Does Your Child Hear You?
My daughter-in-law is an early childhood educator and a doctoral candidate in Reading at the University of Virginia. She sent me this link to the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association, an organization that educates about and advocates for early detection and access to resources for young chidren with hearing disabilities.
Hearing loss can have a profound effect on your child’s ability to communicate. My daughter-in-law says that “hearing impairments impact critical language development from birth. Infants who suffer with undetected hearing loss will undoubtedly have their path to success with literacy negatively and permanent impacted by delayed language development.”
A child’s hearing loss can be caused by injury during childbirth, a traumatic injury or an undetected infection, among other causes. If you suspect your child has a hearing loss, do not delay in getting help.
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