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Children Who Are Hard of Hearing
Selected
Resources
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Ninety two percent of
the 20 million persons in the United States who have a hearing loss are
functionally hard of hearing rather than deaf (Flexer et al., 1996). Many resources related to hearing loss are
relevant to parents whether their child is deaf or hard of hearing. However, MN
Hands & Voices also has resources that are specifically directed to hard of
hearing children and their parents. A sample of these is listed below, as well
as other resources you might want to explore. For a complete list of our
library materials, please visit www.MNHandsandVoices.org.
To borrow any of the materials from our
library, just give us a call or send us an e-mail.
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Books |
1.
Baby Talk, by Victori Kozak and Betsy Moo
Books, 2001. This book is a good primer
on first steps to take after parents have discovered their child is hard of
hearing. The book helps parents
understand their child’s diagnosis and communication options, and provides
practical steps on such things as troubleshooting problems with hearing aid and
helping your child develop listening skills.
2.
Not Deaf
Enough: Raising a Child Who is Hard of
Hearing, by
Patricia Ann Morgan Condlish, 1996. The
author wrote this book “so that other parents of children who are hard of
hearing with mild hearing losses might share in the knowledge that she had
acquired in raising her youngest child.”
3.
Open
Doors: Options in Communication and
Education for Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
This 1998 pamphlet briefly describes various degrees of hearing loss and
their implications, including mild and moderate losses.
4.
Our Forgotten
Children: Hard of Hearing Pupils in the
Schools, edited by
Julia M. Davis (third edition, 2001). This
book “provides up-to-date information on the education of children who are hard
of hearing.” Topics include definitions,
early intervention, medical aspects of hearing loss, technology, cochlear
implants, federal regulations and resources.
5.
Parents and
Their Deaf Children,
by Meadow-Orlans, Mertens, Sass-Lehrer, 2003.
This book “details the experiences of a group of parents and their deaf
children from the first identification of the latter’s hearing loss through
their early years in elementary school.”
Chapter 3 deals with “hard of hearing children: forgotten and
overlooked.” Topics include stress and
grief, acceptance and management of hearing aids. This is one of the few book chapters
specifically addressing families with hard of hearing children.
6.
When Your
Child is Deaf: A guide for Parents, by David Luterman and Mark Ross,
1991. Although most of this book focuses
on deaf children, it includes a section that provides an overview of certain
educational issues for children who are hard of hearing rather than deaf.
7.
How the
Student with Hearing Loss Can Succeed in College: A Handbook for Students,
Families and Professionals, by Carol Flexer, et al, 1996.
This book has many tips relevant to hard of hearing students. The vast majority of people with hearing
loss, and the vast majority of college students with hearing loss, are
functionally hard of hearing rather than deaf.
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Articles |
1.
“My Story,” by Sara Christensen (1986). Sara Christensen, a woman who has had a moderate-to-severe
hearing loss since birth, was thirteen when she wrote this article about what
it is like to grow up hard of hearing.
2.
“What is the
Difference Between a Deaf Person and a Hard of Hearing Person?”
Taken from the website of the Information Center at the National
Association of the Deaf. Check out www.nad.org/infocenter/index.html
or give us a call for a hard copy.
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Videos |
1.
“Families with Hard of Hearing Children:
What if Your Child Has a Hearing Loss?”
Boys Town Press. “Like you, the
parents in this tape were concerned with their children’s success and
participation in their family and community.
The professionals discuss the many issues you may be facing.”
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National and State Organizations to Contact |
1.
The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, “is the
world’s leading membership organization and information center on pediatric
hearing loss and the auditory approach,” as described on their website. Visit them at www.agbell.org
or call Toll Free 866-337-5220 or 202-337-5221(TTY). The Minnesota chapter provides support
to families with deaf and hard of hearing children, education families with “up
to date information regarding education, technology, assistive listening
devices and legal rights.” MN AGBell
also had mentor and kids programs. Visit
them at www.mnagbell.org.
2.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (DHHS), a division
of the Minnesota Department of Human Services in St. Paul, offers services for
both deaf and hard of hearing individuals.
Call 651-297-1316 (V) or 651-297-1313 (TTY) or visit their website at: www.dhhs.org.
3.
Minnesota Resource Center: Deaf/Hard of Hearing is a
statewide resource center “addressing special education and services for
students who are deaf or hard of hearing.”
Call 800-657-3936 or visit http://education.state.mn.us/html/intro_speced_dhh_com.htm.
4.
Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH). The primary purpose of local and national
SHHH groups is to “educate ourselves, our relatives and friends about the
causes, nature and complications of hearing loss and what can be done about
it.” For more information see www.shhh.org (national) or www.deafvision.net/shhhmn1/news.html
(state). The President, David Miller of
MN SHHH can be reached at dnk@millershome.com for more information.
5.
www.asha.org: The American Speech, Language and Hearing
Association has information on children and hearing aids, cochlear implants
and assistive technology. Our mission
is: “To promote the interests of and provide the highest quality services for
professionals in audiology, speech-language pathology, and speech and hearing
science, and to advocate for people with communication disabilities”.
6.
www.beginningssvcs.com:
Beginnings for Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing seeks to
provide unbiased information to parents.
Their website includes a reference chart about the goals, parent
training and other factors involved in different communication options. They also provide helpful links. Visit their website or call 800-541-4327.
7.
www.deafchildren.org: The American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC) is a
national organization that focuses on creating opportunities for deaf and hard
of hearing children to gain “meaningful and full communication access,
particularly through the competent use of sign language.”
8.
www.handsandvoices.org:
Hands and Voices is a parent-driven organization in Colorado
dedicated to “providing unbiased support of families with children who are deaf
or hard of hearing.”
9.
www.sesa.org/DHHSite/pages/index.html
, www.audiologycentre.com, and www.acoustics.org/press/133rd/2paaa2.html. These three websites offer information on
meeting the needs of students who are hard of hearing. See the sites respectively for a discussion
broad,”“FAQ on Classroom Management of Children with Minimal Hearing Loss,” and
“Impact of Hearing Loss on Children in Typical School Environments.”
10.
http://deafness.about.com/library/weekly/aa030199.htm
provides information on parenting hard of hearing children. The author
provides a list of materials with the note, “these are the few resources I
found that were solely about hard of hearing children.”
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This is not a complete list of resources available. If you do not find something of interest listed here, we encourage you to contact MN Hands & Voices for further information and The resources listed here have been selected by the staff of MN Hands & Voices but are not affiliated with us in any way, please review carefully as we can not be responsible for their contents or claims. |