In some of my articles, I have discussed my experiences growing up with significant hearing and eyesight loss. I have no hearing in my left ear, and significantly reduced vision in my left eye. Growing up in a family whose members played high-level sports throughout their lives, my parents were somewhat flummoxed about getting me involved in sports. Due to my not-quite-“normal” abilities, playing sports presented a few concerns.

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As the parent of a deaf or hard-of-hearing child, no one needs to tell you about the challenges you face day-to-day. More specifically, over 90% of deaf/HH children are born to hearing parents, it’s not unlikely that your efforts to best raise your child into a happy and successful adult may feel like learning a new language.

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The latest in assistive hearing technologies has come a long way in the past 15 years, especially in the realm of background noise reduction. When I received my first hearing aid in 1993, I would simply turn it off when faced with any setting filled with competing noises.

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Becoming a top NASCAR racecar driver requires skill, years of practice, fearlessness, luck and a keen desire to win. Kris Martin, a Canadian NASCAR driver, possesses all of these qualities. However, unlike all of his fellow racers in North America, Kris was born deaf.

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The best thing about the Internet is that anyone can have a website. Unfortunately, that’s also the worst thing about the internet: anyone can have a website.

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It seems like just about everyone, be it teachers, parents or people on TV, tell us how important it is to be yourself and even more importantly, to like yourself. These two things often come easier for some people.

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According to Silent Voice, an advocacy organization for the deaf, nearly 90% of deaf and severely hard-of-hearing (HH) children are born into hearing families. As with every difference in ability presented in an unfamiliar setting, parents can easily be fraught with fear and feelings of inadequacy when faced with parenting a child who is deaf/HH.

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Fitting children with hearing aids offers a multitude of challenges to the paediatric audiologist. Ongoing changes in physiological characteristics, in psychological maturity, and in language skills require a high degree of flexibility in both audiological procedures and equipment in order to ensure the optimum outcome.

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As a parent, you have the opportunity to be involved in the professional care your child receives. You should expect very open communication with all professionals involved, and you should feel comfortable asking any questions at all and only settle for explanations that are in terms you clearly understand.

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The Hear Here Fun Fest wrapped up its ninth year on Sept. 13, and it continues to get bigger and better as it allows kids to play and their parents to learn – all while raising money for two very worthy causes to help hearing impaired children.

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When our daughter Shameera was born, all seemed fine. However, as months passed, it became clear something was wrong. She was reaching her developmental milestones, such as rolling over and sitting up, but late.

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There is no escaping it. The world of sound surrounds us and while many sounds bring comfort, sometimes sound can be a bit overwhelming, especially when there are many things going on at once, like the television, conversation, noisy toys, etc.

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Over ten years ago, our family had a chance to move to the Middle East - Kuwait, specifically - where Dawn was part of a multi-disciplinary team training medical specialists in best practices and procedures. Out of this experience with the people of Kuwait came 'And So Ahmed Hears'.

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Did you know that a healthy self-esteem could protect your child against bullying, drug abuse, crime, and even teenage pregnancy?

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My daughter, Silka, was born on a beautiful spring morning in April 2006. A few months later, through the Ear, Nose and Throat Program at Hotel Dieu Hospital in Kingston, she was diagnosed with mild to moderate hearing loss.

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Childhood is the time when life's most important messages are gathered, creating the stepping stones towards adulthood.

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What is Sound? A short tutorial answers this question. It covers sound pressure, frequency, and pitch.

If you have a hearing loss, have you ever wanted to have your friends or family experience what it might sound like to have a hearing loss? This animation explains how our brains 'hear'. Different types of hearing losses are described. There is even a hearing loss simulator!

What can be done? There is information about the symptoms and diagnosis of hearing loss. See what the inside of a hearing aid looks like.

Encyclopedia: Includes some FAQ's and everything from A to Z!

Take a virtual tour! Experience the anatomy of the ear in a whole new way! Take a virtual tour through the ear and watch as sound travels through the ear to the brain.