Your Child’s Hearing Loss

A practical guide for parents of children who have to wear hearing aids, Your Child’s Hearing Loss: What Parents Need to Know, contains useful information that parents can use at every step of the journey they take with their child who has a hearing loss. There is information about causes, the diagnosis, hearing aids, and how to navigate the school years and social situations. As the parent of a child with hearing loss, Debby understands what parents need to know. Her co-author, Jackson Roush, a pediatric audiologist and professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, knows the ins and outs of hearing loss, and how to explain it in a way that will bring parents comfort instead of confusion.

Reviews:

Publishers Weekly wrote:

This easy-to-understand memoir/resource guide will be extremely valuable to parents of children who’ve been diagnosed with hearing loss, both for its technical information as well as its emotional support…The book provides a concise guide to the medical specialists parents in Waldman’s situation should consult, and what each one does. … This book isn’t intended for parents of completely deaf children, but for those whose children suffer from hearing loss, it’s a godsend.

Leigh Reeves, parent, Sanford, NC, wrote:

The words of advice to parents from adults with hearing loss since childhood was especially helpful; in particular, the you

Pearl Feder, LCSW, Editor, SayWhat Club newsletter, December 2006, wrote:

This has got to be required reading for all parents who first discover that their child is hearing impaired or deaf. … What I found most interesting was the authors’ respect of families to choose ASL or any other form of communication such as English Sign, and even provide resources at the end of the book. This is truly a rarity these days. This book clearly and simply focuses on all the issues that truly matter to the parent with a child who is newly diagnosed with hearing loss. A must read.

Catherine, parent, Edmonton, AB, wrote:

Thank you for writing a fabulous book about hearing loss in kids. I’m sure I will have finished it before we get back to pick up Alex’s hearing aids on Thursday, and I’ll be well informed instead of overwhelmed when they give us all our instruction.

Janet Les, Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, BC Parents’ Branch newsletter, September 2005, wrote:

…An excellent new resource for families. Your Child’s Hearing Loss provides parents with easy-to-understand information on how to determine whether or not their child has a hearing impairment — and teaches how to take a day-by-day approach to raising them.

Illinois Early Childhood Intervention Clearinghouse wrote:

This volume offers parents what they need to know about hearing loss — from day-to-day practical solutions to technical information to emotional support.