2012 Annual Dinner

Please join us during our 2012 Annual Dinner, Legacy of Leadership: Honoring 65 Years of Service, on Thursday, March 1, 2012 as we commemorate 65 years of sound and service. Secure your tickets or table of ten today.

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Help us win new school supplies!

Do you love Coke-A-Cola or Sprite or need a Nestea to jump start your day? Here is a way you can help the Melinda Webb School win some new school supplies just by drinking Coke products. Donate a few of your MyCokeRewards today! Click here to learn more.

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Thank you for supporting us at Houston Via Colori 2011

On behalf of the entire CHS staff and the families we serve, we would like to thank everyone who sponsored something, made a donation, volunteered, attended, or was an artists at Houston Via Colori this year. We had more than 20,000 supporters attend and we truly appreciate each one of you. See you all next year!

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Gus McHam Learning Institute

If you missed the December Gus McHam session have no fear, there is still time to join us for during the January and February sessions. Click here to learn more.

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    The Audiology Clinic
    Comprehensive hearing, hearing aid and cochlear implant services to children from birth to 18 years.
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    The Speech Clinic
    The Speech Clinic offers individualized evaluations and programs for mild to profoundly deaf children ages three weeks to eighteen years.
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    Melinda Webb School
    The Melinda Webb School is an early education program serving children age eighteen months to six years.
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    Family Services
    Our Family Services department helps to provide awareness, counseling and fellowship for families of hearing-impaired children.

The Center for Hearing and Speech

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The Center for Hearing and Speech (CHS) is the only full-service resource in Houston, and one of only three in Texas, that teaches children with mild to profound hearing loss to speak and read rather than use sign language. With the aid of advanced technology, highly trained staff and its listening-based approach to developing communication skills in the hearing impaired, CHS has helped thousands of children develop listening, speaking and literacy skills needed to succeed in the mainstream hearing world.

CHS depends on support from corporations, foundations, individuals and the United Way to achieve our goals. To learn more about how we’re funded, click here.

Success Stories

Kerri Kalinec

Hello, my name is Kerri Kalinec.  I would like you to know the great impact The Center for Hearing and Speech has had on my life.  The School gave me the chance to learn how to communicate effectively with anyone.  As a...

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Via Colori A Street Painting Festival benefiting
The Center for Hearing and Speech

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Sat, Nov 17, 2012 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sun, Nov 18, 2012 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Experience Houston Via Colori®, The Street Painting Festival. Watch as the streets of downtown Houston are transformed into an unconventional art gallery and support a worthy organization for deaf children, The Center for Hearing and Speech (CHS). More about the festival

To learn more about sponsorship opportunities and festival activities, please contact Event Manager, Lisa Benitez at 713-523-3633.

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