Services available through the HIS Program:

• In-home intervention for infants and preschoolers and their families.
• Parent training and support.
  
• Individualized instruction in schools by certified teachers of the hearing impaired.
• Consultation with school personnel about hearing loss, assistive technology, and communication methods.
• Assistance to school nurses with hearing screenings in the schools.
• Individual hearing testing and amplification system evaluation.
• Amplification system loaner program.
• Sign language interpreters.
• School-to-adult life transition services.
  

To refer a student with a hearing loss for HIS Services:

• Complete a HIS referral form.
• Attach proof of hearing loss from an audiologist and/or ear-nose-throat physcian.
• If feasible, attach a "permission to evaluate" signed by the parent.
  
• Mail to:
  Hearing Support Program
  Intermediate Unit 8
  4500 6th Avenue
  Altoona, PA 16602