Hearing and Kids

While I am on holidays this week, I hope you enjoy this top post from Hearing and Kids in 2015.   At the recent Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EDHI) meeting there was, as always, a lot of hallway discussion about auditory-verbal therapy vs sign language. Some of the deaf participants said that, in their view, asking deaf kids to

For many years now, I have heard concerns from parents and teachers about problems children with hearing loss are having with learning math. They are good at calculations but not good at word problems. I have been married to a mathematics educator (Rob Madell) for almost 50 years so I understand a fair amount about this problem. At an AGBell convention

I have just returned from 7 weeks traveling and giving workshops. I was in 4 countries, 6 time zones, and gave workshops in 7 cities. I learned a great deal in my travels. It will not surprise anyone to hear that things are done differently in different parts of the world. I had the opportunity to meet with audiologists, speech-language

How well does a child with hearing loss have to hear? Well, that depends on how well we want him to learn using audition. With today’s technology, children with hearing loss have the opportunity to use auditory for language learning and for academics. But we should never assume that because the child is wearing hearing aids he is hearing optimally.

In 2008 I gave a talk at Cook Children’s Hospital in Ft Worth TX. Becky Clem, the director of the Speech and Hearing, had asked me to put together 10 Tips for Professionals. I had forgotten about it until someone recently reminded me. I decided this might be a good place to update them so here you go.   Check

Today’s blog is written by my friend Lisa Vaughan-Christensen. Lisa Christensen is the Audiology Program Manager at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas.  Dr. Christensen has devoted a large amount of her professional career to bone anchored hearing devices in children.  Her other interests include pediatric diagnostics and amplification, and acquired hearing loss in children and adults.  Dr.

What Makes for Success? We know that there are lots of many things which contribute to success for children with hearing loss. To name a few of the things we know: Early identification Early and appropriately fit technology Language stimulation provided by parents Academic level of family Socioeconomic status Access to auditory based therapy Other disabilities   Some are within

  Today’s Blog is written by Ken Levinson. It is about a topic that is very dear to my heart – providing support for children with hearing loss. Ken is a CPA and a partner in a CPA firm in San Francisco. Prior to that, he was the Executive Director of The Children’s Hearing Institute in New York and a

We all know the advantages of mainstreaming but it is not without it’s problems. Kids with hearing loss constitute about 1% of the school population. Most kids who are mainstreamed are the only child with hearing loss in the classroom, and maybe in the school. One significant problem in managing success is that the teachers who are there to teach

  Today’s post is written by Krystyann Krywko. Krystyann Krywko is a hearing loss educator and writer who provides resources and support for families who are raising children who are deaf or hard of hearing. You can check out more of her work at www.kidswithhearingloss.org; or click here to receive a copy of her free mini eBook, 5 Emotional Sticking