Hearing loss affects entire communities and Illinois is no exception
Listen and Learn:
In the United States for every 1,000 children born, 3 will have hearing loss and 40% of those children will be deaf.
According to the World Health Institute, deafness is America's leading birth defect. Since FHSR was founded in 1958 we have been committed to providing the best care and support necessary to children with hearing loss and their families.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association states that the number of Americans living with a hearing loss has doubled in the past 30 years. More than 31 million Americans had hearing loss in 2004. There are 24.1 million individuals with a hearing loss who do not own a hearing aid device. About 60,000 cochlear implants have been implemented in the past 20 years—about one half in adults and one half in children.
One of the fastest growing populations with hearing loss is teenagers. Research shows that one in five teens in the United States has a hearing loss due to high-volume sounds in daily life such as headphones emitting loud music and excessive traffic noise.
The CDC reports that each year more than 12,000 babies are born with a hearing loss in the United States; often the cause is unknown. According to the World Health Institute, deafness is America's leading birth defect.
A Move for the Kids Interview with the Evangelides Family
FHSR sat down with the amazing Mallory Evangelides, team captain for Mal's Pals, and her mom Jennifer Evangelides, to chat about the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago's Move for the Kids 5K Run/Walk event. Please join us at Move for the Kids on Sunday, May 19th at 9:00 am on the Chicago Lakefront!
A big thank you to everybody who helped make Rock the Town and Cheers for Ears 2019 smashing successes!
FHSR Speaker series Presents: Supporting Deaf/Hard of Hearing Children: From Identification to Education
Thursday February 6, 2020 6:00 pm
The FHSR Education Committee is proud to present the 2020 Speaker Series
Supporting Deaf/Hard of Hearing Children: From Identification to Education
A moderated panel of medical and education professionals in pediatric hearing loss will be addressing these topics
Bowling with Friends
Sunday February 9, 2020 1:00 pm
Calling all kids with Hearing loss ages 5 and up
Join the FHSR Associate Board on Sunday February 10
at Pinstripes in Oakbrook 1-3pm
for a fun gathering of Bowling and Pizza.
Hear! Hear! Newsletter
FHSR Short Historical Documentary
October 10, 2016 Learn More
Miguel's Story with FHSR and Cheers for Ears!
FHSR 2016 Cheers for Ears 1
FHSR 2016 CHEERS movie 2
Do you Like my Drawing
Schools/Local Organizations
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago Hearing Society
Child's Voice
Directory : Illinois Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Illinois Department of Human Services
Illinois Sound Beginnings
ITDHH – Online Resources
Merit School of Music
Old Town School of Folk Music
AG Bell
American Speech and Hearing Association
cochlear implant Help
National Association for the Deaf
National Institute on deafness and other communication disorders
Advanced Bionics
Cochlear Americas
Med-EL