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Want a teacher to wear a remote mic? Show them this video.
This video is old, but it’s still my all time most favorite simulation of someone using an FM system (aka remote microphone) It’s only 6 mins 16 seconds and I still will skip through and just show the clips for comparisons of listening at a distance, with noise, and with and without the FM.
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Remote Microphone Systems on the All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast
Should babies use remote microphone systems? Will using an FM system make kids dependent on it?
- Audiology, Cochlear Implants, Communication, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss, Hearing Technology
Resources for Parents of Kids With Hearing Loss Learning Online
Many schools have moved to online platforms and among your worries might be, will my child be able to hear and access the information as well as their classmates? Here’s some resources to help get you started.
- American Sign Language, Audiology, Cochlear Implants, Communication, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss
Books About Hearing Loss for Kids and Adults
A friend recently asked for help finding a book about a child getting a cochlear implant. I found a few options and vaguely remembered books I’ve seen throughout the years, but it made me want to make a comprehensive list of as many of the books about hearing loss as I could find. In this list I have books about hearing loss, books about children with hearing loss, books about hearing aids, books about kids getting hearing aids, books with characters that have hearing loss, books with characters that are deaf, books about characters with microtia/atresia, books about characters with unilateral hearing loss, books about using sign language, and on…
- Audiology, Cochlear Implants, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss, Hearing Technology
5 things this Pediatric Audiologist Wants You to Know
Spoiler alert- I’m the pediatric audiologist! Thanks so much to Hearing Like Me for helping me share these resources with parents of kids with hearing loss. Click the link below to read this article:
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Tips for the Holidays With Hearing Loss
Now is a great time to start thinking about how to make the holidays better for your guests with hearing loss – not only kids with hearing loss because with 60% of people over 60 having hearing loss and 80% of people over 80 having hearing loss.. chances are there’s a few people at your holiday get together that can benefit from these!
