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New Parent/Guardian Information
A Parent's Guide to Hearing Loss (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention - National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (Utah State University)
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention - Pediatric Audiology Links to Services (EHDI PALS)
Hearing Loss Simulator (Ear Science Institute Australia)
Outcomes of Children Hearing Loss Study
Supporting Success for Kids with Hearing Loss
Thirty Million Words Study
- YouTube video: Thirty Million Words Initiative-Parenting Language to Build Children's Brain, Dana Suskind
- The Power of Words (TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health)
You Are Not Alone: For Parents When They Learn That Their Child Has a Disability (Center for Parent Information and Resources)
Questions to Ask Your Health Provider
Childhood Hearing Loss Question Prompt List for Parents (Phonak)
Questions you May Want to Ask Your Child's Audiologist (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Questions you May Want to Ask Your Child's Ear, Nose and Throat Doctor (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
What questions should I ask when making my child's appointments or at the appointment? (EHDI-PALS)
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DeafBlind
Overview of Communication Methods (National Center on Deafblindness)
ProTactile: The DeafBlind Way (Tactile Communications, LLC)
Auditory
Sign Language
American Sign Language (ASL) is a complete, natural language that has the same linguistic properties as spoken languages, with grammar that differs from English. (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders )
How Pidgin Signed English Bridges ASL and English (Verywell Health)
Communication Considerations: Signing Exact English (Hands & Voices)
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Language & Communication Milestones
American Sign Language and English Language Developmental Milestones (IDEAL)
Auditory Skills Checklist (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
Developmental Milestones: Family Leadership in Language and Learning (Hands & Voices)
Speech and Language Developmental Milestones (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
What is Communication? (National Center for Deafblindness)
Back to topAmerican Sign Language (ASL)
ASL Classes
American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC)
ASL Websites
American Sign Language Reading and Parents Program (ALSO)
PBS Kids American Sign Language - Full episodes of PBS Kids programs with ASL and Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP).
ASL YouTube
Back to topListening & Spoken Language
Auditory/Oral Education (Hands & Voices)
Auditory-Verbal Therapy (Cleveland Clinic)
Chapter 2: Communications Options - From the E-Book: Preparing to Teach, Committing to Learn: An Introduction to Educating Children Who Are Deaf/ Hard of Hearing (2017-2020) (National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management)
Listening (Auditory Skills) Development (Supporting Success for Kids with Hearing Loss)
National Cued Speech Association
Primary and Preferred Language/Communication Mode: Guidelines for Assessment and Educational Evaluation of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (Outreach Center for Deafness and Blindness)
Visual Phonics (International Communications Learning Institute)
Back to topIowa Supports & Services
Iowa School for the Deaf Outreach
Back to topNational Organizations
American Society for Deaf Children
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Deaf Latinos y Familias Organization
Deaf-Blindness (Center for the Parent Information and Resources)
Global Coalition of Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Hearing Loss Association of America
National Association of the Deaf
National Family Association for DeafBlind
Organizations for People with Deafblindness (The Charge Syndrome Foundation)
Regional Early Acquisition of Language (REAL)
Services and Organizations for Families (National Center on Deafblindness)
Back to topResearch Opportunities
www.babyhearing.org (Boys Town National Research Hospital)
Communication Sciences and Disorders: Hearing Services (University of Iowa)
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center (Gallaudet University)
Science of Learning Center on Visual Language and Visual Learning (Gallaudet University)
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