On this episode: Lucy Lopez, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Zak Rosen are joined by Sydney Bassard from The Listening SLP to dig into everything you need to know about hearing loss, practical speech, language, and literacy with your kids. 

But first, Lucy weighs in on the great flower girl controversy. 

Podcast production by Cheyna Roth.

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