History

Since 1996, Child’s Voice has provided the services necessary to give children with hearing loss the tools they need to succeed in a hearing world.

Founded by three families who wanted more for their children, Child’s Voice was created to be a school where children could learn to listen and verbally communicate.

Six children attended Child’s Voice the first year and enrollment in the 2011-2012 school year exceeded 100 families with children from just a few months to eight years old.

• 1996: Child's Voice opens with 6 students in Elmhurst, IL on February 15th.
• 2000: Child's Voice opens the Early Intervention Program.
• 2001: Child's Voice offers Mainstream Support Services to our alumni.
• 2003: Child's Voice moves to Wood Dale, IL.
• 2008: Child's Voice Audiology Center opens to provide audiological services for students and alumni.
• 2009: Child's Voice Learning Center teacher, Jeanette Hachmeister recognized by the Golden Apple Foundation for demostrated excellence in teaching.
• 2011: Child's Voice celebrates 15 years of providing listening and spoken language education to children with hearing loss on February 15th!
• 2012: Child's Voice graduated the largest class (to date) of students ready for their mainstream, neighborhood schools with 18 graduates on Friday, May 25th!
• 2012: Child's Voice is excited to begin offering Newborn Hearing Screening follow-up testing with an Auditory Brainstem Response system. Initial testing is being done currently and the Pediatric Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program (PEHDI)will launch after the first of the year.