Nebraska

Learning About Hearing Loss

Family-friendly websites where you can learn more about hearing loss:

• www.babyhearing.org

• www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/ehdi/CDROM

• www.ncbegin.org

• www.raisingdeafkids.org

Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• (800) 545-6244

• Web: www.ncdhh.ne.gov

Consumer Health Information Resource Service

• (866) 800-5209

• Web: www.unmc.edu/library/consumer

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center

• (202) 651-5051

• Email: clerc.center@gallaudet.edu

• Web: http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/infotogo

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders

• (800) 241-1044

• Email: nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov

• Web: www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing

Finding Other Families Like Yours

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• (202) 337-5220

• Email: info@agbell.org

• Web: www.agbell.org

American Society for Deaf Children

• (800) 942-2732

• Email: asdc@deafchildren.org

• Web: www.deafchildren.org

Nebraska Hands & Voices

• (402) 203-0673

• Email: info@handsandvoicesne.org

• Web: www.handsandvoicesne.org

Nebraska Parent Training and Information Center

• (800) 284-8520

• Web: www.pti-nebraska.org

Answers 4 Families

• (800) 746-8420

• Web: www.answers4families.org

Getting Services for Your Child

Nebraska Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program

• (402) 471-6770

• Email: jeffrey.hoffman@nebraska.gov

• Web: www.dhhs.ne.gov/ehdi

Early Development Network

• (888) 806-6287

• Web: www.nde.state.ne.us/edn

Nebraska Regional Programs for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

• (402) 463-5611

• Web: www.esu13.org/nrp

Nebraska Family to Family Health Information Center

• (888) 490-9233

• Web: www.pti-nebraska.org

Let Them Hear Foundation Advocacy Program

• Web: www.deafspecialeducation.com

Oral Deaf Education Programs

• (877) 672-5332

• Web: www.oraldeafed.org

Learning more about communication options:

• www.raisingdeafkids.org/communicating/choices

• ASL University:

Web: www.lifeprint.com/asl101

• John Tracy Clinic Correspondence Courses

(213) 748-5481 or (800) 522-4582 

Web: http://jtc.org/services/distance-education

• National Cued Speech Association

(301) 915-8009 or (800) 459-3529 

Email: info@cuedspeech.org

Web: www.cuedspeech.org

Helping to Pay for Services

Medically Handicapped Children’s Program

• (402) 471-3121

• Web: www.dhhs.ne.gov/hcs/programs/MHCP.htm

ACCESS Nebraska

• (402) 471-3121

• Web: www.accessnebraska.ne.gov

Funding Assistance for Audiology Services

• Web: www.asha.org/familyfunding

Nebraska Children’s Hearing Aid Loaner Bank

• (402) 472-0043

• Web: www.unl.edu/barkley/nchalb

Assistive Technology Programs

• (518) 439-1263

• Web: www.ataporg.org/atap/index.php

Assistive Technology for All

• Web: www.at4all.com