, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services
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*Refer to Statewide Services: Rehabilitation Services, Administrative Office.
Categories: Employment Services, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services
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*Refer to Statewide Services: Rehabilitation Services, Administrative Office.
Categories: Employment Services, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services
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*Refer to Statewide Services: Rehabilitation Services, Administrative Office.
Categories: Employment Services, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services
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*Refer to Statewide Services: Rehabilitation Services, Administrative Office for description.
Categories: Employment Services, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services
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Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) is a federal and state-funded program providing services to help individuals with disabilities enter or return to employment. It is designed to assist individuals of work age with physical…
Categories: Employment Services, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services
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Physical
*Refer to Statewide Services: Rehabilitation Services, Administrative Office for description.
Categories: Employment Services, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services
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*Refer to Statewide Services: Rehabilitation Services, Administrative Office for description. Additional Counselor for the Deaf: Amber Chessor: (615) 253-7293 (Voice) amber.chessor@tn.gov
Categories: Disability Services, Employment Services, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services
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Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) is a federal and state-funded program providing services to help individuals with disabilities enter or return to employment. It is designed to assist individuals of work age with physical…
Categories: Employment Services, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services
Location Type
Physical

Provides information, emotional support, and resources for families who have children with special health care needs: disability, chronic illness, and physical or mental health conditions. Operated by and for…

Categories: Parent Support/Advocacy
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Family Voices of TN PEARS is a statewide program that directly supports families and their children who are D/deaf or hard of hearing by connecting them with a Parent Guide and providing the opportunity to connect…

Categories: Parent Support/Advocacy
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Works with state V.R. agencies, and other interested public, private and educational resources, offering consultation and technical assistance; works with DeafBlind consumers and/or their families to identify and…

Categories: Deaf-Blindness, Employment Services, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services, Transition
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Virtual

JCIL is dedicated to the provision of quality services that promote empowerment, equal access to communication, community resources, services and events to facilitate interaction between deaf and hearing people.

Categories: Advocacy, ASL Sign Language Classes, Client Support, Community Service Centers, Interpreter Services, Outreach, Peer Counseling, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services
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Our mission is to build better Tennessee communities by providing diverse cultural visual/performing arts, education, and quality speechlanguage- hearing services to underserved, under-represented, underinsured, and/or…
Categories: Disability Services, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services, Speech, Hearing And Language Services
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Marty's Center is a specialized and intensive language-based program that provides services to children with hearing-impairments and speech/language impairments in a comprehensive inclusive program with typically…

Categories: Cochlear Implants, Early Intervention, Education, Parent Support/Advocacy, Speech, Hearing And Language Services
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E-newsletters - provides information for Deaf and Hard of Hearing community events in the greater Memphis area. We have weekly social events (check our Facebook for further information); and weekly sign language classes…
Categories: Interpreter Services, Parent Support/Advocacy, Publications, Sign Language Instruction
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Tennessee Vocational Rehabilitation Services for the Deaf, Deaf-Blind, and Hard-of-Hearing helps participants prepare for employment which can lead to meaningful and satisfying careers. Employment services are available…
Categories: Deaf-Blindness, Employment Services, Financial Assistance, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services
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Services for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH) is a program of STARS designed to prevent the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs among deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals from kindergarten through…

Categories: Camps, Mental Health Services, Parent Support/Advocacy, Substance Abuse Services, Transition
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Sound Beginnings is an early intervention program designed for families with infants or children (birth - 3 years) who have been newly diagnosed as having a hearing loss.
Categories: Early Intervention, Education, Parent Support/Advocacy
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The S.I.L.C. is an independent leadership not-for-profit organization that represents cross disability, consumer control, choice and empowerment. The Council is a governor appointed body comprised of Tennesseans with…
Categories: Disability Services, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services
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Tennessee Deaf-Blind Project (TNDB) is a federally funded program that provides families, educators, and other professionals with information and training to help improve outcomes for individuals, from birth through age…
Categories: Deaf-Blindness, Parent Support/Advocacy
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The Tennessee Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program promotes the hearing screening of all infants prior to hospital discharge or by ONE month of age; audiologic evaluation by THREE months of age for infants…
Categories: Early Intervention, Education, Parent Support/Advocacy
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TEIS, Office of Early Childhood Services, Tennessee Department of Education, is a statewide home-based program for families of infants and toddlers from birth to age 3 with hearing loss, vision loss, or developmental…

Categories: Assistive Devices, Early Intervention, Parent Support/Advocacy
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Physical
TEIS, Office of Early Childhood Services, Tennessee Department of Education, is a statewide home-based program for families of infants and toddlers from birth to age 3 with hearing loss, vision loss, or developmental…
Categories: Assistive Devices, Early Intervention, Parent Support/Advocacy
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Physical
TEIS, Office of Early Childhood Services, Tennessee Department of Education, is a statewide home-based program for families of infants and toddlers from birth to age 3 with hearing loss, vision loss, or developmental…
Categories: Assistive Devices, Early Intervention, Parent Support/Advocacy
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Physical
TEIS, Office of Early Childhood Services, Tennessee Department of Education, is a statewide home-based program for families of infants and toddlers from birth to age 3 with hearing loss, vision loss, or developmental…
Categories: Assistive Devices, Early Intervention, Parent Support/Advocacy
Location Type
Physical
TEIS, Office of Early Childhood Services, Tennessee Department of Education, is a statewide home-based program for families of infants and toddlers from birth to age 3 with hearing loss, vision loss, or developmental…
Categories: Assistive Devices, Early Intervention, Parent Support/Advocacy
Location Type
Physical
TEIS, Office of Early Childhood Services, Tennessee Department of Education, is a statewide home-based program for families of infants and toddlers from birth to age 3 with hearing loss, vision loss, or developmental…
Categories: Assistive Devices, Early Intervention, Parent Support/Advocacy
Location Type
Physical
TEIS, Office of Early Childhood Services, Tennessee Department of Education, is a statewide home-based program for families of infants and toddlers from birth to age 3 with hearing loss, vision loss, or developmental…
Categories: Assistive Devices, Early Intervention, Parent Support/Advocacy
Location Type
Physical
TEIS, Office of Early Childhood Services, Tennessee Department of Education, is a statewide home-based program for families of infants and toddlers from birth to age 3 with hearing loss, vision loss, or developmental…
Categories: Assistive Devices, Early Intervention, Parent Support/Advocacy
Location Type
Physical
*Refer to Statewide Services for a detailed description. Counties in South Central District: Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry, Rutherford, Wayne,…
Categories: Early Intervention, Parent Support/Advocacy
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TRC at Smyrna is a residential comprehensive rehabilitation center operated by the Division of Rehabilitation Services, Department of Human Services. Primary programs of service include vocational evaluation,…

Categories: Disability Services, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services
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What does a day at the Deaf Camp look like? 

The Deaf camp is a 7-week day camp for Deaf and hard of hearing children, their siblings, and children with Deaf parents. This immersive…

Categories: Camps, Early Intervention, Education, Interpreter Training/ASL Studies, Organizations, Parent Support/Advocacy, Publications, Religious, Sign Language Instruction, Youth Programming
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The Link, a nonprofit Christian agency, strives to empower Deaf teens and young adults to transition from surviving and coping to living the abundant life accessible to them. This program provides Deaf teens and young…
Categories: Organizations, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services
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Virtual
Provides audiological services and evaluation, speech evaluation and therapy. Preschool and kindergarten program for hearing-impaired, speech and language impaired, cochlear implant children, and typical children to…
Categories: Early Intervention, Parent Support/Advocacy, Speech, Hearing And Language Services
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Physical

The Tennessee Department of Human Services' Division of Rehabilitation Services recognizes the unique needs of individuals who are Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing. In 2005, the division established a new unit to…

Categories: Employment Services, Rehabilitation & Independent Living Services, Transition
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Virtual

We provide parent to parent support for families of deaf and hard of hearing children across the state of Tennessee without a bias around communication modes or methodology. We are dedicated to providing families…

Categories: Organizations, Parent Support/Advocacy
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Physical
The Tennessee School for the Deaf offers online conversational sign language classes only to families with deaf or hard of hearing children 0- 5 years of age. The time of the classes are determined by the participants.…
Categories: Deaf-Blindness, Early Intervention, Parent Support/Advocacy, Sign Language Instruction
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Virtual

West Tennessee School for the Deaf (WTSD) is home to a vibrant community of students, educators, and specialists in communication, language, and learning. Our students make a promise each morning to be RESPONSIBLE,…

Categories: Early Intervention, Education, Parent Support/Advocacy, Speech, Hearing And Language Services
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Physical