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Service Providers/
Educational Facilities*

Auditory-Verbal Services, Inc

Nancy Caleffe-Schenck, M.Ed. .

303-881-5292

Ncschenck@aol.com

Individualized aural rehabilitation (hearing aids and cochlear implants) with an emphasis on developing listening and spoken communication.

Children's Hospital

1056 E. 19 th Avenue B030

Denver , CO 80218-1088

303-861-6800 (voice)

303-861-6886 (tty)

Specializing in pediatric, family-centered services; Aural (re)habilitation; speech-language evaluations and therapy provided by speech-language pathologists who specialize in deaf;hard of hearing; all communication modes offered;Parent- Infant, Toddler and Preschool groups; coordinated audiology and speech-language pathology services offered; Multidisciplinary Cochlear Implant Team; clinical social work services available; Full service audiological evaluation; multidisciplinary auditory processing evaluation; hearing aid dispensing. ENT services on site. Hearing aid dispening;.
www.thechildrenshospital.org

The Children's Hospital
South Specialty Care Center

151 West County Line Road

Littleton , CO 80126 . 303-730-1729 (voice)

Specializing in pediatric, family-centered services; Aural (re)habilitation; speech-language evaluations and therapy provided by specialists for the deaf/hard of hearing; all communication modes offered; ; Toddler Group; coordinated audiology and speech-language pathology services offered; Full service audiological evaluation; Hearing aid dispening; ENT services on site.

The Children's Hospital
Specialty Care Center

340 E. 1 st Avenue, Suite 100

Broomfield , CO 80020

(303) 860-4545 (voice)

Specializing in pediatric, family-centered services; full service audiological evaluation; hearing aid dispensing; ENT services on site.

Cochlear Implant Center

Serving the Western Slope; Pre and post-operative audiological, programming, and maintenance. Offices in Gunnison, Montrose and Delta; Surgical referral relationship with CI Centers in Denver and Colorado Springs

Aural Habilitation/CHIP Facilitator Services

Kristine R. Ash, M.A., CCC-A

PO Box 1582

Gunnison , CO 81230

Phone: 970-209-0634, Fax: 970-641-3314

kristineash@msn.com

Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP)

Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind

University of Colorado

SLHS - Campus Box 409

Boulder , CO 80309-0409

Contact: Arlene Stredler Brown Arlene.brown@colorado.edu ph# (303) 492-3037

CHIP is a home-based, family-focused intervention, including parent support for families, with children under the age of three.
www.csdb.org/chip/ch_main.html

Deaf/Hard of Hearing Connections

Birth - 21 Contact: Heather Abraham

(970) 309-3521 or habraham1@comcast.net

Hard of hearing/Deaf adult role models who are trained to provide awareness experiences to increase understanding of the needs of a student who is hard of hearing/deaf and to improve this child's sense of identity and self-esteem.

Colorado Services to Children with Deafblindness (combined vision and hearing loss)

Colorado Dept. of Education

201 E. Colfax Denver , CO 80203

Project Director: Tanni Anthony

Phone: 303- 866-6681, Fax: 303-866-6605

TTY: 303-860-7060

The goal of this federal grant is to provide free technical assistance to the families and service providers of children, ages birth through 21 years, who have combined vision and hearing loss. The project sponsors an annual Summer Institute and Family Learning Retreat. Free consultation can be provided in a child's home or school setting .

The Integrated Reading Project (IRP)

Contact Dinah Beams ( dinah.beams@juno.com or 303-735-5405) or Heather Abraham ( hechabraham@aol.com or 970-309-3521

Designed for families who have chosen a Simultaneous Communication approach (signing and voicing at the same time). The program involves a sign language instructor who teaches the parents how to read the book using signs as part of an individualized in-home sign language instruction program. Sign is taught using English word order. This program involves a collaborative effort among the professionals who are working with the family and child. The sign instructor teaches the family how to sign the book, and the family's CHIP facilitator uses the same book to work on language expansion, auditory skills, speech, and cognition. This program is designed for children birth - five years of age and their families and continues year-round.

Denver Ear Associates

401 W Hampden Suite 240

Englewood , CO 80110

(303) 788-7800

D.E.A. is a full-service cochlear implant center that provides consultations, medical, audiology, evaluations, diagnostic therapy, and in-services for schools.

LISTEN Foundation

6950 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 203

Greenwood Village , CO 80111

(303) 781-9440, (303) 781-2018 (fax)

email: lstnfoun@aol.com

www.listenfoundation.org

LISTEN is a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance and therapy services to families and children who are deaf/hh for: early intervention services, habilitation, parent education and support, coordination with schools, and training for professionals.

Marion Downs Hearing Center

"Communication for a Lifetime"

Specializing in direct clinical services/parent support/consumer advocacy/research/education

1793 -2 Quentin Street

Aurora , CO 80014

www.mariondownshearingcenter.org

720-859-0767

Nanette Thompson, M.S. CCC-SLP, Cert. AVT

303-887-0842

Provides individual speech/language therapy and aural rehabilitation to children who are deaf/hard of hearing. Specializing in auditory-verbal therapy.

Rocky Mountain Cochlear Implant Center

601 East Hampden Ave. Ste 530

Englewood , CO 80110-2776

303-806-6293

303-806-6292 fax

www.TheCNI.org

RMCIC is a full-service cochlear implant center that provides consultations, medical, audiology evaluations, diagnostic therapy, and in-service for schools.

*Rocky Mountain Deaf School

430 S Kipling

Lakewood , CO 80226

(303) 984-5749 phone (303) 984-5741 tty

website: www.rmdeafschool.org

The mission of Rocky Mountain Deaf School is to provide Deaf children - early childhood through 12th grade -- an education that is Deaf-friendly, supportive of the child's home, and managed by the parents, the Deaf community and the school personnel.

* Sewall Child Development Center

1360 Vine, Denver, CO 80206

(303) 399-1800

Early intervention services for Part C or Part B eligible children; specialized program for deaf/hard of hearing children
www.sewall.org

The Shared Reading Project at CSDB

Deb Branch or Cathy Bennett, SRP Site Coordinators at CSDB

719-578-2221 (phone)

email: dbranch@csdb.org or cbennett@csdb.org

The Shared Reading Project (SRP) is a nationally acclaimed program that helps promote early literacy in young Deaf and Hard of Hearing children. Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind is a Shared Reading Project site. Deaf tutors teach parents and caregivers how to read effectively to their Deaf and Hard of Hearing children using American Sign Language and how to use strategies to make book sharing most effective. The Shared Reading Project is being implemented and used throughout the country with great success. SRP is designed for children birth through age eight.

Specialized Services for Hearing Impaired Children

441 Saint Paul Street , Denver , CO 80206

(303) 321-8611

Speech, hearing & language services for children w/hearing loss via auditory-verbal training 0-10 years old.

 

University Hospital Audiology Department

1635 N Ursula St

Aurora , CO 80010

(303) 372-3190

Audiological testing, hearing aid dispenser; cochlear implant program, Marion Downs Hearing Clinic.

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