by Karen | Feb 5, 2024 | For Professionals, Self-Concept: How the Child with Hearing Loss Sees Himself
By: Kevin Glenn Garrison, Ph.D. Introduction: I am deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH). During early childhood, my two sisters and I were diagnosed with progressive high-frequency hearing losses that slowly (and abruptly, at times) transitioned our identities from...
by Karen | Jan 8, 2024 | For Professionals, Planning to Meet Student Needs
National Trends The National Child Count of Children and Youth Who are DeafBlind is the first and longest-running registry of children who are deafblind in the world (National Center on Deafblindness (NCDB, 2022). In 2021, there were 10,441 children and youth...
by Karen | May 9, 2023 | For Parents, Hearing Aids and Your Child
Why do children need Ear Gear? As a result of newborn hearing screening, more and more babies are being fit with hearing aids. About 95% of their parents have had no experience with having a person with hearing loss in the family and hearing devices are a big...
by Karen | Apr 24, 2023 | For Professionals, Language and Speech Development Issues
Developing written language is a skill that requires a strong language base. Like literacy-based skills, language and vocabulary are necessary for developing written language. Students who are deaf and hard of hearing will require explicit instruction in...
by Karen | Mar 31, 2023 | For Professionals, Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps
“Once your learn to read, you will be forever free”-Frederick Douglass In order to understand how students with hearing loss learn to read, it is important for educators to understand how students with typical hearing learn to read. Learning...