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Possible causes of acquired hearing loss:

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Possible causes of acquired hearing loss:

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Untreated middle-ear infections

Other infections, such as meningitis, mumps, measles or whooping cough

Perforation of the eardrum

Excessive noise, such as fireworks or loud music

Disease, such as otosclerosis or Ménière's disease

Serious injury to the head

Ototoxic medication

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What financial burden, if any, are you experiencing?

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What financial burden, if any, are you experiencing?

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Every parent needs to be stable enough to raise and care for their child. Additional expenses can add up when dealing with a disability like hearing loss in order to treat it. For example, hearing aids, which is a device that helps children with hearing loss hear clearly again can cost up to $1,500-$3,500 per unit. Cochlear Implants are surgically implanted devices that directly stimulate the auditory nerve in the inner ear with electrical stimulation. They are much more expensive and can rack up to $100,000 in medical bills. Speech-language therapy after getting hearing aids or a cochlear implant to help him or her catch up on speech delays typically costs$200-$250 for an initial assessment, then about $100 to almost $250 per hour. Assistive listening devices like FM systems are discreet and work well in a classroom situation in conjunction with the child's hearing aid or cochlear implant can cost around $713.

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What professionals or agencies do you deal with? What services are available to you and your child?

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What professionals or agencies do you deal with? What services are available to you and your child?

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Every so often, Lisa and I visit the doctors office to make sure everything is up to par. After our primary care doctor is done with checkups, they send us to a hearing loss specialist. We work with an Audiologist. These doctors are trained and practice medicine in order to be able to perform in-depth behavioral hearing examinations. These tests are painless and non-invasive. After exam, the audiologist will spend time talking with you about your child's hearing ability and recommend an appropriate treatment plan or medical intervention.

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How is your child developmentally the same and different from other children at the various ages?

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How is your child developmentally the same and different from other children at the various ages?

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My child is developing at the rate of any average 7 year old. She is able to learn and respond in all three domains of development: Biosocial, Emotional, and Psychosocial. At times, in social situations she lacks in communication skills. This can cause some issues in creating stable relationships with peers.

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How does it feel to be the parent of your child?

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How does it feel to be the parent of your child?

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Parenting Lisa is no different than parenting any other child. A parent's job is to love their child unconditionally, regardless of disabilities. Lisa's disability with hearing loss does not define the individual that she is. She is a lovely little girl with the biggest heart. I would do everything in my power for her to feel content and happy with her life.

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Tips and Strategies for Teaching Hearing Impaired Students

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Tips and Strategies for Teaching Hearing Impaired Students

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Reminder: Some strategies  that may work for all students.

Look directly at the student and face him or her when communicating or teaching.

Say the student’s name or signal their attention in some way before speaking.

Assign the student a desk near the front of the classroom, or where you plan to deliver most of your lectures.

Speak naturally and clearly. Remember speaking louder won't help.

Do not exaggerate your lip movements, but slowing down a little may help some students.

Use facial expressions, gestures and body language to help convey your message, but don't overdo it.

Some communication may be difficult for the hard of hearing student to understand. Explicitly teach idioms and explain jokes and sarcasm.

Young hearing impaired children often lag in the development of social graces. Consider teaching specific social skills such as joining in to games or conversation, maintaining conversations, and staying on topic.

Male teachers should keep moustaches well groomed.

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High-Quality Resources for Parents and Teachers

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High-Quality Resources for Parents and Teachers

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/Hearing-Testing/

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); NCBDDD; Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Program (EHDI)
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hearingloss/index.html (Federal Website)

Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
http://mchb.hrsa.gov/programs/specialneeds/unhs.htm (Federal Website)

National Center for Hearing Assessment & Management (NCHAM)
www.infanthearing.org/screening/index.html

Better Hearing Institute
www.betterhearing.org/

Central Institute for the Deaf
http://www.cid.edu/

Hereditary Hearing Loss Homepage
http://hereditaryhearingloss.org/main.aspx?c=.HHH&n=86162

House Ear Institute
www.hei.org

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
http://www.gallaudet.edu/clerc-center.html

My Baby’s Hearing
www.babyhearing.org

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
www.agbell.org

American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC)
www.deafchildren.org

Beginnings For Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc.
http://www.ncbegin.org/

I found out about these resources by looking it up online. The Center of Disease Control provides a lengthy list of resources that are extremely beneficial to parents, teachers, etc.

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●A conductive hearing loss indicates that there is a problem with the mechanism that conducts sound from the environment to the inner ear. Problems in the external auditory canal (outer ear), ear drum or the bones of hearing (the middle ear) may cause a conductive loss. This type of loss can often be corrected by medication or surgery. If it cannot be corrected, the individual can usually do very well with a hearing aid.

●A sensorineural hearing loss indicates a problem in the organ of hearing or the nerve of hearing. There may be damage to the cochlea (inner ear), auditory nerve, or the auditory centers of the brain. An individual with a sensorineural hearing loss may benefit from a hearing aid, cochlear implant, communication therapies, other medical management depending on the degree of the loss or the cause of the loss.

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Lisa is young girl, aged 7 years old, with Hearing Loss. She is a child with exceptional needs that has recently joined our family. I will investigate the need and collect resources that assist professionals by providing information and suggestions for meeting Lisa's needs.