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Bolesta Center, Inc., a non-profit Listening and Spoken Language Center founded in 1961, is dedicated to teaching children who are deaf and hard of hearing to learn to listen and speak.  Research shows that with early detection of hearing loss, the use of advanced technology such as high-powered hearing aids or cochlear implants, and on-going auditory verbal therapy such as Bolesta provides, children who are deaf and hard of hearing will obtain the same language comprehension and voice quality as their hearing peers and can be mainstreamed into our hearing schools, workforce, and communities.  Bolesta Center is the only independent non-profit center of its kind in Florida and one of only a handful in the United States.

Bolesta Center is located in Tampa, Lakeland, and Orlando.  We accept Medicaid, some commercial insurances, and offer a sliding scale for families who qualify.  We turn no family away based on ability to pay.