{"url":"/pasadena/hear-center","provider":{"id":"hear-center","name":"HEAR Center","kind":"organization","about":"HEAR Center is a Pasadena non-profit founded in 1954 by Ciwa Griffiths, Ed.D., a teacher of the deaf who developed the Auditory Approach: early identification of hearing loss, amplification with hearing aids, and training in listening and speaking. It provides audiology, hearing aids, speech-language pathology and free community hearing, speech and CAPD screenings across Los Angeles County, for people at every stage of life. It is on the Eastern Los Angeles and Lanterman regional center vendor lists.","website":"https://www.hearcenter.org","phone":"(626) 796-2016","email":"info@hearcenter.org","instagram":null,"founded":1954,"credentials":["Non-profit since 1954","Vendored with Eastern Los Angeles Regional Center","Vendored with Lanterman Regional Center"],"languages":[],"image":null},"location":{"id":"main","name":null,"street":"301 E Del Mar Blvd","unit":null,"city":"pasadena","zip":"91101","neighborhood":null,"coords":[-118.144106,34.140429],"precision":"exact"},"serviceArea":[],"programs":[{"id":"speech","type":"health","name":"Speech and language therapy","summary":"Play-based speech and language therapy and evaluations for children, on-site in Pasadena or by teletherapy, with parents included in sessions.","description":"Speech and language therapy at a Pasadena hearing and speech center. Licensed speech-language pathologists (SLPs) evaluate new clients, set goals and recommend how often to come; supervised SLP assistants carry out one-on-one, play-based sessions using toys, games and stories. Parents or caregivers take part so skills carry over at home. Therapy covers articulation and phonology, receptive and expressive language, fluency (stuttering), voice, auditory processing assessment, and pragmatic and social skills. The center assists children with Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy and craniofacial anomalies. Sessions are on-site or by HIPAA-compliant teletherapy. It is vendored with Eastern Los Angeles and Lanterman regional centers. Open Monday to Thursday 8am to 6pm and Friday 9am to 5pm, by appointment only.","categories":["speech-therapy"],"ages":{"min":0,"max":21},"format":"hybrid","health":{"specialties":["Speech and language evaluation","Articulation and phonology","Receptive and expressive language","Fluency (stuttering)","Voice","Pragmatic and social skills","Auditory processing assessment"],"practitioners":["Ellen Simon, MS","Nikki Makino, MS CCC-SLP"],"hours":[{"days":["mon","tue","wed","thu"],"start":"08:00","end":"18:00"},{"days":["fri"],"start":"09:00","end":"17:00"}],"npi":"1831255595"},"traits":{"specialNeeds":"focused","conditions":["speech-language","autism","down-syndrome","cerebral-palsy"],"delivery":["clinic"],"insurance":["regional-center"],"groupSize":["one-on-one"],"telehealth":true,"assessment":true,"methods":["play-based"],"feel":"A hearing and speech center where supervised assistants run play-based one-on-one sessions and parents join in.","topics":["parent-training","teletherapy","vendored-elarc","vendored-lanterman","stuttering","articulation","pragmatic-language","nonprofit"],"goals":["social"]}},{"id":"audiology","type":"health","name":"Pediatric audiology and hearing screenings","summary":"Diagnostic hearing evaluations for babies and children using age-appropriate testing, plus free pediatric hearing screenings.","description":"Pediatric audiology is the cornerstone of this center's services. Audiologists begin by talking with parents and child about goals and concerns, then use age-appropriate testing: impedance and otoacoustic emissions, Visual Reinforcement Audiometry with a light-up toy reward for babies up to about three, Conditioned Play Audiometry for children over two and a half or three, and hand-raise testing from around age 5. Parents stay in the room to support the child. The center also fits pediatric hearing aids and offers central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) services. It has provided free hearing, speech and CAPD screenings across Los Angeles County since 2009. Adults are seen too. By appointment only, Monday to Thursday 8am to 6pm and Friday 9am to 5pm.","categories":["developmental-evaluation"],"ages":{"min":0,"max":21},"format":"in-person","health":{"specialties":["Pediatric audiological evaluations","Pediatric hearing aids","Free hearing screenings","Central auditory processing disorder"],"hours":[{"days":["mon","tue","wed","thu"],"start":"08:00","end":"18:00"},{"days":["fri"],"start":"09:00","end":"17:00"}]},"traits":{"specialNeeds":"supported","conditions":["hearing"],"delivery":["clinic"],"assessment":true,"feel":"A hearing center that tests children through play-based methods with parents in the room.","topics":["audiology","hearing-aids","free-screening","capd","otoacoustic-emissions","adults-also-seen","vendored-elarc","vendored-lanterman","nonprofit"],"insurance":["regional-center"]}}],"source":{"url":"https://www.hearcenter.org","name":"NPPES NPI registry, September 2026","fetched":"2026-10-12"},"updated":"2026-10-12","checked":null,"closed":null,"sample":false}