Guest guest Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Hi Sherry, welcome to the group! I'm in GA and I have a 14 year old daughter with a mod-severe loss. She was diagnosed at age 3 3/4. If the loss is closer to the lower end of moderate (40 dB), he can hear well enough without hearing aids if the person is right next to him, at the same level as he is. Or facing him on the floor. This is not to say he hears well enough to not need hearing aids, but he could get something out of speech therapy. With a moderate loss, he has a good deal of residual hearing. So hearing aids will make a huge difference. When kids don't hear well, they don't develop their brain's auditory centers very well. So when the loss is discovered and aided, the auditory foundation (input) is much more important at the beginning of things than is speech (which is output). Glad you found us. Don't know if anyone else has recommended books etc but Choices in Deafness by Sue Schwartz is terrific and also Carol Flexer's Facilitating Hearing and Listening in Young Children - it will teach you specifically about building the brain's auditory skills, language building and speech output. You can get either of them at your local library, if they don't have it, they can get them by interlibrary loan. Especially Carol Flexer's book would be a great one to share with your speech therapist. in GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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