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Tennessee State Information

A mother holding her baby

Learning About Hearing Loss

Baby Hearing (English/ Spanish)

Beginnings for Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (English)

  • (800) 541-4327
  • raleigh@ncbegin.org

Beginnings for Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (español)

EHDI-PALS (English/Spanish)

Hear to Learn (English/ Spanish)

Hearing Loss in Children, CDC (English/ Spanish)

  • (800) 232-4636

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Raising Deaf Kids (English/ Spanish)

Tennessee Directory of Services for People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

  • (800) 342-3262 / (615) 290-5211
  • lsdhh@nashville.gov

University of Tennesee Center on Deafness

  • (865) 974-0607
  • deafness@utk.edu
A smiling mom and baby; the baby has a cochlear implant | photo courtesy of Cochlear Americas

Getting Services for Your Child

Early Hearing Screening Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program

  • (615) 532-8462
  • nbs.health@tn.gov

Tennessee Early Intervention System (Part C)

Mama Lere Hearing School

  • (615) 936-5262

Memphis Oral School for the Deaf

  • (901) 758-2228

Parent Information for Tennessee EHDI

Sertoma

Tennessee School for the Deaf

  • (865) 579-2500

Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center: Hearing and Speech

  • (615) 936-5000

West Tennessee School for the Deaf

  • (731) 423-5705
a dad signing -water- with his little boy

Learning More About Communication Options

Sign It!

ASL University

John Tracy Center (English/ Spanish)

National Cued Speech Association

two boys playing with toys, one has a cochlear implant | photo courtesy of Advanced Bionics

Finding Families Like Yours

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Tennessee Chapter

American Society for Deaf Children

Family Voices of Tennessee

  • (888) 643-7811 / (615) 383-9442

Hands and Voices of Tennessee

  • (865) 219-3873

Tennessee Raising Special Kids

A smiling mom and baby; the baby has a cochlear implant

Helping to Pay for Services

American Speech-Language Hearing Association

Association of Assistive Technology ATAP Programs

Children's Special Services

Friends of Tennessee Babies with Special Needs Hearing Aid Loaner Bank Program

Tennessee Technology Access Centers

  • Tennessee Technology Access Center
  • (800) 732-5059
  • Spark
  • (865) 219-0130

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