hardofhearingchildren.com by PAM Candlish MLS
"What did you say?" "Eh?" "WHAT did you say?" "MM?" "WHAT DID YOU SAY?" oh "PARDON ME!"

Virtual Table of Contents for the Book

Not Deaf Enough

Chapter 1 The Less Than Perfect Baby The parents suspect hearing problems but difficulty is experienced in obtaining accurate diagnosis and help.

Chapter 2 Grief: Oh God! What Do We Do Now? Parents need information to cope with grief.

Chapter 3 It's Not Fair! The child who is hard of hearing and his family.

Chapter 4 Hard of Hearing Forever The child will always need hearing aids and must work to listen.

Chapter 5 Whole New Crowd of Friends Professionals involved with children who are hard of hearing

. Chapter 6 A Parents' Eye View of Hearing Tests Both parents should be at hearing tests. What to expect during tympanogram, sound field, brainstem auditory evoked response, traditional, in-the-ear probe-microphone testing, speech audiometry, play audiometry, behavioral considerations of hearing tests.

Chapter 7 The Audiogram: A Scientific Picture of the Child's Hearing. The Ling Five-Sounds Test Frequency, intensity of sound, some sounds on an audiogram. The aided or unaided threshold. Examples of audiograms.

Chapter 8 The Ear, Ear Canal, Ear Drum, Middle Ear and Inner Ear. Didn't I Learn This in Grade Six, Health? Most of it, but did you have a child who is hard of hearing?

Chapter 9 Hearing Aids and Aids to Hearing Behind-the-ear aids, FM, Infrared aids, Soundfield Amplification, TTY's, Hearing-Ear Dogs

Chapter 10 Smile Though your Heart is Breaking: Buying and Inserting the Hearing Aids. Parents' initial feelings can affect the child.

Chapter 11 Batteries: Life and Death for the Hearing Aids and the Child Use fresh batteries. Go to hospital immediately if the child eats a hearing aid battery.

Chapter 12 Ling and I The Ling method for Parents.

Chapter 13 Within Earshot/Other Physical Considerations: Maximizing the Auditory Environment Learning to move closer before talking makes life easier. Decorating the hard-of-hearing child's house.

Chapter 14 Learning to Live with a Child Who Wears Hearing Aids: /The Daily Chores to Promote Good Hearing/...and the Frustrations

Chapter 15 Not Deaf Enough The difficulties of a mild loss.

Chapter 16 A Parent's Consideration of Sign Languages and Speechreading The Deaf culture, Sign Language, the "great debate."

Chapter 17 Day Care, Babysitters and the Outside World: Making Sure Other People Help Your Child When You Are Not There People must maximize the child's exposure to language all day long.

Chapter 18 Who am I? Parent or Teacher? Teachers and parents do not always have the same goals. Open questions are better for speech, the parent must unlearn the habit of closed questions.

Chapter 19 Formal Vs: Informal Teaching of Listening, Speech, and Language Most preschool children need to run and climb and swing, not sit still and work. The Ling Method for children with mild losses.

Chapter 20 Teaching Aids The parent is the best teaching aid. How to do the best with what you have.

Chapter 21 Making Life Safe for the Child Who is Hard of Hearing Without Overprotecting Him Teaching a child who is hard of hearing to use the telephone. Safety through parental vigilance, child-proofing and awareness.

Chapter 22 Temper Tantrums, Whining and Squirreling Behavior of children who are hard of hearing.

Chapter 23 Guess Who's Finally Invited to Dinner? Manners, natural politeness and consideration for others make life easier for the child who is hard of hearing.

Chapter 24 Other Children The child who is hard of hearing needs friends. Why other parents might discriminate.

Chapter 25 Off to School