Growing Up in the ‘Gray Area’ of Hearing Loss – Things to consider with a child who has unilateral hearing loss

Link: https://themighty.com/2017/02/being-hard-of-hearing-in-a-hearing-world/

Pediatricians are trying to gently shape child-rearing styles so that kids living in poverty have a chance to succeed.

Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/how-supportive-parenting-protects-the-brain/373496/?utm_source=atlfb

THINK ABOUT…
Where the Wild Things Are by Maruice Sendak is a very popular children’s book about a little boy who won’t listen to his mom and travels to a land of monsters. The monsters try their hardest to scare the boy with their big, sharp teeth and loud, mean roars, but the boy knows how to tame them.
Reading this book offers a great opportunity to review and discuss descriptive language, verbs, and new vocabulary. The song that accompanies this activity incorporates music and movement to help your child learn the concepts and ideas.

Link: http://heartolearn.org/materials/docs/E27_Where%20the%20Wild%20Things%20Are%20Activity%204.19.17.pdf

Link: http://heartolearn.org/materials/docs/E27_Where%20the%20Wild%20Things%20Are%20Activity%204.19.17.pdf

In addition to speech, language, and auditory skills, self-advocacy and conversational repair strategies are important skills to develop in students who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Link: https://cid.edu/2017/05/23/self-advocacy-skills-and-conversational-repair-strategies-keys-to-successful-communication/

Link: https://cid.edu/2017/05/23/self-advocacy-skills-and-conversational-repair-strategies-keys-to-successful-communication/

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/somethings-missing-in-early-intervention-for-deaf_us_592f688fe4b0d80e3a8a332d

Hearing loss in children with congenital CMV can be present at birth or develop later. It is estimated that 15%-20% of all cases of moderate to profound hearing loss among children are attributable to congenital CMV.

Link: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/881035

Our brains work a bit like an air traffic control system. They have to take in lots of information, ignore distractions and make decisions about how to act and what to prioritize.  These skills include working memory, multitasking and flexibility in thinking. Children are not born with these skills—they develop over time¹.

Link: https://blog.medel.com/memory-and-multitasking-skills-for-children-with-hearing-loss/

The American School for the Deaf (ASD) is excited and proud to host the 2017 ASDC Conference on June 25 -27 in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Link: http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/306780/1f5ddf2f99/1478557887/d71c68471d/

The Robbie Foundation was founded on behalf of a boy living with cerebral palsy, a condition that leaves him dependent on others for all his daily needs. The goal of the foundation is to see the world brought to children who are unable to explore it on their own. To that end, the foundation is accepting applications for its ATT Program, which is open to children with special needs who would benefit from adaptive equipment, assistive technology, therapy treatment, and/or any other essential item not covered by insurance or any additional funding resource.

Link: http://robbiefoundation.com/rf/programs/?utm_source=eNEWS+06-8-17+MED-EL&utm_campaign=eNews+June+8%2C+2017&utm_medium=email

Language Underperformance in Young Children 0-6 Years of Age Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Are the Expectations Too Low?

Presented by: Dr. Susan Wiley, Dr. Jareen Meinzen-Derr

When: June 26th, 2017 | 11:00 am–12:00 pm Mountain Standard Time

Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/resources_home/events/language-underperformance.html