Communication and Language
Families whose child has been identified as deaf or hard of hearing benefit from professionals who support choices about intervention options.
- Recorded Webinars
- Best Practices
- Readings & Resources
- Family Resources on Hearing Technology and Communication
Recorded Webinars
- Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder in Children: Diagnosis and Management
- Unilateral Hearing Lossin Children: Looking Back, Looking Forward
- The power of DHH Plus
- A Foundation for Language using Communication using Visual Language for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and their Families
- Implantable Technology for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- Hearing Technology
- Outcome Measures
- Role of Hearing Technology in Optimizing Auditory-Linguistic access for Children who are Hard of Hearing
- Transition: supporting families in the transition from Birth to 3 Services to Preschool Services
- Language Assessment and Outcomes in Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Best Practices
Readings & Resources
Outcome Questionnaires
Family Resources on Hearing Technology and Communication
- Posters/brochures for families summarizing outcome research for children who are DHH
- Family Handout on hearing technology retention and use
- Hear to Learn website: family instructional videos and documents:
- How to insert/remove earmolds
- How to trim new earmold tubing
- How to clean earmolds
- How to check hearing aid batteries
- How to replace hearing aid batteries
- How to do a hearing aid listening check
- Bone conduction sound processors: candidacy, care and use
- Hearing aid and earmold care and troubleshooting
- Importance of full-time hearing aid use
- Supporting self-advocacy
- Self-advocacy and device care timeline for families
- Teaching other caregivers about hearing aids
- Hand out on remote mic systems for young children info for families and daycare/preschool
- Hand out on how to use a remote mic system
- Video instructions for using the Phonak Roger Touchscreen transmitter
- Family handout on learning about cochlear implants
- Parent perspective on choosing cochlear implants for their child
- Enhancing communication with young children
- Music activities for young children
- Children’s Books featuring characters who are deaf/hard of hearing
Center on Human Development and Disability