Resources
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Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs)
CapTel - http://www.captionedtelephone.com/index.phtml
Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Interface Systems (CIHAIS) - http://www.cihais.com/
Eli with Bluetooth Technology - http://www.elihearing.com/UnitedStatesENG/index.htm
Harris Communications - http://www.harriscomm.com/
Phonak Microlink FM Systems – http://www.phonak-us.com/ccus/consumer/products_us/fm/applications/acibaha.htm
or www.eSchoolDesk.com
Relay Indiana - http://www.relayindiana.com/
Sound Bytes - http://www.soundbytes.com/
Batteries
Cochlear Implant Manufacturers
- Advanced Bionics Corporation - http://www.bionicear.com/index.cfm?langid=1
- Cochlear Corporation - http://www.cochlearamericas.com/
- Medel Corporation - http://www.medel.com.ar/ENG/US/
AAA Hearing Aid Battery Club: Xcell HP zinc-air batteries - www.hearingusa.com
Cochlear Batteries - www.cochlearbatteries.com
Micro Batteries - www.microbattery.com
Rayovac Batteries - www.rayovac.com
Battery Brands that have worked for some CI Users:
- Power One Implant Plus 675HP Batteries
- Rayovac Cochlear Implant 675HP Batteries
- Rayovac Ultra ProLine Loud N Clear 675HP Batteries
- ZeniPower 675HP Batteries
Communication Options
ASL Browser - http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
Auditory Verbal Learning Institute - http://www.avli.org/
Auditory Options - http://www.auditoryoptions.org/
Modern Sign Press / SEE - http://www.modsigns.com/
National Cued Speech Association - http://www.cuedspeech.org/
Signed Exact English (S.E.E.) Center - http://www.seecenter.org/
Education/Rehabilitation
A.G. Bell Association - http://www.agbell.org/DesktopDefault.aspx
Beginnings - http://www.ncbegin.org/
Indiana School for the Deaf - http://www.deafhoosiers.com/
John Tracy Clinic - http://www.johntracyclinic.org/
My Baby’s Hearing - http://www.babyhearing.org/
National Deaf Education Center - http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/
Oberkotter Foundation / Oral Deaf Education - http://www.oraldeafed.org/
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services - http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/products/opening_doors/index.html
Outreach Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children - http://www.deaf-kids.org/IND/
St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf - http://www.sjid.org/ind/index.html
St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf, Indianapolis – http://www.oraldeafed.org/schools/stjoindianapolis/about.html
The Listening Room – www.hearingjourney.com
Insurance/Financial Resources
Colorado Neurological Institute (CNI) - http://www.thecni.org/hearing/assistance.htm
Directory of State Title V CSHCN Programs - http://cshcnleaders.ichp.ufl.edu/TitleVDirectory/directory.htm
Ear Service Corporation (ESCO) - http://www.earserv.com/
Easter Seals Crossroads (Regional Assistive Technology Center) - http://www.eastersealstech.com/
Family & Social Services Administration - http://www.in.gov/fssa/index.htm
Gift of Hearing Foundation - http://www.giftofhearingfoundation.org/
Graeme Clark Cochlear Scholarships - http://www.cochlearamericas.com/Community/30.asp
Indiana Children’s Special Healthcare Services (CSHCS) - http://www.in.gov/isdh/programs/cshcs/participant_eligibility.htm
Indiana First Steps - https://www.infirststeps.com/matrix/default.asp
Indiana Medicaid - http://www.indianamedicaid.com/ihcp/index.asp
Indiana Univeristy Health Partners / Patient Financial Services - http://iuhealth.org/?leftMenuClick=/clarian/ep/menu/siteleft/clarianhealth/item8/SimpleMenuItem
INSource – Indiana Resource Center for Families with Special Needs - http://www.insource.org/
Let Them Hear Foundation - http://www.letthemhear.org/
Lions International - http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/index.shtml
OMS Support – www.omsinsurancesupport.org
Psi Iota Xi - http://www.psiiotaxi.org/
Sertoma Club - www.sertoma.org
The Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment (HIKE) Fund - http://www.thehikefund.org/
United Healthcare Children’s Foundation - http://www.uhccf.org/
Vocational Rehabilitation Programs – www.parac.org/svrp.html
Medical Equipment / Hearing Accessories
Aimee’s Bowtique - http://aimeesbowtique.com/category_22/Baby-Snap-ClipsBaby-HeadbandsBow-BandsBeanies.htm
Ear Gear - http://www.gearforears.com/index.asp
Global Dry and Store - http://www.dryandstore.com
Hanna Anderson Pilot Cap’s – http://www.hannaandersson.com/home.asp?cchkrd=y
Hearing Aid Sweatbands – http://www.hearingaidsweatband.com/
Jungle Stuff - http://www.junglestuff.com/ci_fanny.php
Kidlfyx Kreations - http://www.kidlfyxkreations.com/index.asp
Lauren’s Hope Medical ID - http://www.laurenshope.com/
Support Groups / Information
About Special Kids (Formerly Indiana Parent Info Network) - http://www.aboutspecialkids.org/Default.aspx
American Association of the Deaf-Blind – http://www.aadb.org/
American Society for Deaf Children - http://www.deafchildren.org/
Association of Late Deafened Adults - http://www.alda.org/
Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Loss - http://www.amphl.org/
Better Hearing Institute - http://www.betterhearing.org/index.cfm
Bionic Ear Association (BEA) - http://www. advancedbionics.com
Bionic Ear Institute - http://www.bionicear.org/bei/index2.html
Center for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/
Cochlear Implant Awareness Foundation - http://www.ciafonline.org/index.html
Deaf-Blind LINK - http://www.tr.wou.edu/dblink/
Deafness Research Foundation - http://www.drf.org/
Food and Drug Administration - http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/cochlear/whatare.html
FDA Public Heath Notification about Meningitis and Cochlear Implants - http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/safety/101007-cochlear.html
Hands and Voices - http://www.handsandvoices.org/
Healthy Hearing - http://www.healthyhearing.com/
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) - http://www.hearingloss.org/
Hear It - http://www.hear-it.org/index.dsp
Helen Keller National Center – www.hknc.org
Help Kids Hear - http://www.helpkidshear.org/
Insight Cinema - http://www.insightcinema.org/
League for the Hard of Hearing - http://www.lhh.org/
Listen Up - http://www.listen-up.org/
National Association for the Deaf - www.nad.org
National Family Association for Deaf-Blind - http://www.nfadb.org/
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) - http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/
NIDCD Temporal Bone Registry - http://www.tbregistry.org/
Northern Indiana CI Support Group - Contact: Fred Kantner
Raise Your Hand for Hearing Loss - http://www.raiseyourhand.info/index.php
Raising Deaf Kids - http://www.raisingdeafkids.org/
Riley Hospital for Children - http://rileychildrenshospital.com/
Southern IN ALDA Chapter - Contact ALDA608@aol.com
The EAR (Education and Auditory Research) Foundation - http://www.earfoundation.org/index.asp
VOICE for Hearing Impaired Children - http://www.voicefordeafkids.com/

