County Hearing and Balance

We have been providing professional hearing and balance care for 30 years

Location

167 Parkway North
Waterford, CT 06385

Toll Free: (860) 443-6944

Links

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  • Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc. (SHHH)
    7910 Woodmont Avenue
    Suite 1200
    Bethesda, MD 20814
    (301) 657-2248
    (301) 657-2249

    SHHH is an international volunteer organization composed of people who are hard of hearing, their relatives, and friends. SHHH provides self-help programs and referrals to local chapters.


  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
    National Institutes of Health
    31 Center Dr MSC 2320
    Bethesda, MD 20892-2320
    NIDCD Information Clearinghouse 1 (800) 241-1044
    1 (800) 241-1055

    NIDCD conducts and supports biomedical and behavioral research and training and the dissemination of information on disorders of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language. The NIDCD Clearinghouse offers information to health professionals, patients, industry representatives and the public.


  • Gallaudet University
    800 Florida Avenue, NE
    Washington, DC 20002
    (202) 651-5051
    (202) 651-5052

    Gallaudet University provides educational programs, vocational training, sign language programs, technology, and barrier free design for those with hearing loss. The site also contains fact sheets, resource listings, and reading lists on all aspects of deafness and hearing loss.


  • The National Institute on Aging Information Center
    P.O. Box 8057
    Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8057
    1 (800) 222-2225
    1-(800) 222-4225

    The National Institute on Aging is the component of the National Institutes of Health devoted to improving the health of older people. This site offers the general public and health professionals consumer-oriented information on a wide range of topics important to older people and their families as well as a description of their research program.


  • Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
    3417 Volta Place, NW.
    Washington, DC 20007
    Voice: (202) 337-5220
    TTY: (202) 337-5220
    Toll-free: (800) HEAR-KID
    Fax: (202) 337-8314
    E-mail: info@agbell.org

    Information on adult hearing loss rehabilitation -Speechreading for Better Communication and Employers of Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing & the ADA.


  • American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
    One Prince Street
    Alexandria, VA 22314
    Voice: (703) 519-1589
    TTY: (703) 519-1585
    Fax: (703) 299-1125
    E-mail: webmaster@ent.org


  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
    10801 Rockville Pike
    Rockville, MD 20852
    Voice: (301) 897-3279
    TTY: (301) 897-0157
    Toll-free: (800) 638-8255
    Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Eastern time
    Fax: (301) 897-7355
    E-mail: actioncenter@asha.org

    Current developments and changes in the coverage of hearing health care expensive by private insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare. Offers online company information on providers of assistive listening devices (ALD) including centers across the country where individuals can examine the types of assistive listening devices available in order to determine which products to purchase. To locate an Assistive Device Demonstration Center in your area, call the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association' s (ASHA) Action Center at 1-800-638-8255.


  • American Tinnitus Association
    P.O. Box 5
    Portland, OR 97207
    Voice: (503) 248-9985
    Toll-free: (800) 634-8978
    Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Pacific time
    Fax: (503) 248-0024
    E-mail: tinnitus@ata.org

    The American Tinnitus Association is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing tinnitus research and educating patients and professionals through conferences, books, brochures, videos, and the quarterly journal Tinnitus Today.


  • League for the Hard of Hearing
    New York Office
    71 West 23rd Street
    New York, NY 10010
    Voice: (917) 305-7700
    TTY: (917) 305-7999
    Fax: (917) 305-7888
    Florida Office
    2800 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Ste. 306
    Oakland Park, FL 33311
    Voice: (954) 731-7200
    TTY: (954) 731-7208
    Fax: (954) 485-6336

    The League for the Hard of Hearing was founded in 1910 and is a private not-for-profit rehabilitation agency for infants, children and adults who are hard of hearing and deaf. Offers online fact sheets on hearing loss.