by Karen | Apr 8, 2019 | For Parents, School-Aged Children with Hearing Loss
“We don’t want to call attention to his hearing loss. We want him to be “normal.” Students with hearing devices are typically educated in their neighborhood schools and are the only ones in their grade or the school to have a hearing loss. Everyone wants students to...
by Karen | Mar 19, 2019 | Advocacy Notes
Question from the field: Can early intervention pay for audiology evaluations and hearing aids? Approximately 50% of young children served by early intervention programs are eligible due to communication development concerns. Are early intervention programs...
by Karen | Mar 15, 2019 | Goodies
Question from the field: Can early intervention pay for audiology evaluations and hearing aids? Approximately 50% of young children served by early intervention programs are eligible due to communication development concerns. Are early intervention programs...
by Karen | Mar 15, 2019 | Early Childhood: Infants, Toddlers, Preschool, For Parents, For Professionals, Infants and Toddlers with Hearing Loss
Who are our babies with hearing loss? Fewer than 15% of the babies identified by Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs have bilateral profound hearing loss (deaf) and more than 50% have mild bilateral or unilateral hearing loss. The distribution of...
by Karen | Mar 5, 2019 | Advocacy Notes
Question from the field: We keep going around and around in the IEP process, not agreeing. What are our options? We have had 4 amendment meetings since our daughter’s last IEP meeting. We are not in agreement, and at every meeting we seem to be going in circles. We...
