Chicago Hearing Society
Offering a wide array of programs and services to the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Communities including providing communication access, hearing and assistive technologies, and support services.
On January 23, 1916, a group of about 30 hard of hearing individuals and teachers of the deaf met for the first time and organized under the name Chicago League for the Hard of Hearing. The group was led by Rose Dickinson and Gertrude Torrey, who modeled the organization after leagues that had been founded a few years earlier in Boston and New York.
The League incorporated as a nonprofit agency on May 6, 1916. Its original purposes were:
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