With the holidays coming up and Black Friday deals peeking out, parents and guardians alike are searching for just the right toys to give to children.

Toys that make noise, in particular, are a popular choice for kids these days, according to the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACDHH). However, the group warns that these raucous toys can actually cause permanent damage to a child’s hearing.

Link: http://www.yumasun.com/news/organization-warns-of-noisy-toys-effects-on-hearing/article_bddba6c6-93c4-11e5-9a8b-7f0b676c6cf2.html

Everyday we’re seeing advancements in technology to help the deaf or hard of hearing. What’s maybe even more exciting is that people are talking about how important these technologies are!

Link: http://www.hearinglikeme.com/2577-2/

Reducing Lost to Follow-up: It Takes a Village Establishing Otoacoustic Emissions Screening in 10 Pediatric Offices will be presented by Stacy Jordan and Dr. Linda Hazard.

Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/resources_home/events/reducing-lost-to-follow-up.html

They were all born deaf, except Kaleb — who at age 20, is the oldest child.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/23/living/deaf-culture-all-american-family-cnn-digital-short/index.html

Phu Duong, a doctoral student in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program who is deaf, works with cultures in Corinna Burger’s neurology research lab in Bardeen Medical Laboratories.

Link: http://news.wisc.edu/24195

Painting trip helps teach Dubuque hard-of-hearing and deaf students the importance of self-advocacy.

Link: http://www.thonline.com/news/tri-state/article_96cd9d4b-4da0-5a99-ba04-b3e9adc50770.html

Haben Girma was born deaf-blind but she had access to opportunities afforded by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Girma is Harvard Law School’s first deaf-blind graduate and her academic achievements have catapulted her advocacy career, fighting for the rights of people with disabilities.

Link: http://thisisafrica.me/meet-haben-girma-harvard-laws-first-deaf-blind-graduate/

Doctors have struggled to prevent hearing loss that is common among premature babies placed in protective incubators to grow and on artificial ventilators to breathe.

But a hearing specialist with Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota might have just cracked the case.

Link: http://www.startribune.com/health-beat-minnesota-doctor-uncovers-potential-cause-of-deafness-in-preemies/348338491/

Have you registered for the webinar on “Providers’ Use of Coaching Behaviors in Telepractice” scheduled for Thursday, 11/19? There is still time to register!

Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/resources_home/events/coaching-behaviors-in-telepractice.html

Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/resources_home/events/coaching-behaviors-in-telepractice.html

Link: http://kazu.org/post/tele-therapy-helps-bridge-gap-deaf-babies-rural-california#stream/0