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Hearing Aids are NOT...
It’s a common misconception that hearing aids “fix” hearing loss like glasses “fix” vision loss. While hearing aids are prescribed for those with...
09th May 2023
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Hearing Devices and Your Child
Most adults never have to think about hearing aids until they are middle-aged or older. A child with a diagnosis of permanent hearing loss means that you, as his/her parents, will...
05th Jun 2019
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Technology Monitoring Is Necessary For...
The job of hearing devices is to improve the audibility of speech, allowing students to perceive much more of verbal instruction and all other spoken communication more fully. By...
17th Sep 2018
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Brain On? Hearing Device Monitoring is...
Lecturer Dr. Carol Flexer emphasizes how hearing loss is about the brain, not the ears. Hearing devices are needed to activate the brain and to access spoken communication for...
03rd Nov 2017
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Strategies for Keeping Hearing Aids on...
Thank you parents! In 2012, Jane Madell, PhD and I sent out a survey to a variety of groups of parents of children who are hard of hearing or deaf, asking them what strategies...
01st Sep 2017
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Growing Up with Hearing Loss: Challenges...
I have a child with hearing loss who is in upper Elementary (or Middle School, Jr. High, High School). He still seems to have learning challenges. Sometimes he resists wearing his...
01st Jun 2017
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Hearing Aids, Cochlear Implants – Ways...
I want my child with hearing loss to learn how to talk. I know he needs to wear hearing aids even though he has some hearing. How much does he really need to wear them? Will they...
01st Jun 2017
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Early Consistent Hearing: Building Trust...
Ultimately, our goal for all children is to become confident communicators who feel good about themselves as people. What is confidence? One definition states that an ingredient...
01st Jun 2017
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Does he have to wear his hearing aids?...
The fact that your son or daughter has a hearing loss was probably a huge surprise for you and never one you wanted or even considered. Hearing that your child needed hearing aids...
01st Jun 2017
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