Hearing Loss and Language Development

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

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

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