Raising Deaf Kids-Toddler Parents, Baby Parents, Hearing Loss, Sign Language, ASL, Listening and Spoken Language, Hearing Impaired

Tune into this episode of Raising Deaf Kids to hear Alaine talk about why no one is telling parents about visual communication, and how you can start to use visuals to communicate better with your child today.

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 It’s that time of the year again…. The holiday season! Fist up on deck is trick or treating!

It’s definitely a kid- favorite holiday, but can also be a little difficult to navigate good hearing while also running around outside, hopped up on candy and dodging and other parents and kids.

If your kids are like mine, then it goes by fast! Today we’re going to chat about some quick tips to make trick or treating more hearing los...

Are you new to the hearing loss diagnosis and finding it hard to navigate through the twists and turns of the medical system?

Does it leave you feeling desperate to find the right answers to help your child?

That’s exactly how  our guest, Dr. Megan Becker, felt when she got a CMV and hearing loss diagnosis for her son.

In this episode Megan details her family’s journey from the drawn out process of even getting the right d...

Do you feel overwhelmed with all of the information out there about parenting your kids?

Do you sometimes feel bad or anxious because, according to the internet you just aren’t doing enough to help your child?

Friend, I’ve been there, and I’m also here to speak to you from the other side!

While we can get some helpful information from Instagram, we also need to be discerning about who we’re getting our information from, an...

Are you and your child frustrated at home because your child doesn’t know enough language to communicate effectively with you?

Do you feel desperate because you don’t know what your child wants?

Friend, I want to tell you that this is SO common with kids newly diagnosed with hearing loss. I also want to assure you that we can fix this today!

Listen in as we talk about what to do right now to instantly start communicating b...

Have you recently adopted a child with special needs and are looking for support? Do you wish to travel with your special needs child but think it’s too hard and overwhelming?

That’s where our guest, Jenifer Breaux is here to help! Jenifer is a luxury travel expert and a special needs advocate.

She is also a retired army veteran who served for 3 decades, and she was actively serving when she and her husband adopted their chil...

If you’re a parent of a child with hearing loss, you’re likely faced with many challenges. Depending on the type of hearing loss your child has, your Audiologist might recommend cochlear implants. It’s understandable to have questions about if cochlear implants are the right choice for your child. In this episode, we’ll discuss 5 benefits of cochlear implants, so you can make an informed decision for your family. Let’s discuss!

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 Today on the podcast we have a very special guest! I had the opportunity to talk to a parent in our community, Bethany Meier.

Bethany is a parent to a child who has hearing loss due to CMV. In this episode we chat together about how to prevent CMV in pregnancy and tips on advocating for your child with your doctors and other medical professionals.

Bethany recounts her story of hearing loss with her own child with great hones...

Are you thinking about getting cochlear implants for your kids? Are you confused or overwhelmed by all of the choices and all of the information out there?

Depending on who you talk to, you will get a different perspective on cochlear implants.

Today we’re going to talk about 5 misconceptions that parents have about getting cochlear implants for their kids and what addressing these misconceptions could mean for your family. L...

We all want things to be easier. Life to be easier, raising kids to be easier, learning language with our deaf and hard of hearing kids to be easier.

What if I told you that you can actually make it easy?

What if I told you that you’re actually making it harder than it has to be?

Today we’re going to talk about taking a different approach to language learning for our kids and making the whole thing a lot less complicated a...

Parenting is a hard job! Between taking care of our families, working, side- hustling it can all get away from us. Today we’re going to talk about some shifts that we can take going into this next season to parent better and show up for our families in a more intentional and calm way. Let’s discuss!

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One of the best ways to get a child language access and curriculum access in the classroom is through using an FM system, or mini mic.

However, what do you do if the teacher isn’t using it in the classroom?

Today we’re discussing practical strategies to communicate with the teacher and to get the whole IEP team involved to make sure your child gets the support that they need. 

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You have the best intentions of learning ASL, but the practice keeps falling through the cracks.

You get to the end of the day or the week and you realize that you made no real progress in learning or practicing ASL.

Learning ASL is 100% possible to fit into your day without it taking over your whole life!

Today I’m going to give you my easiest 2 step process to learning ASL in a simple way that fits into the cracks of you...

Have you ever been out and about with your kids, and you get an unexpected passive aggressive comment about their hearing loss?

Does it come out of the blue and shake up your whole day?

Unfortunately this happens a lot to us, and it happens in subtle ways and also outright.

We’re never prepared for it, and it ruffles our feathers.

Today we’re going to talk about how to process through those negative comments and hopeful...

You’re working with your IEP team, but you realize that your child doesn’t have enough language to communicate effectively with their teachers.

And you start to wonder, how is your child going to communicate in school without you all day?

This is a common problem of kids with hearing loss who are in preschool or Kindergarten.

Let me assure you that there is a way to start teaching your child independence in the classroom a...

Have you been told that you shouldn’t use sign language with your child who has cochlear implants or hearing aids?

Are you getting mixed information about communication methods you can use at home?

The truth is that you can totally use sign language with your kids that are aided, and it won’t hinder them from learning spoken language as well if that’s a goal for your family.

Today on the episode we’re going to dive into th...

It’s back to school season! And with that comes IEP season- dun, dun, dun.

But seriously, the IEP meeting can be an exciting time as you lay out the foundation for your child’s education this year! It can also be an intimidating and overwhelming experience if you don’t know how to help craft a simple yet effective IEP for your child.

Recently, we started putting a specific skill in my older son’s IEP, and I realized that not ...

Do you have typical hearing kids and kids with hearing loss in the same house?

I know you’ve wondered how your typical hearing kids are going to receive your child with hearing loss. I know that I personally was concerned that communicating with my typical hearing child would be “easier” for my husband and I, so we would have a better relationship with her.

However, we’ve been able to integrate hearing loss and typical hearin...

There has been this weird rally cry of people telling parents to make sure their Deaf/ hard of hearing kids sit in the front row to get better language access in the classroom.

While this can be helpful as far as the kids seeing, and maybe hearing a little bit better, the advice stops there for parents.

So I’m going to let you in on a little secret that I learned when my kids were in preschool- language and hearing access has...