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Making Sense of Your Child's Hearing Loss
 
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A resource for parents of children who have a hearing loss. The book covers what parents need to know, or may be curious to know more about. Chapters have information on types and causes of hearing loss, hearing tests, audiograms, parts of the ear, hearing aids, cochlear implants, deaf culture, and a comprehensive glossary covering hundreds of words and terms that a parent may encounter. The book is written without any bias towards how to treat hearing loss, or whether children should speak or sign. The author feels that the parents need to make those decisions based on their child's own unique needs, which can include the level of hearing loss, how well they do with hearing aids or a cochlear implant (if used), the child's desires, and the desires of the family. The book also expresses the importance of quickly [1] having an audiologist verify suspected hearing loss, [2] contacting Early Intervention (or the equivalent outside of the United States) to get speech therapy, and [3] using hearing aids as soon as possible after the hearing loss is diagnosed. Exposure to language (spoken or signed) is vital to children with hearing loss.

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