Eitas - Developmental Disability Services of Jackson County

Our goal is to help those with hearing loss or impairment regain their lifestyle through the use of the most modern hearing test procedures, hearing aid technologies and caring professionals.

Information on Diagnosis of Hearing Loss in Newborns and Very Young Infants Websites

American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS)
http://www.entlink.net/index.cfm

American Auditory Society
http://www.amauditorysoc.org

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
http://asha.org

Boys Town National Research Hospital
http://www.boystownhospital.org

Jackson County Audiology
The Scottsdale Center
17020 East 40 Highway, Suite 9
Independence, MO 64055
Phone: (816)373-7900
E-mail: jacksoncountyaudio@yahoo.com
Website: http://jacksoncountyaudio.tripod.com/

Jackson County Audiology can help you with any of your hearing needs. We are service driven and want to help you find the optimal solution to your hearing problems. Whether you need a hearing test, service/repair on your current hearing aid, hearing aid batteries, or a digital hearing device Jackson County Audiology can help.

The Whole Person
3420 Broadway, Ste 105
Kansas City, Mo 64111
Phone: 816-561-0304
Fax: 816-753-8163
Toll Free: 800-878-3037
TTY: 816-627-2202
Website: http://www.thewholeperson.org/

Offers the support, resources, and assistance of people with extensive knowledge of deaf culture and hearing loss through peer group development and support by presenting information about the latest communication technology to all age groups, facilitating communication between foreign born and English speaking individuals who are deaf, advocating for interpreters in numerous and varied settings, introducing individuals who are deaf to captioned movies, assisting parents who are able to hear to understand and communicate with their children who are deaf, and connecting young individuals who are deaf with adult role models who are deaf.

Midwest Ear Institute
200 Pennsylvania, Suite 100
Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: (816) 932-1660
Website: Link

The Midwest Ear Institute is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life by restoring hearing. We accomplish this by evaluating and treating patients and by our involvement in clinical research projects. Through our work, we relieve the isolation and misunderstanding caused by hearing loss and other ear-related disorders by educating patients, their families, and professionals in the field.

Missouri Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
1500 Southridge Drive, Suite 201
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Voice/TTY: 573-526-5205
Videophone: 573-415-0083
Hours: M-F, 8:00 to 4:30
Fax: 573-526-5209
Website: www.mcdhh.mo.gov

Provides information and referral, workshops, training, and individual and systems advocacy.

Missouri School for the Deaf Resource Center on Deafness
505 East Fifth Street
Fulton, MO 65251
Voice/TDD: 573-592-2543
Fax: 573-592-2567
Website: http://www.msd.k12.mo.us/rcd/

Has following programs for individuals with hearing impairments and deafness: 1) school program for grade school, junior high, and high school students; 2) Captioned Media Program (CMP)-loans captioned videos and DVD's; 3) Project Outreach-serves children birth through 5 years old and their parents who are in First Steps program or ECSE program in the school district, offering information about hearing impairments, communication, and language through home visits; 4) Consultation Services for educational and developmental needs; 5) Evaluations to determine what services are needed to support a child in a school setting; 6) Sports programs; 7) Audiology Services-hearing evaluations for birth through 21 years old, center that gives consultation on assistive listening devices, assistive technology rental program for school districts, and hearing aid loaner program for when children's hearing devices wear out or get lost.