Tips and tools for navigating hearing loss

Tips and tools for navigating hearing loss

View this published article at: https://psyche.co/guides/tips-and-tools-for-navigating-hearing-loss Need to Know I’m no stranger to hearing loss. I was born deaf in my right ear and hearing in my left. I grew up in a hearing family that communicated only in spoken English, but was fortunate to find the Deaf community and learn American Sign Language (ASL)…

A Neurobiological Case for Early Sign Language Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

A Neurobiological Case for Early Sign Language Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Published in Grey Matters Journal, GSU Chapter, Spring 2025 Could you say everything you’re thinking without making a sound? Through signed languages, the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HH) can. While a child’s first language is most often developed passively, by listening to the speech of primary caregivers, that option is not available to D/HH children. In…