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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. 

CHSC Honors Don Messinger for 50 Years of Board Service

Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center (CHSC) honored board member Don Messinger for 50 years of service with a special presentation at the annual CHSC donor appreciation event held at Shaker Heights Country Club on April 3, 2024.

Gallaudet University Tests New Technology at CHSC

On Thursday, March 28th, Dr. Raja Kushalnagar professor and director of the Information Technology program in the School of Science, Technology, Accessibility, Mathematics, and Public Health at Gallaudet University, and Michaela Brandt, research assistant, visited the Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CCDHH) at Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center (CHSC) to test a new technology that is focused on promoting equity and inclusion in research and medical settings.

 CHSC Awarded CARF Accreditation Renewal

Based on its recent survey, Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center has been issued a 3-Year CARF Accreditation renewal. Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, CARF International is an independent, nonprofit health and human services accreditor.

Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center Announces Strategic Growth Plans to Better Serve the Community

Cleveland, Ohio – June 21, 2023 - Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center (CHSC) is thrilled to announce a significant expansion of its outreach initiatives and plans to establish new locations and partnerships to better serve the greater Cleveland community. This decision follows a 12-month, data-driven study of the critical gaps in services for underserved groups.

Friends of Society for the Deaf Seeking RFP

Friends of Society for the Deaf (FSFD) is accepting applications for funding proposals from not for profit organizations that serve and/or support deaf and hard of hearing youth and/or adults.

Ohio Clinician Mental Health Training for Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Deaf Services Center, Inc., and Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center present this training which equips Ohio clinicians with knowledge and insight into the Deaf & Hard of Hearing community, a cultural and linguistic minority with very limited access to mental health care. This training was made possible by a grant from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

HB252 Signed into Law

On Thursday, July 1, 2021, the bill, sponsored by Reps. Andrea White (R-Kettering) and Phil Plummer (R-Dayton), entered Ohio into the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (ASLP-IC). HB 252 received unanimous support in committee and was passed with a vote of 96-0 in the House.

Ohio AG Yost Issues Warning of Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids

(COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 2021) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is alerting consumers to beware of some misleading tactics by over-the-counter hearing aid companies that make false claims of performance and that they have the government’s approval.

“There are a lot of options for Ohioans that need hearing assistance, but quite honestly some of these products are not much better than putting your hand up behind your ear,” Yost said. “Be careful and do your research so you don’t add a money loss to a hearing loss."

Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center Partners with Neighborhood Family Practice to Provide COVID-19 Vaccines to Deaf & Hard of Hearing Individuals on April 9, 2021

NFP’s latest partnership for vaccine administration is with the Community Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CCDHH) at Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center (CHSC). The organizations worked together to produce a video (link below) about COVID-19 vaccines specifically for individuals with communication challenges. The video features Melanie Golembiewski, MD, MPH, NFP’s associate medical director answering vaccine questions (in English & Spanish) with the support of a sign language interpreter.