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www.jtc.org
John Tracy Clinic is a private, non-profit education center founded by Louise Treadwell Tracy in 1942. Its mission is to offer hope, guidance and encouragement to families of infants and preschool children with hearing losses by providing free, parent-centered services worldwide. The Clinic has over 60 years of expertise in the spoken language option.

www.ourchildisdeaf.com
Vic Silvestri's link to a video about parents interviewed on what it was like to discover their child is deaf.

www.listen-up.org
The most extensive of many such informational sites, well organized, great links. The cochlear implant section is www.listen-up.org/implant/htm, but don't miss other sections on educational laws, etc.

www.hipmag.org
The HiP on Health and Safety" Web site is for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, their teachers and parents to help supplement program materials. HiP on Health and Safety was an educational program for California's deaf and hard-of-hearing children and teens in grades K-12. The materials cover a broad range of health and safety issues. This program was produced by the HiP Publishing Group and was underwritten by the California Endowment, a private California Health Foundation.

	Resources

Home Board of Directors Contact Us Events Feedback Member Form Transcript Resources	Cochlear Implant Centers
	Buffalo Hearing and Speech 50 E. North Street in Buffalo, NY (716) 885-8318 www.askbhsc.org

	Useful Links
	www.cici.org Cochlear Implant Association Inc., with many helpful links. www.agbell.org Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf. Helpful sections: financial aid; online brochures which include a listing of summer camps for deaf and hard of hearing children, and a great source for fast facts about hearing loss. www.auditory-verbal.org Auditory-Verbal International, Inc. www.edaud.org Educational Audiology Association http://text.nlm.nih.gov/nih/cdc/www/100txt.html National Institutes of Health position statement on cochlear implants. www.nad.org/infocenter/newsroom/papers/CochlearImplants.html Revised position statement of the National Association of the Deaf, regarding cochlear implants www.shhh.org "Self Help for Hard of Hearing People is the nation's largest organization for people with hearing loss. SHHH exists to open the world of communication for people with hearing loss through information education, advocacy and support. www.HealthyHearing.com HealthyHearing.com is dedicated to bringing our readers news, information and consumer education. We do not sell products or offer clinical services. Our goal is to remain the primary information resource for the benefit of the patients we are honored to serve, the profession we choose to participate in, and the industry that provides the tools to accomplish our goals. We appreciate your thoughts, reflections and input on these matters, and we're grateful for your participation. www.saywhatclub.com The SayWhatClub is an on-line group of circa 400 late-deafened, hard of hearing and deaf/Deaf adults and other interested folks who provide support and encouragement to each other through e-mail. Our goal is to provide a friendly, good-humored place to exchange conversation, information, advice, deep thoughts, humor, tall tales, and chit chat. It is our hope that members will get to know each other and develop an on-line "community feeling."
	General Information on Hearing Loss for Children
	www.jtc.org John Tracy Clinic is a private, non-profit education center founded by Louise Treadwell Tracy in 1942. Its mission is to offer hope, guidance and encouragement to families of infants and preschool children with hearing losses by providing free, parent-centered services worldwide. The Clinic has over 60 years of expertise in the spoken language option. www.ourchildisdeaf.com Vic Silvestri's link to a video about parents interviewed on what it was like to discover their child is deaf. www.listen-up.org The most extensive of many such informational sites, well organized, great links. The cochlear implant section is www.listen-up.org/implant/htm, but don't miss other sections on educational laws, etc. www.hipmag.org The HiP on Health and Safety" Web site is for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, their teachers and parents to help supplement program materials. HiP on Health and Safety was an educational program for California's deaf and hard-of-hearing children and teens in grades K-12. The materials cover a broad range of health and safety issues. This program was produced by the HiP Publishing Group and was underwritten by the California Endowment, a private California Health Foundation.
	Manufacturer
	http://www.bionicear.com/ Advanced Bionics® is a global leader in implantable neurostimulation devices (high technology bionics). The company was founded in 1993 to manufacture, and distribute the CLARION® cochlear implant to treat deafness. Advanced Bionics evolved from two other highly successful companies that developed and marketed innovative medical devices, one which created new-generation pacemakers and one which developed novel microinfusion systems (miniature drug delivery pumps used in the treatment of diabetes). http://www.cochlearamericas.com/index.asp Delivering more than two decades of implant innovation to over 60,000 people, Cochlear is built upon a foundation of success. http://www.medel.com/ENG/US/index.asp MED-EL hearing implants are the result of an innovative research tradition spanning the past thirty years. Since its founders developed one of the world’s first cochlear implants in 1975, MED-EL has set new standards in hearing implant technologies, developing and manufacturing technologically advanced hearing solutions for people with varying degrees of hearing loss. MED-EL hearing implant systems, currently used by children and adults in 70 countries worldwide, combine the latest scientific advancements and pioneering engineering and manufacturing techniques for performance, safety and reliability. Especially important for infants and children (65% of MED-EL CI recipients are children), MED-EL implant systems are designed to be future ready, offering unparalleled performance today while preserving options for future upgrades and technological developments.