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WISHES


Wisconsin Infant/Children’s Statewide Hearing Aid Exchange Service

 

The Wisconsin Infant & Children's Statewide Hearing Aid Exchange Service (WISHES) program loans hearing instruments (hearing aids and/or FM systems) for a 6 month period to newly identified deaf and hard of hearing children who are not Medicaid eligible or do not have hearing aid insurance coverage (children ages 0-3 will be given priority).


The purpose of the program is to assure that all children identified with a hearing loss have access to auditory development of the brain through high quality hearing instruments soon after identification.


This temporary assistance is intended to bridge the gap between identification of a hearing loss and obtaining the financial means to purchase personal amplification or for children awaiting cochlear implant surgery.


Families can access the program through their clinical audiologist.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • No financial criteria other than not having access to personal insurance or state funded medical assistance that covers hearing instruments.
  • Minimal paperwork, audiologist submits a Hearing Aid Request Form indicating the device/s they are requesting and families must sign a Parent Use Agreement indicating that they may be held financially responsible for loss or damage to the hearing instrument/s.
  • Additional supports include 1 package of batteries per hearing instrument, one set of custom ear molds, and one Parent Care Kit.
  • Web-based accessibility for requesting hearing instruments will be developed with the assistance of the University of Wisconsin-Stout – Assistive Technology Resource Center.
  • Personal FM Systems will be included as an option to the extent possible.

For additional Information, please contact:
Stacie Heckendorf
Educational Audiology Consultant
WISHES Program Coordinator
WI Educational Services Program for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing (WESPDHH) Outreach
124 2nd Street #11
Baraboo, WI 53913
Office: 608-355-2023
FAX: 608-355-2042
Cell: 262-749-6763
Blackberry: stacie.heckendorf@uscellular.blackberry.com
Email: anastasia.heckendorf@wesp-dhh.wi.gov


The WISHES program is a collaborative effort between the multiple agencies and programs listed below:

  • Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WESPDHH) - Outreach
  • Wisconsin Sound Beginnings Program
  • WisTech
  • University of Wisconsin-Stout – Assistive Technology Resource Center

 

        

 

Last Updated: 8/6/09

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Phone: 888-656-8556
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