Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center

Our Mission

Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center provides speech-language, hearing, language interpreting, and Deaf services. We advocate for equal access to information and communication and value all individuals' language choices equally. Our vision is a community where everyone communicates effectively.
Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

We help children and adults develop or regain effective speaking, language, listening, reading, and writing skills.

We provide testing and individualized treatment for people of all ages, including early intervention and educational audiology.

We offer quality Language Interpreting services, including ASL, for individuals, businesses and organizations in Northeast Ohio.

Your donation to CHSC supports programs and services that are life-changing for our clients and their families.

We’re grateful for the support of:
Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation, Samuel H & Maria Miller Foundation, Mt. Sinai Health Foundation

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‘This spot will change lives’: Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing opens in Parma Heights

Check out this great piece from a local media partner- News 5 continues highlighting efforts to bridge the gap and serve those often overlooked across Northeast Ohio.

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Posted on August 26, 2024

Grand Opening of Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center Midtown Office

The Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center is thrilled to announce the grand opening of its new Midtown office on September 10, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

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Posted on June 13, 2024

Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center Announces Promotion of Dr. Jennell Vick to President and CEO

Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center, the region's only nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive care for people with hearing loss, speech/language disorders, and deafness, is pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Jennell Vick from Executive Director to President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective June 6, 2024.

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Posted on May 20, 2024

CHSC Project ELLA Wins Award

Project ELLA (Early Language and Literacy for All) was recognized with the 2024 Early Childhood Team Innovation Award by Invest in Children at their recent annual meeting. Invest in Children is the only county-designated office for early childhood in the United States and celebrates 25 years of connecting and convening services to benefit NEO families. The award recognizes the implementation of novel programs that meet the needs of families with young children.  

It is wonderful to receive recognition for this program! Our implementation of a public health approach to improving language development in children in every neighborhood of Cleveland with simple messaging and a talented team of community health workers is genuinely unique. The ELLA team is extraordinary and includes Rebecca Mental, our community health workers, Michael Rollins (on data), our entire client care coordinator team, our speech team, and our development team. 

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