Causes: Education, Special Education

Mission:
Following the values and traditions of our founders, the mission of DePaul School for Hearing and Speech is to teach each child who is deaf or hard of hearing to listen, speak and learn. Our children enter the educational mainstream with the foundation to succeed.

Target demographics: children who are deaf or hard of hearing

Geographic areas served: Pittsburgh, southwestern PA, parts of OH and WV, and beyond

Programs: DePaul School for Hearing and Speech teaches children, from birth to age 15, who are deaf or hard of hearing to listen, speak, and learn. Our students have access to sound provided by cochlear implants or digital hearing aids and, combined with the intensive Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) education, speech and auditory-verbal therapy and audiological services provided at DePaul School, they can learn to listen and speak.

Most students who attend DePaul School's Toddler-Parent and Preschool Programs will be ready to transition to their neighborhood school by first grade and will be reading at or above grade level.

DePaul School for Hearing and Speech, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the only Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) school in the Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia tri-state area.