It might be the first time that your child’s teacher is working with a student who has hearing loss or a cochlear implant. But as a parent, you’ve been learning and collecting information about your child’s hearing loss and device since their diagnosis. This puts you in the perfect position to support and offer advice to your child’s teacher. Here’s how to do it.
After cochlear implant activation, hearing your child say their first word is one of the early but powerful milestones along their hearing journey. But getting to that first word takes time, depending on many factors like how much access to sound your child had before activation. Here are some strategies that will help you lay a firm foundation to build your child’s speech through listening after their device is switched on.
When children get cochlear implants, it’s important that they wear their audio processors regularly throughout their waking hours. One of the biggest concerns for parents and caregivers is how to keep their child’s audio processor on. In this blog post, we’ll provide you with tips that can help you get your child to wear their hearing implant audio processor as much as possible.
When considering a cochlear implant, people often ask whether they should wait for future technology before getting implanted. But the short answer is: no. While it is important to make an informed choice and feel comfortable with your decision to get a cochlear implant, research shows that earlier is better. Here are three reasons hearing health professionals agree “earlier is better” when it comes to cochlear implants.
If your child has hearing loss, confidence, resilience, and self-advocacy are especially important to their development. In this blog post, we’ll take a closer look at these attributes and show you how to build them in your child.
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