September is Deaf and Hearing Impaired Awareness month in the U.S. It may surprise you to find out that nearly 20 percent of people in the United States are in some way hard of hearing but there still exists a negative stigma of hearing impairedness and many misconceptions.

Link: http://austin.citymomsblog.com/2016/09/22/what-i-wish-you-knew-about-my-hearing-impaired-child/