Meet Preston Dwoskin, one of the first students to attend Listen and Talk. Preston is a referee, a motivational speaker, and an activist for education. He has the ambition to overcome any challenge he faces in life. Watch a clip …
As the COVID-19 virus impacts our schools, families now have their children at home during the day while they might also be trying to work. It can be hard to think of daily activities to entertain and educate your child. …
One of the pieces to having hearing loss is spending some time in an audiology sound booth. Perhaps it is for a new diagnosis and the audiologist is trying to determine the level of the hearing loss. Maybe someone who …
WHAT are Picture Pages? Picture Pages are a type of written communication tool used to support activities at school and at home. Teachers and families can use pictures with captions to create a language-rich context for conversations about daily activities …
As an audiology technician at Listen and Talk, one of the most common questions I hear from parents and providers is, “How do we keep the hearing device(s) on this child?!” Now the question may not always come with this …
This past summer, you may have seen this adorable video of a father and his young son having a “conversation.” If you haven’t seen it, and you watch the video with the sound off, you might not realize that only …
Take a moment and plug your ears. What you hear- and most importantly what you don’t hear – right now, is what a person with profound hearing loss experiences every day of their life. It’s the permanent cone of silence, …
There are a few actions that you can take to protect your hearing, most of which are pretty intuitive: 1.) you can attempt to physically remove yourself from the loud situation, 2.) reduce the volume and time you spend listening …
Since October is National Protect Your Hearing Month, it seems like our due diligence as an organization to bring up ways that our families and friends can preserve their hearing in this exciting, sonically rich world that we live in. …
Emotional recognition and regulation in children is a developing skill that can be addressed through more than just a social-emotional curriculum. Positive discussion surrounding emotions–or “feelings talk”–lets children know that it’s okay to be sensitive, frustrated, mad, or sad. Designated …