Founded in 1921, Cleveland Hearing Speech Center (CHSC) serves, advocates for, and empowers individuals with diverse communication abilities and increases public awareness and sensitivity about hearing loss, deafness, speech-language and related literacy issues. New services in 2021 include: American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreting and Spoken Language Interpreting in more than 150 languages.

With 4 locations, CHSC is the premier source of services, information, training, research, and advocacy aimed at creating a world where persons with diverse communication abilities can succeed. Our vision is a community where everyone communicates effectively.

The University Circle location of CHSC includes the Community Center for the Deaf Hard of Hearing (CCDHH) which provides a broad range of services, programs, and resources for persons who are Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing living in Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake, Lorain, and Sandusky county.