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Mississippi State Information

A mother holding her baby

Learning About Hearing Loss

Baby Hearing (English/ Spanish)

Beginnings for Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (English)

  • (800) 541-4327
  • raleigh@ncbegin.org

Beginnings for Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (español)

EHDI-PALS (English/Spanish)

Hear to Learn (English/ Spanish)

Hearing Loss in Children, CDC (English/ Spanish)

  • (800) 232-4636

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Raising Deaf Kids (English/ Spanish)

A smiling mom and baby; the baby has a cochlear implant | photo courtesy of Cochlear Americas

Getting Services for Your Child

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program

  • (601) 576-7427

First Steps (Part C)

  • (601) 576-7427

DuBard School for Language Disorders

  • (601) 266-5223

Family Voices of Mississippi

  • (601) 432-6876

Magnolia Speech School

  • (601) 922-5530

Mississippi Hearing-Vision Project

  • (601) 266-4568

Mississippi School for the Deaf

  • (601) 984-8000

Parent Information for Mississippi EHDI

Sertoma

TK Martin Center for Technology and Disability

  • (662) 325-1028
a dad signing -water- with his little boy

Learning More About Communication Options

Sign It!

ASL University

John Tracy Center (English/ Spanish)

National Cued Speech Association

two boys playing with toys, one has a cochlear implant | photo courtesy of Advanced Bionics

Finding Families Like Yours

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Mississippi Chapter

American Society for Deaf Children

de l’Epee Deaf Center

  • (228) 897-2280

Mississippi Division of Medicaid

  • (800) 421-2408 or (601) 359-6050

Mississippi Raising Special Kids

A smiling mom and baby; the baby has a cochlear implant

Helping to Pay for Services

American Speech-Language Hearing Association

Association of Assistive Technology ATAP Programs

Hearing Aid Loaner Bank Programs

Mississippi Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

  • (800) 884-3222

Mississippi Children's Medical Program

  • (800) 844-0898
  • (601) 576-7281

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