Hearing loss and language development
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Resources for language development and hearing loss
These resources will be helpful after your child gets a hearing device.
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- https://www.agbell.org/
Provides information on listening and spoken language. Provides broad resources for families, including opportunities for parents and children with hearing loss to connect.
Membership is free.- Parent Support Chats Events
- Contact: parentsupportline@agbell.org, 202-204-4680
- https://www.agbell.org/Families/Family-Resources
Expected Language Development at each Age Stage following Device Fitting
(Ages and Stages tab). More resources can be found under Family Resources tab.
Masters Family Speech and Hearing Center
- https://childrenswi.org/medical-care/speech-and-hearing-center
Speech-Language Pathologists at Children’s Wisconsin focus on hearing loss, and meeting speech and language developmental milestones. Therapy targets language skills with a listening focus. Can meet with you one-on-one to help you learn and practice language listening skills at home.
Hearing First
- https://www.hearingfirst.org/
A way to teach infants and children with hearing loss spoken language through listening.
Hear Wisconsin
- https://hearwi.org/kellogg-child-family
Works with parents to focus on listening as the primary input for learning language. Activities teach a child how to use sound while wearing their hearing aid or cochlear implant. Provides Auditory Verbal Therapy services and toddler communication groups.
Contact the Audiologist/Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist, 414-604-7206