Excellent Resources

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Feature l Improve Screening and Intervention l Tips for Parents

• AG Bell-get copies of "So Your Child Has Hearing Loss: Next Steps for Parents" and Choices in Deafness, edited by Sue Schwartz (202-337-5220; 202-337-5221 (TTY); www.agbell.org)
• Free video, "Dreams Spoken Here," through Oberkotter Foundation-a documentary about deaf children learning to talk (877-ORALDEAF; www.oraldeafed.org)
• American Society for Deaf Children-non-profit parent organization, greater focus on use of sign language (800-942-ASDC; www.deafchildren.org)
• ASHA (800-638-8255; www.asha.org)
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health (800-241-1044; 800-241-1055 (TTY); www.nidcd.nih.gov)
• Other parents who have gone through what you're going through