Ohio Valley Voices

Ohio Valley Voices (OVV) serves children who are deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH) and their families. We are a center that teaches children with hearing loss to listen and speak with the use of cochlear implants and hearing aids while supporting families as they navigate their child’s hearing loss. We empower parents to be strong advocates. We provide our children with focused, intensive, specialized instruction in listening and spoken language, so all children are speaking and listening after graduating and they learn alongside their hearing peers.

OVV has helped over 750 individuals in our center-based programs and over 1,250 individuals in our community-based programs. In addition, we partner with school districts to provide equipment, services and education to children and teachers. We collaborate with hospitals through research to create better programming. OVV serves approximately 325 individuals annually in the community, including hearing testing and screenings, individual speech and language therapy, equipment rentals, consulting, research, and community awareness programs. To us, every child and every spoken word is a gift.

We depend on the generous support and partnership of community members. You can help ensure that our services remain accessible to all children. Over a third of our budget comes from financial contributions from individuals and foundations. Visit our website to learn more about getting involved in keeping our programs running.