The summer, when kids are out of school and sometimes off on their own, is a time to think again about safety. We call after our kids to “be careful” as they go out the door, but our kids with hearing loss need more specific instructions and training to stay safe in the big and [...]
Eva Marks, 4 years old, was asked to be the flower girl in her uncle’s upcoming wedding. It was a very exciting time for the whole Marks family and Eva, who liked to dress up as a bride in pretend play time, was caught up with the excitement too. Her parents were really touched that [...]
I received a question from a mom about how to handle swimming for children with hearing loss. Her children are still very young but she would like to introduce them to swimming and her kids cannot go in the water with hearing aids. She said that she was concerned about how they would understand what was [...]
Josh had been using his cochlear implant for 9 ½ years when his device started to stop working and everything would just go silent for 5 minute spurts. The ENT told him that his cochlear implant was at the end of its “life.” He realized quickly that he would need surgery to remove the implant [...]
Often parents will approach a mental health professional when there is a specific problem that is troubling their child. Their toddler wakes up at night, is biting at daycare, or crying too frequently. Their school-aged child is having discipline problems at school, fighting with siblings or refusing to do homework. But sometimes parents of a [...]
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 [...]
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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