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Dealing with deafness can be hard, but you are not alone. This website provides information that may answer many of your challenging questions about hearing loss.
A Parent Guide to Hearing Loss
When a child is deaf or hard of hearing, two of the most important areas of development that are affected are speech and language. That being said, it is important for the child to be identified and amplified at an early age. It is also important for language and speech to be used as much as possible in the home whether it is English, Signed English, or ASL.
Language and Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
What You Can Do To Help
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Learn the language (if it is a language other than your own)
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Facilitate communication
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Allow for an ample amount of opportunity for communication
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Use techniques like assimilation and accommodation
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Utilize their typically developing peers
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Become more involved in the child's life (academically, emotionally, and socially)
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