Raising a Deaf Child Makes the World Sound Different

Raising a Deaf Child Makes the World Sound Different

Raising a Deaf Child Makes the World Sound Different Raising a deaf child: Just before my youngest son Alex turned two, we discovered that he had significant hearing loss that was likely to get worse. A few weeks later, I found myself in the gym at the school my two...
Sound Advice on Hearing Protection for Young Ears

Sound Advice on Hearing Protection for Young Ears

  Sound Advice on Hearing Protection for Young Ears Hearing Protection Facts: Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) occurs when tiny sensory cells in our inner ear, called hair cells, are damaged by sounds that are too loud and that last too long. How near we are to...

Teaching Tweens About Hearing Protection

  Hearing Protection: Children ages 8 to 12, or tweens, are becoming more independent and spending more time without direct adult supervision. They also ask for a greater say in their activities, music, and clothes. Most important, tweens continue to develop...