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A Message from the Board Chair

and the CEO

Dear Friends of the Hearing Speech + Deaf Center,

2018 was a year of challenge for our

agency, reflecting overall trends in the

non-profit world. Compared to the prior

year, HSDC experienced reduced funding

from foundations and United Way.

Foundations have informed us that the

number of applicants for their grants has

increased significantly.

On a positive note, significant growth in HSDC’s audiology services and the

accompanying increase in service revenues partially offset reduced grant

funding. Fortunately, the trend of increasing service revenue continues in

2019 with very significant growth in all fields of service. However, grants and

contributions remain a critical revenue stream for our agency, and we very

much appreciate your ongoing support.

The leadership team, as well as the Board of Directors, continue to strive to

market our organization and build brand awareness. In 2018, HSDC received

the Nonprofit Design Blitz Award from the prestigious local marketing firm,

LPK. Through this award, LPK helped HSDC design a new logo and tagline

that will be used in a rebranding effort in 2019. We recently implemented

our new logo which you can see in this report.

With our growing services in audiology, speech and occupational therapy,

and community services for the D/deaf, HSDC is assisting more members of

the community. For 94 years, we have been dedicated to fulfilling our

mission of strengthening our community through advocacy and by

supporting individuals and families to overcome obstacles to communication.

Thank you for the steadfast support from each of you – volunteers, advisors,

board members, donors, community members, and of course, our dedicated

staff. With your continued support, we look forward to 2025 when we

will reach 100 years of care and advocacy to individuals and families in

Greater Cincinnati.

Very sincerely,

Ron Weitzenkorn J.B. Boothe, OTR/L, MBA

Chair, Board of Directors Chief Executive Officer

Board of

Directors J.B. Boothe, OTR/L, MBA

Chief Executive Officer

Officers

Ron Weitzenkron

Board Chair

John Sinclair

Vice Chair / Secretary

Roy Kulick, M.D., MBA

Treasurer

Board Members

Kevin Arey

Georgeanna Bien-Aime

Lisa D’Amore

Robert Dehner

Richard Kretschmer

Jody Lazarow

Michael Lipson

Kevin Murray

Jennifer Pinto

Tracey Puthoff

Wayne Scott

Carolyn D. Sotto

Jeff Williams

Advisory Members

David Haffner

Jim Metzger

Ravi Samy

Robert Shank

Emeritus Members

Fred Brunner

Laura Kretschmer

Gerald Debrunner*

Jack Gottschalk, D.D.S.

Dick Hannan*

Stephen Hogg, M.D.*

Elizabeth T. Mann

Marjorie Marz Motch

Jay Price*

Sue Ransohoff

*Deceased

Mission

The Hearing Speech + Deaf Center strengthens

our community through advocacy and by supporting

individuals and families to overcome obstacles

to communicate

Vision

As the premier community resource with a reputation

for excellence, the Hearing Speech + Deaf Center

believes that communication is the foundation of all

human interactions.

Values

We support an individual’s choice of communication mode.

We endeavor to provide individuals and their families with the highest quality comprehensive services without

regard to their demonstrated ability to pay.

We embrace diversity and recruit staff and leadership volunteers who reflect those we serve.

We conduct ourselves with integrity, a high degree of professionalism, and business ethics

beyond reproach.

Building Community Through Communication

Audiology - Through an evaluation

and consultation process, our

audiologists diagnose and treat

hearing loss. HSDC works with

all major hearing aid manufacturers

to find the best match for an

individual’s needs, lifestyle,

and budget.

Speech-Language and

Occupational Therapy - HSDC’s

speech-language pathologists use

evaluations and therapy strategies

to improve speech and language

disorders and maximize their

patients’ communication abilities.

The occupational therapists

evaluate and treat deficits or

delays in the areas of gross

motor skills, fine motor skills

and sensory integration.

Community Services for the Deaf -

We offer American Sign Language

interpreting and C-Print©

captioning for individuals or

businesses who have clients,

patients, or students who are

D/deaf. We also offer advocacy

and monthly social events to the

D/deaf community.

The Hearing Speech + Deaf Center’s services include:

Financial Report

Grants

Advocates For Kids

William P. Anderson Foundation

The Erma A. Bantz Foundation

Chemed Foundation

The Charles H. Dater Foundation

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Katie Haumesser Foundation

HealthPath Foundation of Ohio

Interact for Health

Robert A. & Marian K. Kennedy Charitable Trust

George B. Riley Trust Estate

The Daniel & Susan Pfau Foundation

Sertoma

The Spaulding Foundation

The Robert & Christine Steinmann Family Foundation

The Sutphin Family Foundation

J. Frederick & Helen B. Vogel Charitable Trust

Revenue

Program Services - 64% $1,189,122

Contributions - 13% 248,625

Grants - 8% 154,047

Government Funds - 5% 98,571

Endowment - 5% 96,950

United Way - 5% 92,000

Total $1,879,315

Expenses

Program - 81% $1,616,595

Administrative - 11% 222,517

Fundraising - 8% 162,760

Total $2,001,872

The Hearing Speech + Deaf Center has increased financial stability over the past 4 years. As we continue to

develop our infrastructure, evaluate our service delivery, carefully manage our expenses and let the Greater

Cincinnati community know that we are the experts in hearing, speech, and D/deaf services, we will continue

to move in a positive direction.

64% 13%

8%

5%

5% 5%

11%

8%

81%

HSDC’s Community Services for the Deaf extended the successes of its programming in 2018 with advocacy,

education, Pre-Employment Transition Services, and Community Employment Services for individuals, plus

public activities necessary for a vibrant D/deaf community. These services are funded by Opportunities for

Ohioans with Disabilities, foundations, and contributions. American Sign Language interpreting and C-Print©

captioning is offered to businesses and individuals, as well. HSDC has experienced staff interpreters in addition

to freelance interpreters who provided more than 10,000 hours of interpreting services in 2018.

Clinical Services

Interpreting Services

hours

10,000+ requests

filled

96% requests made

less than 24

hours in advance

35% Hours spent related to...

Community

413+ Education

40+ Legal

47+ Life Skills

201+

Medical

25+ Mental

Health

18+ Vocational

75+ Youth

Services

112+

Advocating Services

Community Services for the Deaf

In 2018, HSDC’s Clinical Services Department expanded services to meet the needs of the community by

partnering with Positive Leaps in West Chester. Positive Leaps is a specialized day treatment center for

children with significant behavioral concerns. HSDC provides speech therapy to children with articulation and/

or language delays who are enrolled at Positive Leaps. This treatment occurs at the Positive Leaps facility so

the children’s mental health counselor is available to work collaboratively with our speech-language

pathologist. The speech-language pathologists have continued to work in the Connections for Life program,

partnering with Central Clinic,in a unique co-treatment situation for young children. They have also continued

to provide services at the Schiff-Oyler Cincinnati Early Learning Center, providing place based early

intervention speech services prior to entry into kindergarten.

The growth of audiology services continues at all three locations through the remarkable efforts of our

audiologists who exceeded even the most optimistic productivity forecasts. Nearly 1000 hearing aids were fit

in 2018 with approximately 72% going to patients living at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.

The Charitable Services Program was also revamped and rebranded as

CenterCares in 2018. CenterCares now delivers audiology, speech and

occupational therapy services on a sliding scale to individuals and families

who qualify for these services. By adding more structure to the program,

HSDC can better demonstrate the magnitude of our community’s needs in

requesting grants from philanthropic foundations.

Donors

Thank you to our supporters!

Ms. Luann Abrahams Accenture David & Mary Adams Mr. & Mrs. Richard N. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Adleta Dr. & Mrs. Richard Aft Jennifer Agnello Mrs. Louise K. Allen Mr. & Mrs. Judson Allgood Peter & Vicki Alpaugh Mr. & Mrs. Randy &

Bonnie Altman Dr. & Mrs. Derek

van Amerongen Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Dan & Susan Ansel Ms. Carol Aquino Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Arey Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Arey ARGI Gives Ms. Erin Arnold Mr. & Mrs. John Baker Mr. & Mrs. James Bangel Mrs. Carolyn Barham Mr. & Mrs. John F. Barrett Ms. Heidi Barta Mr. Robert P. Baute Mr. & Mrs. Tom &

Becki Meyer Mr. Ron Beerman Ms. Tamara Behrens Ms. Karen Bell The Benevity Community

Impact Fund Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bergman Dr. Holly Binnig Ms. Marianne Bir &

Mr. Jim Sears Ms. Rachel Blackman Mr. & Mrs. David Blanchette Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Blatt Ms. Claudia Bley Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Bloch Ms. Margaret Morris &

Mr. Ethan Boger Mr. John Boggess Mrs. Mary Janet Bohanan Billy Bohl Ms. Mary Lynne Boorn &

Mr. Fred Kieser Ms. J.B. Boothe &

Ms. Lyn Engle Ms. Christy Borneman Mr. James J. Brady Mr. Curt Braman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Brennan Ms. Susan Brenner &

Mr. Steven A. Mombach Ms. Leslie Bricker Dr. Marta Brockmeyer Ms. Duffy Brodsky Mr. & Mrs. Gary Brown

Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Brunner Ms. Mary Ann Buchino Mr. & Mrs. George &

Mary Jo Budig Ms. Aimee Buehner Ms. Janet Bunge Mr. Thomas Burke Dr. & Mrs. George Callard Mr. & Mrs. Lee Carter Ms. Jeanine Caudill Ms. Heather CH Ms. Nancy Chestnut Ms. Dot Christenson Cincinnati Bell Cincinnati Hills Christian

Academy Mr. & Mrs. Stan Clark Mr. & Mrs. Louis &

Kathy Claybon Mr. & Mrs. Dan &

Judith Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Philip Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Marc Colegrove Ms. Amy Collingwood Mr. & Mrs. Marshal Compton Ms. Ethel "Chris" Comte Mr. & Mrs. Greg Conners Mr. James Constable &

Mary Wood-Constable Mr. & Mrs. Michael Coombe Mr. & Mrs. Ralph C. Corley Mr. Bob Coughlin Mrs. Lee Crooks Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Crotty Dr. & Mrs. Jim Cryder Mr. & Mrs. William Culp Ms. Beth D'Amico Ms. Judith W. D'Amico Mr. Daniel E. Danzinger Ms. Greta Daugherty Ms. Mary Jo Davis Ms. Nancy Dawley Mrs. Nancy DeBrunner Ms. Maria Dehne Robert & Barbara Dehner Mr. Robert C. Dehner Ms. Emma Dickison Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Diesbach Robert & Gretchen Dinerman Mr. Doll Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Drees Mr. & Mrs. Mike &

Carolyn Eagen Sylvie Falk Mr. & Mrs. William Fee Mr. Douglas Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. Louis &

Carole Finkelmeier Dr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Alan &

Ann Fischoff Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Fisher

Mr. & Mrs. Barry Fittes Ms. Elisabeth Fitzgerald Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fluharty Rev. & Mrs. Roger L. Foote Mrs. Lisa Fox Ms. Sue Francisco Mr. & Mrs. Alan & Ann Frank Ms. Catherine Lawless Frank Mr. & Mrs. Norman Frankel Mr. & Mrs. David Freytag Ms. Angela Frith Dr. Martin Fritzhand Mr. & Mrs. Tom Gaier Mr. & Mrs. Dick Garver GE Foundation Ms. Mary Gerson Dr. & Mrs. Charles Glueck Ms. Laura Goldman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Goldman Mr. Michael Goldman Dr. Thomas M. Goldman Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Gorman Dr. & Mrs. Jack W. Gottschalk Gradison Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Mark Greene Mr. Steve Guggenheim Dr. & Mrs. Byron Gustin Mr. & Mrs. John Habbert Mr. & Mrs. David Haffner Mrs. Priscilla Haffner Mr. & Mrs. Gary &

JoAnn Hagopian Mr. & Mrs. Edward Hallahan Mrs. Richard Hannan Ms. Roz Harkavy Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey P. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Harris Mr. Gary Hartman Ms. Susan Haumesser Mr. & Ms. Franklin W. Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. Ray Helbling Mr. & Mrs. Fred &

Patti Heldman Mr. & Mrs. Stephen

Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Paul Hendrick Mr. Michael C. Hetzel Mr. & Mrs. Fred Heyse Ms. Molly Hiles Dr. & Mrs. Michael Hill Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Hill Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hiller Mr. & Mrs. Don Hinkley E. Hof Ms. Florette Hoffheimer Mr. Jon Hoffheimer Ms. Arlene J. Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Brian Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. David Hoguet Mr. & Mrs. Eric C. Holzapfel Ms. Alexandra Hornak

Mr. & Mrs. Roger L. Howe Mr. & Mrs. Terrence Howe Mr. & Mrs. John Isch Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Jarnicki Dr. Candyse Jeffries &

Mr. Michael A. Marrero Johnson & Johnson Family

of Companies Mr. & Mrs. Doug &

Tracy Jones Mr. & Mrs. Jim Jones Ms. Eileen Joyce Mr. & Mrs. Ken Kabel Mr. & Mrs. Michael &

Judy Kadetz Mrs. Susan Kahn Mr. Bob Bloom &

Ms. Alison Kamine Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kanter Mr. & Mrs. Rick Kantor Ms. Amy Kattman Ms. Arlene Katz Mr. & Mrs. Brian Keating Peter & Sandra Keiser Dr. & Mrs. Richard Kerstine Dr. & Mrs. Thomas R.

Kiefhaber Ms. Karen Kmetz Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Koehler Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Korkin Ms. Carol W. Kortekamp Ms. Laura Kravitz Drs. Richard & Laura

Kretschmer, Jr. Drs. Linda & David Krill The Kroger Co. Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Krone Mr. & Mrs. Michael Krug Mr. & Mrs. Joel Kulick Mr. & Mrs. Neal Kulick Dr. & Mrs. Roy Kulick Mr. & Mrs. Polk Laffoon, IV Everett & Barbara Landen Mr. & Mrs. Michael &

Carol Landwehr Mr. & Mrs. Thomas

Langenkamp Ms. Karen Larsen Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Law Ms. Kate Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Lazarow Ms. M. Drue Lehmann Lenovo Your Cause Mrs. James R. Leo Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Lerner Dr. Carol Leslie Mr. William J. Leugers, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Levine The Phyllis & Robert E.

Levinson Foundation, Inc. Ms. Susan Lichtenbaum Ms. Gloria Lipson

Dr. & Mrs. Michael Lipson Mr. & Mrs. Scott & Amy Litwin Mr. & Mrs. Mitchel Livingston Mr. & Mrs. Nick Lloyd Mr. & Mrs. Randy Loftspring Mr. & Mrs. Ronald G. Ludeke Mr. & Mrs. Millard Mack Mr. & Mrs. David S. Mann Mr. & Mrs. Herrick Mann Mr. Sanford Martin Mr. John Martindell Mr. & Mrs. Jim Mason Mr. & Mrs. Jon &

Marilyn Mason Ms. Dora Matthews Mr. & Mrs. Michael Mauch Drs. Neal & Donna Mayerson Mr. Bill McCloy Ms. Karen McGarry Mr. Doug McGarvey Mr. & Mrs. Al & Sandy

McGlasson Ms. Margaret McGurk Mr. Ken McKitrick Mr. & Mrs. Stuart McLean Mrs. Leslie McNeill Mr. & Mrs. William Mees, Jr. Mr. Robert J. Meihaus Ms. Julia Meister Mr. & Mrs. Fred Melowsky Mr. & Mrs. Henry &

Jane Mentle Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mettman Blanche M. & Herbert A.

Metzger Memorial Fund Ms. Megan Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Douglas &

Ann Miller Mr. & Mrs. James Miller Mr. William Miller Mr. & Mrs. Dieter Moeller Mr. Tom Moerlein Ms. Sarah Mohr Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Moody Mr. Shawn Morneau Mrs. Marjorie Motch Mr. Mark Motley Mr. James O. Muchmore Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Murray Ms. Liz Murray National Heating & Air

Conditioning Co. Gary & Patricia Nay Ms. Christina Neises Ms. Kathy Nemann &

Mr. John Waggoner Ms. Sue Neumark Ms. Valerie Newell &

Mr. Tim Smith Mr. Michael Nichols Mr. Paul Niklas Ms. Kelly Nkansah Mr. & Mrs. Charles Norton NSSLHA-College of Allied

Health Services Ms. Alison Nurre

Mr. Michael Oestreicher Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Off Mr. Thomas J. O'Flynn Ms. Linda S. Pavey Dr. & Mrs. Myles Pensak Mr. & Mrs. Burt Perlman Ms. Rachel Perlstein Mr. & Mrs. Kelly Phipps Mr. Steve Plattner Mr. & Mrs. Larry Plum Mr. John Poffenberger Mr. David Pottmeyer Ms. Gina Pratt Mrs. Jay E. Price Ms. Tammy Proffitt Ms. Holly Purcell Mr. & Mrs. William Puthoff Ms. Sue Ransohoff Mr. & Mrs. Mark Reckman Mr. & Mrs. Richard Reis Mr. & Mrs. Bernard &

Leslie Reiss Rhinestahl CTS Mr. & Mrs. Mark Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Scott D. Rodes Mr. & Mrs. Greg Rogers Mr. Mark Rogoff Mr. & Mrs. J. David Rosenberg Richard & Barbara Ruddy Mr. & Mrs. John Rudolph Jeffrey & Lynn (Weenie) Rush Ms. Danielle Sabarese Mr. William J. Sachs, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Edward Saeks Dr. & Mrs. Ravi Samy Ms. Lisa M. Sandora Dr. Regina Sapona Ms. Martha Sarra Mr. & Mrs. Michael Savoy Mr. & Mrs. John Schiff, Jr. Dr. David Schneider Dr. & Mrs. Alan Schriber Mr. & Mrs. Pete & Krista Settle Ellen Sewell Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Shafer Dr. & Mrs. Greg Sherman Mr. Ray Shomaker Ray Shomaker Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Shotten Mr. Stan Shuck Mr. & Mrs. John Sinclair Dr. Jane Sites Mr. & Mrs. Scott Slovin Mr. & Mrs. David Smith Mr. & Mrs. Greg Smith Ms. Karen Smith Ms. Susan G. Smith Dr. & Mrs. Walter Smitson Mr. Peter Solimine Sorenson Communications,

Inc. Dr. Carolyn Sotto Mr. Doug Spitz Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Spitznagel Mr. & Mrs. Izar & Stacey

Spivak

Ms. Cynthia Stafford Mrs. Rose Stapleton Dr. & Mrs. Howard Starnbach Dr. Judith Stein &

Mr. Steven Stein Mr. Laurence Steinsapir Ms. Tracy Steinsapir Mr. & Mrs. Donald Stolper Mr. & Mrs. Michael

Stonecipher Mr. & Mrs. Allen Stuempel Dr. Peter Sturm & Mrs. Judith

Serling-Sturm Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Sussell Target Corporation-Employee

Giving c/o CyberGrants Dr. & Mrs. Alan &

Shelley Tarshis Ms. Laura Taylor-Lloyd Ms. Barbara Terry Ms. Alexa Teseny Mr. & Mrs. Abbot Thayer Ms. Beverly Thomas Mr. & Mrs. David Thompson James & Carol Thompson Ms. Kimberly Trapp Mr. Kurt Trees Ms. Katrina Trimble Constance Trounstine Mrs. Paula Troup Truist Dr. David Turner UBS Matching Gifts Program Mr. Woodrow Uible

United Church of God - Cincinnati East Congregation

United Way of Greater Atlanta Mr. & Mrs. Michael Upchurch Mr. & Mrs. Michael Valentine Mr. Robert Valentine Vanguard Mrs. Karen Wachs Ms. Megan Walsh Ms. Donna Wanstrath Dr. Tom Partridge &

Ms. Michelle Weil Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Weinberg Dr. & Mrs. Edwin T. Weiss Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Otto Weitzenkorn Mr. & Mrs. Ron Weitzenkorn Western & Southern Life

Insurance Company Mr. & Mrs. Richard

Westheimer Mr. & Mrs. Mike &

Mary Jo Whelan Ms. Elizabeth Whelpdale Mr. James Whittington Ms. Susan E. Wilkening Mr. Jeffrey Williams Mr. & Mrs. Richard Williams W. Joseph & Judy Williams, Jr. Ms. Wendy Williams &

Mr. Jeff Slowick Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth

Wurtenberger Mr. Wally Yosafat

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Wesselkamper at 513-487-7716 or

swesselkamper@hearingspeechdeaf.org if

you have a correction. Thank You!

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Main Office

2825 Burnet Ave.

Suite 330

Cincinnati, Ohio 45219

West Chester Office

5900 West Chester Rd.

Suite J

West Chester, Ohio 45069

Eastgate Office

4440 Glen Este-Withamsville Rd.

Suite 475

Cincinnati, Ohio 45245

Photo & Design Credits

Elizabeth Whelpdale Upcoming Events For more information, contact HSDC at 513.221.0527

Chili Cook-Off - November 9, 2019

Signing Santa - December 14, 2019

Deaf Day at Cyclone - February 15, 2020

Deaf Zoo Day - May 2, 2020

Laura and Richard Kretschmer Service Award Gala - May 14, 2020

Signing Summer Camp - June 22 to 26, 2020

Deaf Community Picnic - August 29, 2020