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Today on the All About Audiology Podcast, Dr. Saperstein speaks with Jessica Nelson. This episode took place via a chat on Instagram Live. Both of Jessica’s sons are deaf.  Although both of her sons are deaf, each one has their own unique story. Tune in to listen to her story.

This week on the All About Audiology podcast:

* 5:00 – It is good to follow your intuition or gut if you feel the need to get your child’s hearing examined

* 15:00 – Every hearing loss journey is unique and different. It all depends on factors such as anatomy, age, support, access to health care, personality, and one’s brain.

* 24:00 – Every family has to make a choice regarding what is right for their own family when it comes to communicating with your child who has a hearing loss.

* 31:00 – Even if your kid receives an implant, it is still important to support their hearing needs in different environments because the way they’re going to hear in one environment may not be the same in another environment

* 38:00 – Auditory Verbal Therapy does not work for every child!

* 42:00 – Even if one has an interpreter working alongside them, one should still talk to a patient with hearing loss as they would converse with anyone else

* 45:00 – Don’t get wrapped up in the fact that your kid has hearing loss; rather get wrapped up in your kid in general!

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Mentioned in this episode:

*  Janet DeGeorge, who is the Executive Director of Hands and Voices — tag Episode in WP

Related Episodes

* All About Auditory-Verbal Therapy- Episode 27 with Elaine Matlow Tal-El, AV Israel* All About Sign Language – Episode 15 with Kimberly Sanzo* All About Listening and Spoken Language – Episode 72 with Dr. Carol Flexer* All The Things You Didn’t Learn in Your AUD Program – Episode 73- with Mallorie Evans

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