Foundation for Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation

The Foundation for Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation (FHSR), a Chicago-based non-profit organization, was established in the early 1950’s by a group of parents and professionals seeking to help deaf individuals. The FHSR continuously strives to assure that individuals with hearing and communication disorders have the opportunity to reach their full potential, enjoy the same social and educational opportunities as their peers and lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

Since 2002, the FHSR has donated funds to Children’s Memorial Hospital’s Section of Otology and Neurotology, and, in 2011, became an affiliated organization of the hospital. The Foundation is committed to providing primary underwriting for a wide array of otolaryngology, otology and cochlear implant programs and services at Children’s, including the Hart Family Educational Liaison position. Children’s otology program includes Illinois’ largest diagnostic center for childhood hearing loss as well as one of the largest cochlear implant programs in the world. The program, led by Nancy M. Young, MD, Head of the Section of Otology and Neurotology and medical director of the audiology and cochlear implant programs, is considered one of the most comprehensive audiology and cochlear implant programs in the U.S. Since establishing Children’s program in 1991, Dr. Young has performed more than 1,000 cochlear implants.

For more information, please visit www.fhsr.org, read the latest issue of the FHSR’s Hear!Hear! newsletter or contact Children’s Memorial Foundation at 773.880.6871.