We are dedicated to developing a child's listening, speech and language skills.

We focus on communication as the primary need for hearing-impaired children. Echo Center provides numerous and varied experiences for each child to develop useful language and to listen, speak and interact with other children and adults. We collaborate with parents and classroom teachers to formulate and implement a program specifically for each individual child.

Based on their capabilities and needs, students participate in mainstream classes at Echo Horizon School. We monitor their progress carefully and provide assistance, as needed, to ensure success.

The teachers and staff of Echo Center and Echo Horizon School strive to foster in each child a sense of personal worth and respect for others. Young hearing-impaired children entering our program have many opportunities for social interaction with hearing peers.

Expectations are high at Echo Center. Through a concerted effort, we encourage each hearing-impaired child to increase understanding and use of new vocabulary, complex sentence structures and general knowledge.

As children achieve verbal competence, reading and writing skills also flourish. In addition, we emphasize growth in creativity, independence and the ability to solve problems and make decisions.