Resources for Parents of Children with Hearing Loss
All About Your Child's Hearing
Anatomy of the ear and how sound gets to the brain:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQEaiZ2j9oc
How to read an audiogram:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLLz2nYKi7E
Communication options available:https://agbell.org/2024/03/22/communication-options/
Ear infections or Otitis Media:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_FwJj8oNQQ
Family Support
This section was developed in hopes of helping to support families emotionally. The emotional feelings that go along with having a child with a hearing loss are very real. You are not alone. There are agencies listed below that want to help guide you. Please feel comfortable sharing your feelings with me as well. I will do my best to listen! I've shared the letter "Welcome to Holland" (Click Here), which was written by a parent who describes how she feels about having a child with special needs.
I'd also like to share a short article written by a professor about helping parents through the grief process of having a child with special needs. Although this article is written for educators, I think it has a lot of value for parents. It discusses how parents grieve a loss when they learn that their child has a disability. The parent may go through the stages of grief. All parents' grief "process" is different. Please read "Children with Special Needs: Helping Parents through Grief" (Click Here).
Guide By Your Side:https://www.michigan.gov/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Adult-and-Childrens-Services/Children-and-Families/EHDI/GBYS_Brochure.pdf?rev=b15a56e490514631a6c14aece84446d6
or https://www.mihandsandvoices.org/guide-by-your-side
Michigan Hands and Voices:https://www.mihandsandvoices.org/
Alexander Graham Bell Association:https://agbell.org/
Michigan Alliance for Families:https://www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org/
Family and Provider Resource Guide:https://www.michigan.gov/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Adult-and-Childrens-Services/Children-and-Families/EHDI/a_unhsmanual.pdf
Children Special Health Care Services:https://ioniacounty.org/health/cshcs/
