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Resources

There is a lot of information on hearing loss in children available on the web.

Here are a few places to start:

Information on hearing loss in children:

National Institutes of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIH)

http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/

Medline Plus

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hearingproblemsinchildren.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/ddhi.htm

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

http://asha.org/

Audiology Online

http://www.audiologyonline.com/articles/article_detail.asp?article_id=361

Organizations for Families with Hearing Loss:

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf

http://www.agbell.org/DesktopDefault.aspx

Center for Hearing and Communication

http://www.chchearing.org/

Web Resources:

HearingExchange

http://www.hearingexchange.com/

Hearing Loss Web

http://www.hearinglossweb.com/

Parents of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Kids

http://www.chchearing.org/

Website answering questions about speech and language development

http://speakingofkids.blogspot.com