Resources & Links

• The American Speech and Hearing Association is a website devoted to the research, study and prevention of hearing, speech, balance and language diseases and disorders.
• The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing is an information center on hearing loss, emphasizing the use of technology, speech, speech reading, residual hearing, and written and spoken language. AG Bell focuses on children with hearing loss and provides support and advocacy for parents and professionals.
• The American Society for Deaf Children is a national organization of families and professionals committed to educating, empowering, and supporting parents and families of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The ASDC helps families find meaningful communication options, particularly through the competent use of sign language, in their home, school, and community.
• The mission of the American Tinnitus Association is to silence tinnitus through education, advocacy, research, and support. This nonprofit organization provides the latest information and a resource to tinnitus patients, promotes tinnitus awareness to the general public and the medical community, and funds the nation's brightest tinnitus researchers.
• The Hearing Loss Association of America provides assistance and resources for people with hearing loss and their families to learn how to adjust to living with hearing loss. Its national support network includes an office in the Washington DC area, 14 state organizations and 200 local chapters.