Learning About Hearing Loss
Family-friendly websites where you can learn more about hearing loss:
Mississippi Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program
- (800) 451-3903 or (601) 576-7427
- Email: eunice.short@msdh.state.ms.us
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
- (202) 651-5051
- Email: clerc.center@gallaudet.edu
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders
- (800) 241-1044
- Email: nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov
Finding Families Like Yours
Mississippi Parent Training and Information Center
- (601) 969-0601
- Web: www.mspti.org
Communication Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- (662) 871-9757 or (662) 862-8163
Del’Epee Deaf Center
- (228) 897-2280
- Email: deafcenter@biloxidiocese.org
Mississippi Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH)
- (601) 898-7056
- Email: odhh@odhh.org
- Web: www.odhh.org
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
Family Voices
- (888) 835-5669
Hands & Voices
- (866) 422-0422
- Email: parentadvocate@handsandvoices.org
Getting Services for Your Child
Mississippi Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program
- (800) 451-3903 or (601) 576-7427
- Email: eunice.short@msdh.state.ms.us
Mississippi First Steps Early Intervention Program
- (800) 451-3903 or (601) 576-7427
- Email: catherine.cliburn@msdh.state.ms.us
Mississippi Deaf Blind Project
- (601) 266-5135 or (800) 264-5135
- Email: deaf-blind@usm.edu
- Web: www.usm.edu/msdb
SKI*Hi Early Intervention Program
- (601) 984-8118
Magnolia Speech School
- (601) 922-5530
- Email: sullivandirector@comcast.net
TK Martin Center for Technology and Disability
- (662) 325-1028
Dubard School for Language Disorders
- (601) 266-5223
- Email: dubard@usm.edu
- Web: www.dubard.usm.edu
Let Them Hear Foundation Advocacy Program
Oral Deaf Education Programs
- (877) 672-5332
- Web: www.oraldeafed.org
Learning more about communication options:
- ASL University:
- John Tracy Clinic Correspondence Courses
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(213) 748-5481 or (800) 522-4582
- National Cued Speech Association
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(800) 459-3529
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Email: info@cuedspeech.org
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Web: www.cuedspeech.org
Helping to Pay for Services
Mississippi Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- (877) 543-7669
Mississippi Children’s Medical Program
- (800) 844-0898 or (601) 987-3965
Mississippi Division of Medicaid
- (800) 421-2408 or (601) 359-6050
- Web: www.medicaid.ms.gov
Funding Assistance for Audiology Services
Hearing Aid Loaner Programs