“Mom, am I always going to have a hearing loss?”

For children whose hearing loss is diagnosed at a young age and start using hearing aids or cochlear implants at a young age, the question of whether they will always have this impairment is one that parents may not be prepared for. Jessie’s severe hearing loss was diagnosed at 3 months old and she could [...]

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The Inspiration for Hearing Families

More than 50 children with hearing loss (and cochlear implants) participated in my research program at the University of Maryland in College Park. I recruited children from every organization and parent group that I could find. I got in touch with wonderful group of parents had developed an organization to share information and created a [...]

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