FACTS ABOUT HEARING LOSS & HEARING LEVELS
FACTS ABOUT HEARING LOSS The ear is made up of three parts: Outer Ear, Middle Ear, Inner Ear. Each part has a specific role in moving and processing sound as it moves to the brain: The Outer Ear: This part of the ear includes the auricle or pinna (part of the ear on the outside […]
EARLY INTERVENTION
EARLY INTERVENTION The Early Intervention Program in Illinois provides an array of services, designed to provide families with resources and support to assist them in fostering their child’s development. Early Intervention service providers will help you learn strategies to optimize your child’s language learning, communication, and language development. You are your child’s first and most […]
TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY Technology plays a very large role in your DHH child’s life. In fact, for most of your children it is technology that allows them to have access to sound and hear the world around them. Bluetooth, all but unheard of 10 years ago, now dominates hearing loss technology and has allowed for incredible advances […]
Roger Vs. FM System
ROGER Today’s high-powered hearing aids and cochlear implants contain Bluetooth streaming options that when paired with a Roger eliminate the need for an FM system. The Bluetooth provides a direct connection for Bluetooth enabled devices, most notably smartphones and tablets, and are made for Smartphone functionality. On the surface, the direct connection is easy to […]
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Language Developmental milestones, used to evaluate your child’s language as a comparison to their age and peer set, can be very informative to measure where your child lands on this measurement tool. However, all DHH children move through language acquisition on their own timeframe. Language acquisition is a layered process that at times is […]
SCHOOL CHOICE
SCHOOL CHOICE Let’s take a minute here, it’s hard to believe but your baby’s first years in early intervention are coming to a close and they will soon be entering Pre-Kindergarten! While it is an exciting time, this phase may seem daunting. Your family services coordinator will prepare your child’s history for this transition and […]
Music Enrichment for Birth to Age 3
MUSIC ENRICHMENT FOR BIRTH TO AGE THREE: HOW AND WHY TO CREATE A MUSIC RICH ENVIRONMENT AT HOME Creating a music rich environment in the home has many benefits for the child; from listening skills to speech perception and development, to turn taking and movement but perhaps the biggest benefit is the joy music gives […]
EARLY CHILDHOOD VIDEOS
EARLY CHILDHOOD VIDEO SERIES This unique virtual music program is geared towards helping our families create a music rich home environment for their infants. The initial series of 10 videos includes 4 tutorial videos where our music instructor walks parents through the key steps to start their infant on their musical journey while the remaining […]
EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS (UP TO AGE 4)
START YOUR CHILD’S MUSICAL JOURNEY Our Early Childhood program focuses on children up to four years of age by providing a tuition free music enrichment class for the child and their primary caregiver. This class provides all the benefits of music class participation such as experiencing movement, rhythm, and percussion instruments; building sensory awareness and […]
SCHOOL BASED MUSIC PROGRAMS
FHSR Supports Classes Just Like This One at Child’s Voice SCHOOL BASED MUSIC PROGRAMS The Music to My Ears (MTME) Pre-School and Elementary school-based program is the first of its kind supporting deaf and hard of hearing classrooms in Chicago and the suburbs. Started in 2020, the implementation of the FHSR school-based music curriculum, specifically […]
