Tutorial Resources

Hearing Loss Management

Finding a Pediatric Audiologist

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Practice Portal: Permanent Childhood Hearing Loss

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention – Pediatric Audiology Links to Services

National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management. (2016). Diagnostic Audiology

Middle Ear Infections

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

• Ear Infections (Otitis Media)

Supporting Success for Children with Hearing Loss

• Ear Infections and Learning

Monitoring Hearing

FAQ Parents and Hearing Aids

• Audiology Online: What Parents Should Know About Hearing Loss: Pointers for Parents
• EHDI PALS: Questions to ask when you are at the hearing aid appointment
• Healthy Hearing: Hearing aids for children

Hands & Voices

• Virtual Waiting Room

Signs of Hearing Difficulty

Signs of Difficulty: Hearing Tracking Sheet [PDF]

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

• Effects of Hearing Loss on Development

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Hearing Loss in Children

Test Assistant: Play Audiometry

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

• Practice Portal: Permanent Childhood Hearing Loss: Audiologic Test Battery-Developmental Age of 3-to-5 years

Test Assistant: VRA

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

• Practice Portal: Permanent Childhood Hearing Loss: Audiologic Test Battery-Developmental Age of 6-to-36 months

Understanding the Audiogram

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

• Childhood Hearing Loss [PDF]
• Type, Degree, and Configuration of Hearing Loss [PDF]

Hear On

Audiogram Symbols

Hearing Device Management

Hearing Aid Batteries

Battery storage and safety

Poison Control Battery safety tips

Hearing Aid Care Guide

Daily Hearing Aid Check [PDF]

Hearing Aid Settings

Hearing Aid Fitting and Evaluation for infants

Hearing Aid Use

Wearing Hearing Aids Infographic [PDF]

Having trouble keeping your child’s hearing devices on? Click on these links for some options that can help!

• Hearing Aid/Cochlear Implant Headband
• Hearing Aid/Cochlear Implant Hat for Infants

HearOn DataLogging

• An introduction to the data logging feature within hearing aids and discussion of it's value as a tool for goal setting.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

• Hearing Aids for Children

Family Wellbeing

Building Positive Partnerships

National Institutes for Children’s Health Quality

• Powerful Partnerships: A Handbook for Families and Providers Working Together to Improve Care

Hands & Voices

• Guide for parent-professional partnerships [PDF]
• Guide for understanding best practice recommendations for children with unilateral hearing loss
• Virtual Waiting Room

Bullying

Bullying Resources: Federal Government Website. StopBullying.Gov.

PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center: Resources

People Hearing Better: Bullies and Hearing Differences. Web article.

Hands & Voices

• O.U.R Project

Coping and Planning

The CARE Project

• The CARE Project is a nonprofit organization that emotionally supports families who have a member with hearing loss.

The Hearing Review

• This is an article on the stages of coping with a child’s hearing loss diagnosis.

Oticon

• This is a resource page for raising a child with hearing loss. It contains links to informational resources.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• This page contains basic information on children with hearing loss.

Hands & Voices

• Fostering Joy Project

Developing New Routines

The 3 R’s of Habit Change: How To Start New Habits That Actually Stick, James Clear

How to Build a New Habit: A Brief 5 Step Beginners Guide To Change, Mayo Oshin

The Magic Ingredient Is You

Learn How to Expose Your Child to Language Throughout the Day [PDF]

Activities:

• Bedtime Business [PDF]
• Letter of the Day [PDF]
• Bed and Bath Songs [PDF]

Making Connections

Facebook Groups

• Parents of Deaf/HOH Children
• AG Bell
• Hands & Voices
• Hearing First
• Parents of Children with Cochlear Implants

Websites

• Hear to Learn on-line community
• AG Bell supports parents of children with hearing loss who listen and talk. You can find out if your state has an AG Bell chapter by visiting their website
• Hand & Voices. This is an organization that supports families of children with hearing loss. You can find out if your state has a chapter by visiting their website
• Hearing First has an on-line community for parents. Visit their website to join the community
• Parent to Parent USA

Questions to Ask the Audiologist

Question Prompt List

• This link provides you with a list of questions that may need to be addressed in appointments with your audiologist

Siblings

Hands & Voices

• Siblings [PDF]

Deaf Children Australia

• Brothers and Sisters of Deaf Children [PDF]

Social Development

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Milestones in Action
• Milestone Checklist [PDF]

Illinois Early Learning Project

• Children's Social Competence Checklist

Pinterest

• Social Emotional Activities for Parents and Children

Practice Social Skills at Home with this Activity [PDF]

Stigma & Self-Advocacy

Canadian Hearing Society

Supporting Success for Children with Hearing Loss

Self-Advocacy for DHH Students

Activities:

• Crazy Container [PDF]
• Copycat [PDF]
• Fruit Loop Rainbow [PDF]

Take Time to Renew

Everyday Health: 10 Tips to Help You De-Stress

Mental Floss: 7 De-Stressing Strategies That Work

University of Missouri: Building Strong Families Warning Signs of Stress

University of Missouri: Building Strong Families Activities and Tips to Manage Stress

Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: Relaxation Exercises

Child Development Institute: Stress Management for Parents

Teaching Others

Involve Family Members in Fun Language Promoting Activities!

• Spider Web Walking [PDF]
• Pronoun Play Time [PDF]
• Dinner Jar Activity [PDF]

Listening & Language

Auditory Sandwich

Central Institute for the Deaf

• Further explanation of auditory sandwich

Auditory Sandwich [PDF]

Activities:

• Let’s Eat [PDF]
• Animals Everywhere [PDF]
• Space Counting and Graphing [PDF]
• All About Coins [PDF]
• Dinosaurs Count [PDF]

Cued Speech

National Cued Speech Association

Cue College- Learn to Cue Online

Cued Speech Videos and Demos

Cued Speech: Learning to Use Handshapes that Stand for Sound

CDC Learning A Language: Different Language Approaches

Effects of Hearing Loss on Development: American Speech Hearing Association

ASCD Learn. Teach. Lead. This reading explains the importance of phonemic awareness

Practice the Phonemes in Your Child’s Name [PDF]

Read to Me

Hearing First

• Reading Aloud: The Road to Literacy

John Tracy Clinic

• Reading Regularly to Young Children with Hearing Loss [PDF]

Hearing Health Matters

• This link has suggestions for reading at various stages of development

Make Reading Fun with These Activities!

Combine Reading and Music

Sabotage

Sabotage [PDF]

Central Institute for the Deaf

• This video explains other ways that you can use the sabotage method Use the Sabotage Method Throughout the Day

Self-Talk and Parallel-Talk

Self and Parallel Talk [PDF]

Activities:

• Banana Break [PDF]
• Feed the Monkey [PDF]

Teaching Your Child How to Listen

Boys Town National Research Hospital

• Supporting Auditory Skills Development at Home

Supporting Success For Children With Hearing Loss

• Auditory Skill Hierarchy [PDF]

Hear to Learn webinar

Hands & Voices

• Parent Tip Sheets

Wait Time

Wait Time [PDF]

Activities:

• Space Jam [PDF]
• Firetruck Following Directions [PDF]
• Weatherman [PDF]
• Stick It [PDF]

Perspectives

Hearing Loss in the Classroom (FM Systems)

Audiology Online

• This site provides additional information about FM systems

Leader Live

• FM Systems vs. Sound Fields

BabyHearing.org

• This links outlines other environments besides school where FM systems can be used

Parent Stories About Hearing Device Use

Hear to Learn

Hands and Voices

Hearing First

EHDI Pals

State Parent Information About EHDI Programs

AG Bell

Hearing Loss Association of America

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Partnerships: Professional's Perspective

Ida Institute – Transitions Management

Phonak – Childhood Hearing Loss Question Prompt List (QPL) for Parents

Hearing First – Parent & Professional Partnerships

John Tracy Clinic - Making the Most of Your Child’s Audiology Appointments [PDF]

Clinical Skills

Counseling: Assessing and Addressing Barriers

Guide to Counseling Resources [PDF]

Counseling Terminology [PDF]

Counseling Performance Feedback Form [PDF]

Counseling Action Steps [PDF]

Counseling: Basic Concepts

Guide to Counseling Resources [PDF]

Counseling Terminology [PDF]

Counseling Performance Feedback Form [PDF]

Counseling Action Steps [PDF]

Harvard Business Review

• What Great Listeners Actually Do

Counseling: Basic Skills

Guide to Counseling Resources [PDF]

Counseling Terminology [PDF]

Counseling Performance Feedback Form [PDF]

Counseling Action Steps [PDF]

Counseling: Mental Health Referrals

Guide to Counseling Resources [PDF]

Counseling Terminology [PDF]

Counseling Performance Feedback Form [PDF]

Counseling Action Steps [PDF]

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Counseling: Shared Planning

Guide to Counseling Resources [PDF]

Counseling Terminology [PDF]

Counseling Performance Feedback Form [PDF]

Counseling Action Steps [PDF]

Counseling: Sharing Difficult News

Guide to Counseling Resources [PDF]

Counseling Terminology [PDF]

Counseling Performance Feedback Form [PDF]

Counseling Action Steps [PDF]

Measuring eSRT: Advanced Bionics

Audiology Online

• Cochlear Implants-Considerations in Programming for the Pediatric Population

Measuring eSRT: Cochlear

Audiology Online

• Cochlear Implants-Considerations in Programming for the Pediatric Population

Measuring eSRT: MedEL

Audiology Online

• Cochlear Implants-Considerations in Programming for the Pediatric Population

Question Prompt List for Audiologists

Question Prompt List

Getting Started with Hearing Aids: A Remote Parent Education and Support Program

Provider Guide

Open Access Journal Article: eHealth parent education for hearing aid management: a pilot randomized controlled trial, International Journal of Audiology

Behavior Management to Increase Hours of Hearing Device Use

1. Behavior Management Introduction

Behavior Basics [PDF]

Behavior Management Glossary [PDF]

Behavior Tracking Sheet [PDF]

Effective Commands [PDF]

The ABCs of Behavior [PDF]

Time Out [PDF]