Deafness and Hearing Loss
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Duke University School of Medicine-Division of Speech Pathology and Audiology
Phone: (919) 684-6271 Email: [email protected] Office Hours: Monday -Friday 8:00 am -5:00 pm Description of Services: The Division of Speech Pathology and Audiology provides comprehensive diagnostic, treatment, rehabilitation and management of speech and hearing disorders. Services are provided to infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric individuals. Patients served have a wide variety of congenital, developmental, and acquired disorders. Specialty programs include augmentative communication and assistive technology, auditory processing assessment, cleft palate board, cochlear implant, dysphagia diagnostics, fluency training, foreign accent modification, hearing aid dispensary, hearing assessment, literacy assessment, newborn hearing screening, and acoustic/aerodynamic and videostroboscopic evaluations of voice disorders, post-stroke and closed head injury rehabilitation. Service Area: State Website: https://www.dukemedicine.org/treatments/speech-pathology-and-audiology Hearing Loss Association of North Carolina (HLA-NC)
Asheville Chapter Phone: (828) 665-8699 Email: [email protected] Address: Seymour Auditorium Care Partners Health Services 68 Sweeten Creek Rd Asheville, NC 28803 Office Hours: The chapter meets at 10:30 am on the 3rd Saturday of most months Description of Services: HLA of NC is a state association of Hearing Loss Association of America, and its focus is on statewide advocacy and cooperation. Hearing Loss Association of America is the nation's largest organization for people with hearing loss. HLAA exists to open the world of communication for people of hearing loss through information, education, advocacy and support. Service Area: State- NC Chapters include Asheville, Brevard, Charlotte, New Bern, Wake and Winston Salem Website: http://www.nchearingloss.org/index.htm |
North Carolina Association of the Deaf, Inc (NCAD)
Email: [email protected] Address: PO Box 1385 Cary, NC 27512 Description of Services: NCAD is a non-profit organization that has evolved into a broad organization overseeing important educational, civil, health and social issues of the deaf, hard of hearing and deaf blind citizens in NC. Service Area: State Website: http://www.ncad1908.org/ Beginnings for Parents of Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc.
Phone: (919) 715-4092 or 1-800-541-4327 Fax: (919) 715-4093 Email: [email protected] Address: 156 Wind Chime Ct., Suite A Raleigh, NC 27615 Description of Services: Beginnings was established to provide emotional support and access to information as a central resource for families with deaf or hard of hearing children, birth to age 21. Beginnings actively assists hearing parents of deaf or hard of hearing children and deaf parents parents with hearing children during the early decision making stages and throughout the educational career of the student. Ages Served: Birth to age 21 Service Area: State Website: http://ncbegin/org/ |