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1. Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
One of the world's largest organizations and information centers on hearing loss.

2. California School for the Deaf - Fremont
An internationally acclaimed and fully accredited state-funded school for the Deaf provides a research-based educational program in line with the California Department of Education’s curriculum standards. Available to students ages 3-21 who are deaf or hard of hearing living in Northern California at no cost.

3. California School for the Deaf - Riverside
An internationally acclaimed and fully accredited state-funded school for the Deaf provides a research-based educational program in line with the California Department of Education’s curriculum standards. Available to students ages 3-21 who are deaf or hard of hearing living in Southern California at no cost.

4. Clerc’s Children School for the Deaf - Riverside
In response to Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Clerc's Children provides an innovative early intervention service targeting deaf and hard of hearing infants and toddlers, ages 0-5 and their parents.

5. Deaf Child Bill of Rights (AB 1836)
AB 1836 addresses some fundamental human issues -- the ability to communicate with others and the ability to have friends who can talk to you and listen to you. It addresses the need for deaf and hard of hearing children to have teachers, psychologists, assessment staff, and other professionals who are fluent in the language being used by the student. It is also important that deaf and hard of hearing students are educated with a sufficient number of other deaf and hard of hearing classmates to allow free, open, and spontaneous communication.

6. Deaf Education and Families Project
Provide Empowerment for families with children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing so they can receive the most effective services and their children can enjoy the greatest educational opportunities resulting in productive and enriched lives.

7. My Babies Hearing
Babyhearing.org is brought to you by a team of professionals at Boys Town National Research Hospital. We are: Audiologists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Teachers of the Deaf, Geneticists, Doctors and Parents of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children. Has resources for parents and professionals in English and Spanish.

8. NCHAM: Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI)
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) refers to the process of  screening every newborn for hearing loss prior to hospital discharge.

9. National Center on Deafness
Excellence in education and full access to the CSUN academic community.

10.Resources for Deaf Children and their Families
Providing support to parents and the community on raising, educating and communicating with deaf and hard of hearing children through its ASl classes, parent-infant program professionals and parent-to-parent network.




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