[+] Read about the specific criteria used to determine eligibility in the educational category of hearing impairment/deafness.
The SSD Family & Community Resource Center (FCRC) offers
books, videos and other resources on hearing impairment/deafness (PDF). Materials may be sent home through school mail to families whose children receive SSD services. Others may come into the FCRC to check out materials.
[+] Other local, state and national resources related to hearing impairment/deafness
Local Resources
Center for Hearing and Speech
www.hearing-speechstlouis.org
Central Institute for the Deaf
www.cid.edu
Deaf Community Center
www.rtr-stl.org
Deaf Inter-Link
www.deafinterlink.com
Deaf Linx
www.deaflinx.com
Deaf Way Interpreting and Community Services (Paraquad)
www.deafway.net
Greater St. Louis Association of the Deaf
www.gslad.org
St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf
www.sjid.org
State Resources
Missouri Association of the Deaf
www.moadshowme.org
The L.E.A.D. Institute (Leadership
Through Education and Advocacy for the Deaf)
www.deaflead.org
Missouri Assistive Technology
www.at.mo.gov/
Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
www.mcdhh.mo.gov
Missouri School for the Deaf
www.msd.k12.mo.us
Relay Missouri
www.relaymissouri.com
National Resources
The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
www.agbell.org
The American Society for Deaf Children
www.deafchildren.org
Better Hearing Institute
www.betterhearing.org
Deafness Research Foundation
www.drf.org
Hearing Loss Association of America
www.shhh.org
The International Hearing Society
www.ihsinfo.org
National Association of the Deaf
www.nad.org
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
www.nidcd.nih.gov
