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FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES
Contact Tammy Black at 410-318-6780 or tblack@hasa.org
Our experts are accustomed to giving advice to parents and are willing to be on hand for reporters who need insight and information about hearing loss, deafness, Deaf culture, American Sign Language, interpreting, treatment for both common and rare communication disorders, hearing loss, new technologies for hearing-loss treatment, resources available for deaf or hard of hearing adults and children, developmental disorders with significant impact on speech/language ability, autism, and special education.
WHO IS HASA?
The Hearing and Speech Agency has been serving the Maryland community since 1926. Our services include:
- Adult and pediatric audiology
- An Auditory/Oral Center
- A Center for Fluency Enhancement
- Speech/Language Evaluations and Therapy
- Gateway School, a nonpublic school for children ages 3-12 with communication disorders
- Centralized Interpreter Referral Service (CIRS) that provides sign language and oral interpreters for members of the Deaf community throughout Maryland
WHAT MAKES HASA UNIQUE?
HASA does very specialized work with the Deaf community and with children and adults with some very interesting/challenging communication disorders such as:
- Selective Mutism
- Stuttering
- Infants with moderate to profound hearing loss who are learning to speak and function in the speaking world
- Adults and seniors newly diagnosed with hearing loss