APPENDIX
A P P E N D I X
I PRIVATE PRACTICES/BUSINESSES
As stated in the introduction, the following organizations are included by request. No recommendation or quality judgments can be made by the GUIDE. Please inquire directly about specific services available to people with hearing impairment.
A - AUDIOLOGY; SPEECH/LANGUAGE; AND RELATED SERVICES:
DAVID P. BARRONSpeech and Hearing Services
36 Laurelwood Road
Groton, CT 06340 / (860) 445-2227 Voice
(860) 536-2887 Voice
Accommodates all ages except infants. Contact for services available.
COCHLEAR IMPLANT CENTER
OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
98 York Street
New Haven, CT 06511 / (203) 777-4005 Voice
Operations performed at Hospital of St. Raphael. Accommodates all ages. Contact for services available.
CT PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION
67 Russ Street
Hartford, CT 06106 / (860) 246-4414 Voice
THE HEARING CENTER
149 Wakelee Avenue
Ansonia, CT 06401 / (203) 735-4327 Voice/TDD
Accommodates all ages. Contact for services available.
REHABILITATION CENTER OF
EASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY
226 Mill Hill Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06610 / (203) 366-7551 Voice
Offers full audiology and speech/language pathology services for all ages. Sign language interpreters and Spanish speaking therapists available.
REHABILITATION CENTER OF
GREATER WATERBURY, INC.
22 Tompkins Street
Waterbury, CT 06708 / (203) 754-5141 Voice/TDD
The Audiology Department accommodates clients of all ages. Services offered include free hearing evaluation; tympanometry; hearing aid evaluation and repair; hearing aid purchase counseling and dispensing; hearing aid orientation; parent counseling. Accredited by C.A.R.F.
Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 4:30 (by appointment).
The Speech Pathology Department provides language and speech evaluation; auditory training; speech and language therapies; parent/infant training.
GRACE MARY ROMANO
Speech-language Pathologist
44 Bristol St.
Branford, CT 06405 / (203) 488-6216 Voice
Lip-reading training classes are a specialty.
THE SOUNDINGS
29 York Street
P.O. Box 232
Guilford, CT 06437 / (203) 453-6246 Voice
This educational institute and resource center includes programs for children with speech and language problems. Depending on the severity of the hearing loss and parental preference, total communication, oral and cued speech methods are used. Workshops to teach sign language communication are offered for children and adults.
ST. VINCENT’S SPECIAL NEEDS SERVICES
95 Merritt Blvd.
Trumbull, CT 06611 / (203) 375-6400 Voice
Comprehensive Audiological services for all ages including Universal Infant Hearing Assessment. Contact for details. The Center also offers a comprehensive program for children between the ages of birth and three years who have a diagnosed hearing impairment. The program provides Center based and homebound instruction to both the child and the family.
B - GUIDANCE/COUNSELING AND RELATED SERVICES
BANK AND HIEBEL FAMILY AND CHILDASSOCIATES
234 Court Street
Middletown, CT 06457 / (203) 347-9911 Voice
Child, adolescent family psychotherapy. Consultant with intermediate knowledge in sign language.
CCARE, INC.
One Hartford Square
New Britain, CT 06052 / (860) 229-6665 Voice/TDD
(860) 826-6883 FAX
Advocates for deaf people with mental retardation.
CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC OF NORTHERN
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Community Health Center, Inc.
P.O. Box 1076
635 Main Street
Middletown, CT 06457 / (203) 347-6971 Voice
CONNECTICUT CONSULTATION AND
RESOURCE CENTER ON DEAFNESS
AND HEARING IMPAIRMENT
1060 Johnson Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525 / (203) 397-8853 Voice/TDD
CCRC offers a variety of educational services to deaf and hard of hearing students, their families and to the school systems that serve them. The CCRC educational consultant is an independent and certified teacher of the hearing impaired and serves oral-aural, total communication and cued speech students throughout the state. Both direct and consultation services are available. Contact for details.
DATAHR
135 Old State Road
Brookfield, CT 06804 / (203) 775-4700 Voice
DATAHR is a comprehensive rehabilitation and training agency. Speech-language pathology and audiology are among the services offered. Contact for details.
KLINGBERG FAMILIES SERVICES
370 Linwood
New Britain, CT 0605 / (860) 224-9113 Voice
(860) 826-1739 FAX
NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH FOR
DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COUPLES
Morag MacDonald
178 Rockwell Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002 / (860) 726-1864
II OUT OF STATE PROGRAMS
Organizations listed here have special programs that are easily accessible to Connecticut residents.
JOHN TRACY CLINIC806 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007 / (213) 748-5481 Voice
(800) 522-4582 TDD/VOICE
This is an educational center offering services to families of preschool deaf and deaf-blind children. Besides on-site audiological, educational, and parent support programs, the Clinic offers three world wide correspondence courses to parents of: deaf babies (birth through 18 months), deaf preschoolers (18 months through five years), and young deaf-blind children. All courses are available in English and Spanish. All services are offered at no charge to parents. John Tracy also offers a free summer program.
LEAGUE FOR THE HARD OF HEARING
71 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010 / (212) 741-7650 Voice
(212) 255-1932 TDD
NOTE: This organization is included here because it may be convenient for some people from southwestern Connecticut to travel to New York City.
The LEAGUE serves consumers of all ages from any state. The services offered include: audiological and otological evaluations; hearing aid dispensing and devices for daily living; communication therapy including language development, auditory perceptions training, speech reading, articulation and voice therapy; reading remediation, psychological and psychiatric evaluation and psychotherapy; educational, vocational and personal counseling; job placement; social work services, social group programs, captioned films on Saturday afternoon; information and referral. All communication modalities are used. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Evenings and Saturdays by appointment.
PARENTS HELPING PARENTS
Office & 24 hr. answering service: / (408) 727-5775 Voice/TDD
PHP is a resource center for families with children who have special needs. One division is concerned with siblings of disabled children. Basically a regional organization, it also responds to information and speaker requests from all over the country and offers a variety of literature for sale. It publishes Special Addition.
THEATRE ACCESS PROJECT
Theatre Development Fund
1501 Broadway
New York, NY 10036 / (212) 221-0885 Voice
(212) 719-4537 TDD
The Theatre Access Project (TAP) has as its goal to provide access to performing arts for people with disabilities--people who are hard of hearing, deaf, partially sighted, blind, people who for medical reasons cannot climb stairs, and people who require aisle seating or use wheelchairs. Through TAP, Theatre Development Fund offers discount tickets to selected events in theatre, dance and music. Once each month, a sign language interpreted performance is sponsored for the theater goers who are deaf.
III PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Organizations of the helping professions listed here should be able to refer clients to members experienced in working with people who have a hearing impairment and understanding their specific needs. These organizations have been encouraged to collect such information from their members and to share it with INFOLINE. Sometimes the COMMISSION ON THE DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED learns about individuals who know sign language and are employed in private businesses and eager to serve the deaf community.
AUDIOLOGISTS and SPEECH THERAPISTS: Connecticut Speech-Language-Hearing Association Inc., P.O. Box 7-23, West Hartford, CT 06107, (860) 522-4520 Voice.
COUNSELORS: (Family, Individual, Martial) - see Psychologists
DENTISTS: Connecticut State Dental Association, 62 Russ Street, Hartford, CT 06106, (860) 278-6980 Voice
LAWYERS: For regional Lawyer Referral Service contact your INFOLINE (see back cover)
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS: Connecticut Occupational Therapy Association, 520 Hillside Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106, (860) 232-7244 Voice or (860) 527-2489 Voice
PHYSICAL THERAPISTS: Connecticut Physical Therapy Association, 638 Prospect Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105, (860) 232-4825 Voice
PHYSICIANS: Connecticut State Medical Association, 160 Ronan Street, New Haven, CT 06511, (203) 865-058 Voice or contact your local hospital
PSYCHIATRISTS: Connecticut Psychiatric Association, 1 Regency Drive, Bloomfield, CT 06002, (860) 243-3977 Voice
PSYCHOLOGIST: Connecticut Psychological Association and Referral Service, 50 Founders Plaza, East Hartford, CT 06108, 1-800-378-7455 or (860) 528-8513 VOICE
PSYCHOMETRIC SERVICES/DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS (Testing) see Psychologists
REHABILITATION SERVICES: Connecticut Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, 1080 Elm Street, Rocky Hill, CT 06607, (203) 257-7909 Voice
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS: See Psychologists
SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS AND THERAPISTS: see AUDIOLOGISTS
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