Patient Resources | Overview
Information and support for parents of children with cochlear implants and parents seeking information about cochlear implants.
Organizations
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program, Boston Children’s Hospital: Patient resources for developing language and supporting deaf and hard of hearing children
- National Institutes of Health: Information on cochlear implants
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing: International organization supporting listening and talking
- National Association of the Deaf: National organization supporing the use of sign language
- Educational Audiology Association: Resources on supporting deaf and hard of hearing students in school
- Federation for Children with Special Needs: Parent resources on preparing IEPs and about relevant legislation
- cochlear implant HELP: Information and support for and by people with cochlear implants
- Cochlear Implant Basics: Information and support for and by people with cochlear implants
- Hearing Loss Association of America: National organization supporting deaf and hard of hearing people through education and advocacy
- mydeafchild.org: Rachel Coleman’s website, mother of Deaf child and founder of Signing Times
- Supporting Success for Children with Hearing Loss: Organization dedicated to help children with hearing loss led by director Karen Anderson, Ph.D.
Cochlear implants and meningitis risk
- Meningitis vaccination: Information from the CDC and FDA regarding the risk of pneumococcal meningitis and recommendation that cochlear implant users receive age-appropriate vaccination.
Cochlear implant manufacturers
The Cochlear Implant Program at Boston Children’s Hospital offers the following manufacturers of cochlear implants:
Remote microphone hearing assistance technologies (RM-HAT)
- FrontRow: Classroom FM and infrared systems, emergency alerting and response
- Phonak: Classroom and personal sound field FM systems
- Lightspeed: Classroom and personal sound field FM systems
- Audio Enhancement: Classroom and personal sound field FM systems
Classroom acoustics
- Classroom Acoustics Coalition: Online version Classroom Acoustics: A Resource for Creating Learning Environments with Desirable Listening Conditions
Captioned videos and communication access in real time (CART)
- Described and Captioned Media Program, National Association of the Deaf: Online catalog of open-captioned videos for children and adults; resources for classroom instruction
- Caption First, CART services
- Languages Unlimited, CART services