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  • Why is Communicating
    so Important for Children?
  • My child's first
    hearing test
  • What next if my
    child didn't pass?
  • If you're ever concerned
    about your child's hearing
  • If my child has
    a hearing loss

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California 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 Association of America - California State Association

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)

A smiling mom and baby; the baby has a cochlear implant | photo courtesy of Cochlear Americas

Getting Services for Your Child

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program

Early Start (Part C)

California School for the Deaf: Freemont

  • (510) 794-3666

California School for the Deaf: Riverside

  • info@csdr-cde.ca.gov

CCHAT Center Sacramento

  • (916) 361-7290

Center for Early Intervention on Deafness

  • (510) 848-4800
  • info@ceid.org

Clínica John Tracy (en español)

Echo Horizon School

  • (310) 838-2442

HEAR Center

  • (626) 734-6555
  • info@hearcenter.org

Hearing and Speech Center

  • (415) 921-7658

John Tracy Center

  • pals@jtc.org

Parent Information for California EHDI

Sertoma

Weingarten Children's Center

  • (650) 365-7500
  • info@weingartencc.org
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

AG Bell Association California

American Society for Deaf Children

California Raising Special Kids

  • Team of Advocates for Special Kids (TASK)
  • Exceptional Parents Unlimited
  • Parents Helping Parents
  • Rowell Family Empowerment of Northern CA
  • MATRIX Parent Network and Resource Center
  • Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
  • Parents CAN
  • Fiesta Educativa
  • Support for Families of Children with Disabilities
  • Chinese Parents Association for the Disabled

Deaf Education and Families Project

  • (818) 677-6854

Family Voices of California

  • (415) 282-7494

Hands and Voices of California

  • info@CaHandsandVoices.org
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

California Children's Services

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