Acknowledging the needs of children with mild hearing loss…

Posted on July 16, 2008 by debcny

I was surfing, and found a post about a recent study and article done, called: “Effect of Minimal Hearing Loss on Children’s Ability to Multitask in Quiet and in Noise”.  The full text in a PDF format, and more info can be found here: http://lshss.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/39/3/342.  The abstract reads:
Effect of Minimal Hearing Loss on Children’s Ability [...]

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“The kid with the hearing aids”…

Posted on July 11, 2008 by debcny

AC is way more than ”the kid with the hearing aids”…  but, labels come cheap and everyone uses them.  
 
Below is another letter I had written 9 days after our son (then almost 4 yrs old)  was diagnosed… while we waited on getting his new hearing aids.  Reality hits home about labeling… stigma… hearing aids.  Things that still bother [...]

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