Cochlear Implant Program Resources

Here are guidelines on speech and language development that may help you decide if your child is experiencing hearing problems.

http://www.cochlear.com/wps/wcm/connect/intl/home/support/rehabilitation-resources/early-intervention/listen-learn-and-talk

Provides listening strategies to parents and professionals to enhance spoken language development. It includes a book, chapters and videos with practical ways you can develop your child's language through listening in your own home.

https://advancedbionics.com/us/en/home.html

AB develops cutting-edge cochlear implant technology that restores hearing to those with severe-to-profound hearing loss.

http://www.cochlear.com/wps/wcm/connect/us/home

Cochlear Corporation has helped more than 250,000 people hear through life-changing hearing implant technology.

http://www.medel.com/us/for-parents/

MED-EDL offers hearing implants and materials written by specialists to help your child make the most out of his or her hearing implant.

Find a list of colleges and universities in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware that offer classes in American Sign Language.

https://www.acialliance.org/default.aspx

A non-profit membership organization created with the purpose of eliminating barriers to cochlear implantation by sponsoring research, driving heightened awareness and advocating for improved access to cochlear implants

http://deafchildren.org

ASDC is a national, independent non-profit organization that provides support, encouragement, and information to families raising children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

https://www.ncbegin.org

BEGINNINGS provides an impartial approach to meeting the diverse needs of families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing and the professionals who serve them.

http://www.clarkeschools.org/

It provides children who are deaf and hard of hearing with the listening, learning and spoken language skills they need to succeed using the latest technology.

http://www.hearingloss.org/

HLAA provides assistance and resources for people with hearing loss and their families to learn how to adjust to living with hearing loss.

http://www.nad.org/about-us

It's the nation's premier civil rights organization of, by and for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States.

http://www.cuedspeech.org

NCSA serves the needs of parents and special educators working with children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

http://oberkotterfoundation.org/

The Oberkotter Foundation focuses its efforts on supporting families who have chosen listening and spoken language for their child.

https://www.psha.org

PSHA advocates for the communicatively disabled and the professionals who serve them to insure that the integrity of services is maintained.

http://www.childrenshearing.org

It's dedicated to helping children with hearing loss and their families, and has pioneered research, education and therapeutic efforts to improve the lives of deaf children.