Hearing or speech impairment - resources
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The following organizations are good resources for information on hearing impairment or speech impairment:
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association - www.asha.org
- National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities - http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/speechlanguage
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders - www.nidcd.nih.gov
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - www.agbell.org
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hearingloss/index.html
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