Hearing Loss

MEDLINEplus Health Information: Hearing Disorders and Deafness
MEDLINEplus provides quality health care information from the world’s largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. This page provides links to the latest news and reports from the NIH on hearing disorders and deafness, along with topics including anatomy and physiology, clinical trials, diagnosis and symptoms, pictures and diagrams, prevention and screening, treatment, and others. Spanish resources are also provided. See related MEDLINEplus pages for information on Speech and Communication Disorders and Ear Infections.

Ask NOAH About: The Ear and Hearing/Balance Disorders
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) is a project of four New York partners: The City University of New York, The Metropolitan New York Library Council, The New York Academy of Medicine and The New York Public Library. This page provides links to basic information, as well as information on testing and diagnosis, specific ear disorders, living with hearing loss, care and treatment, complications and related concerns, and hearing in children.

Speech and Language: Development Milestones
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders provides an overview of speech and language development with a checklist for use in determining a child's speech and language development schedule. A directory of groups to contact for more information is also included.

Hearing Loss and Older Adults
This guide from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders provides a checklist for identifying the signs of hearing loss, along with information on causes, treatments, and how to deal with family and friends. A directory of groups to contact for more information on hearing loss and older adults is also included.

The State of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention: Maryland News and Tidbits
This site is provided by the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management at Utah State University. The site provides a state profile of early hearing detection and intervention programs, and resources for health care providers and for families.

The Hearing and Speech Agency
The Hearing and Speech Agency is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to meeting the speech, language and hearing needs of Maryland's children and adults. The Agency is a direct service provider, an information resource center, and advocate for people of all ages who are deaf or hard of hearing, or who have speech and language disabilities. This site provides information on their schools, clinical services, interpreter services, and sign language classes.

Gallaudet University
Galluadet is a comprehensive, multipurpose institution of higher education for the deaf and hard of hearing In addition to its undergraduate and graduate academic programs. The University also offers national demonstration elementary and secondary education programs.For more information, contact the University at 800 Florida Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002-3695, or call TTY/V: 202/651-5000.