Marion Downs Center is recognized worldwide for its leadership, progressive innovations, and cutting-edge services in audiology, speech, and language. The Marion Downs Center is recognized worldwide for its unique leadership and progressive innovations in the realm of hearing and deafness. The Marion Downs Center enriches lives by providing culturally sensitive services, resources, education, and research to support the needs of individuals who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or communicatively challenged, their families, and the professionals who serve them.