Early Intervention (birth-age three)
Tucker-Maxon’s Early Intervention Program continues our tradition of serving young children with hearing loss and their families. Parents are the most experienced and consistent influences on their child’s development. Therefore, this program focuses on developing caring and collaborative partnerships with parents that facilitate spoken language development through listening.
Our program is unique in Oregon:
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We offer intensive auditory-oral intervention.
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We provide an on-site audiologist who does hearing aid analysis and cochlear implant mapping.
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We offer weekly home and school sessions.
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We facilitate toddler groups with both children with typical hearing and children who are deaf.
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We hold a monthly support and information group for families.
A Tradition of Successful Early Intervention
At its founding in 1947, Tucker-Maxon enrolled children at age four. However, in 1976, Tucker-Maxon started the David DeWeese Hearing Center for Parents and Infants. The center was named in honor of Dr. David DeWeese, a long time Tucker-Maxon board member and chair of the Otolaryngology Department of Oregon Health Science University. The DeWeese Center served families of children with hearing loss from the age of onset or identification until the age of three. The DeWeese Center provided parents the emotional and educational support needed to understand the impact of deafness and helped parents select appropriate amplification . Originally the center was located at the Providence Hospital Children Center but was moved to the Tucker-Maxon campus in 1978. The program remained on campus until 2000, when the Tucker-Maxon early intervention program merged with the Hearing and Speech Institute's Infant Hearing Resource program. Tucker-Maxon reinstituted its own early intervention program in January 2006.
Paying for
Early Intervention
We provide early intervention services for the first 6 months at no cost to families. After 6 months, a sliding fee scale applies. No child with hearing loss has ever been denied admission to Tucker-Maxon for financial reasons.
If you have questions about paying for early intervention services at Tucker-Maxon, please contact us.