Early and meaningful exposure to sounds is the best way to help a child develop their listening and spoken communication skills. Here’s why. Hearing Develops Early in Life If you’ve ever experienced pregnancy, you might know that a child can respond to sounds even before they’re born. That’s because their hearing system starts to form
Christina Anderson Braegger knows what it is like to be the mother of a child with hearing loss. In fact, she is the mother of two: Hallie and Kamdyn. Both were born with hearing loss but it took many years to get a diagnosis. Once she learned Hallie and Kamdyn both had enlarged vestibular aqueducts
Once your child has gotten through his or her school day, odds are that there will be a range of activities that he or she can do: playing sports, going out with friends, doing homework, reading, and more. With all of this going on it might be confusing to know what to do with the
Checking a child’s hearing development is done with hearing tests. These tests are commonly performed after a child is born, but what should you do after the hearing tests? This is a common question parents often ask me: What their child should be doing, and how they should be listening at a certain age? I’ve put
