Hearing First

From the crack of the bat to cheering from the dugout—Aiden’s cochlear implants help make sure he doesn’t miss a moment of fun with his T-Ball team! ⚾️

And T-Ball means lots of listening and spoken language practice with conversations with teammates, coaches, refs, and parents, and chances to build confidence all season long.

As a parent of a child with hearing loss, some days you’ll feel like everything’s on track—listening checks are done, wear-time goals are met, and your little one is achieving new milestones.

Other days might look a little different. But that’s okay, because your child is still learning, growing, and connecting with you and others.

And every day on your child’s hearing loss journey brings new reasons to celebrate!

It’s important to connect with others who understand the hearing loss journey and can share real-life tips and encouragement along the way.

Meet other parents through the Families of Children with Hearing Loss Facebook group: https://bit.ly/4uoGorn

There’s no shortage of opinions about childhood hearing loss, and it can get confusing fast to navigate fact from fiction.

So let’s talk about a few topics you may be wondering about.👇 Are these myths or facts?
❓ We should gradually over time build up to full-time use of hearing aids or cochlear implants.
❓ Reading has absolutely nothing to do with spoken language.
❓ The quality of words my child hears is more important than the quantity.

Watch now to get answers on these and more, and to feel confident about your next steps in helping your child who’s deaf or hard of hearing. https://bit.ly/3OQXuyw

LSL moms are determined, fun, committed, strong, tenacious, steadfast, inspiring…the list could go on and on!

This Mother’s Day weekend, we’re celebrating all the dedicated moms out there on the journey to help their child who is deaf or hard of hearing learn to listen and talk!