by Karen | Jun 2, 2019 | For Parents, School-Aged Children with Hearing Loss
How to Plan and Provide for a Child with Special Needs Select any of the questions below to be directed to resources that will help you to understand this issue Effect on Learning What are the possible effects the hearing loss can cause at school? My child is...
by Karen | Apr 22, 2019 | Goodies
Question from the field: We are a small school district and only offer an ASL interpreter for students with hearing loss, but more and more students are now using spoken language. Are there interpreting services or supports that we need to offer these students who do...
by Karen | Apr 22, 2019 | Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs, For Parents, For Professionals, School-Aged Children with Hearing Loss
Students with hearing loss have less access to communication. This will result in a slower pace of learning and fewer gains in academic knowledge unless appropriate services and supports are provided. At the end of the school year it is important to ask whether your...
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 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...
