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Causes: Deaf & Hearing Impaired Centers, Disabilities, Human Services
Mission: The Center for Communication, Hearing & Deafness is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to help infants, children and adults reach their fullest potential by eliminating communication and language barriers through personalized services, technology and education.
Target demographics: children, infants and adults with a hearing loss
Direct beneficiaries per year: over 6,000 children, infants and adults with a hearing loss and their families
Geographic areas served: the Milwaukee metro area
Programs: Early Intervention: Birth to 3; Community Rehabilitation Program; Community Audiology Services, a full service Audiology Clinic in partnership with UW-Milwaukee; CommunicationLink, ASL interpreting servicing all of Wisconsin; UniversaLink, an assistive technology store; ASL classes; Speech-Language Pathology services; Child and Family services and Long-Distance Auditory-Verbal Therapy.