Hearing Aid Resource List

• National Resources
• State Specific Resources
  Iowa
  Nebraska
  Kansas
  Missouri
• Service Clubs
• Other Possible Funding Sources

National Resources

• AARP
  800-424-3410
  www.aarp.org
  Consumer Guide to Hearing Aids
• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  202-337-5220 voice 5221 TTY
  www.agbell.org
• Better Hearing Institute
  800-327-9355 (voice)
  www.betterhearing.org 
  Provides educational material and publications on hearing loss, aids, resources.
• Hear Now/Hearing Foundation International, Inc.
  800-648-4327 consumers
  800-328-8602 physicians/agencies
  www.hearingaide.org 
  Purchase of hearing aids for low-income children and adults (including senior citizens).
• Hearing Aids for Kids
  888-495-2949
  This private practice audiologist makes hearing aids available to children at a significantly reduced cost if families cannot afford; located in Utah. If unable to come to her practice, she will work through local licensed audiologists who will waive the normal fees to dispense and fit the aids.
• HIKE – Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment
  352-688-2579
  www.thehikefund.org 
  Provides hearing aids for children ages birth to 22 from low-income families.
• International Hearing Society
  800-521-5247 (voice)
  http://ihsinfo.org/IhsV2/Home/Index.cfm 
  Consumer information kit available for resources in own community; will help identify a competent, professional "hearing instrument specialist" in your area.
• Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.
  301-657-2248 voice 2249 TTY
  http://www.shhh.org 
  National organization of/for individuals who have hearing loss; bi-monthly journal, publications, annual national conference, state chapters.

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State Specific Resources
 

IOWA

• Child Health Specialty Clinics (IOWA ONLY)
  319-356-1118 voice
  Will purchase hearing aids for children with special health care needs, if eligible medically and financially, and no other services are available.
• Iowa Program for Assistive Technology
  800-348-7192 (Jennifer)
  http://www.uiowa.edu/infotech/InfoTech 
  Assistive technology loan programs, resources, relationships with vendors.

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NEBRASKA

• Aging and Disability Services (NEBRASKA ONLY)
  800-358-8802
  http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/index.htm 
  Will purchase hearing aids for children with special health care needs, if eligible medically and financially, and no other services are available.
• Nebraska Assistive Technology Partnership
  888-806-6287
  http://www.atp.ne.gov 
  Assistive technology loan programs, resources, relationships with vendors.

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KANSAS

• Assistive Technology for Kansans
  800-KANDOIT (800-526-3648)
  http://atk.ku.edu/ 
  Assistive technology loan programs, resources, relationships with vendors.
• Children's Miracle Network Children's Mercy Hospital
   Kansas City, MO
  816-346-1370
• St. Francis Hospital
  Topeka, KS
  785-295-8181
• University of Kansas Medical Center
  Kansas City, KS
  913-588-5937
• Via Christi
  Wichita, KS
  316-268-5000
• Make a Difference Information Network (KANSAS ONLY)
  800-332-6262 
  http://www.makeadifferenceks.org

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MISSOURI

• Missouri Assistive Technology
  800-647-8557 (voice) 8558 (TTY)
  http://www.at.mo.gov/ 
  Assistive technology loan programs, resources, relationships with vendors.
• Special Healthcare Needs (MISSOURI ONLY)
  800-451-0669
  http://www.dhss.mo.gov/SHCN 
  Will purchase hearing aids for children with special health care needs, if eligible medically and financially, and no other services are available.
• United Cerebral Palsy
  800-872-5827 voice
  202-973-7197 TTY
  http://www.ucp.org 
  Financial assistance and equipment loan programs available (services vary state by state and program to program).

  Some regional programs:

  UCP of Kansas
  Wichita 316-688-1888

  UCP of Greater Kansas City (Kansas & Missouri)
  816-531-4454

  UCP of St. Louis
  314-994-1600

  UCP of Northwest Missouri
  St. Joseph
  816-364-3836

  UCP of Nebraska
  Omaha
  402-572-3686

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Service Clubs

These service clubs may provide financial assistance.* There may be other service clubs or local chapters in your community. In addition to these national contacts, check the white and yellow pages in your telephone book for local contacts. (Some states also have a Hearing Aid Bank sponsored by these organizations that distribute recycled hearing aids.)

• Business & Professional Women's Clubs National Federation
  2012 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036
  202-293-1100
  www.bpwusa.org
• Civitan International
  1 Civitan Place Birmingham, AL 35213-1983
  800-CIVITAN (800-248-4826)
  www.civitan.org
• Kiwanis International
  3636 Woodview Trace Indianapolis, IN 46268-3196
  800-549-2647
  www.kiwanis.org
• Lions Clubs International
  300 West 22nd Street Oak Brook, IL 60521
  630-571-5466
  www.lionsclubs.org
• Pilot International
  P.O. Box 4844 Macon, GA 31208
  478-743-7403
  www.pilotinternational.org
• Quota International
  1420 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20036
  202-331-9694
  www.quota.org
• Rotary International
  1 Rotary Center 1560 Sherman Avenue Evanston, IL 60201
  847-866-3000
  www.rotary.org
• Sertoma International
  1912 East Myer Boulevard Kansas City, MO 64132
  816-333-8300
  www.sertoma.org
• Shriner's International Headquarters
  2900 Rocky Point Drive Tampa, FL 33607
  813-281-0300
  www.shrinershq.org

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Other Possible Funding Sources

• Area Agencies on Aging
• Centers for Independent Living
• Medicaid
• Private Insurance Policies/HMOs
• Union Benefits
• Veterans Administration
• Vocational Rehabilitation

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Check your local telephone book for the location nearest you.

This information was compiled by by Beth Jordan at Helen Keller National Center, Shawnee Mission, KS, 913-677-4562 V/TTY, Fall, 2001.