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The Importance of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adults on the Parenting Journey

July 9, 2014
“I want to be a fireman, Mom.” At one of our Illinois Hands & Voices parent meetings, a mom shared a conversation she had with her five-year-old son during bedtime...
Early Intervention, Thoughts on Parenting a Deaf Child

Taking the Scary Out of Transitions

June 4, 2014
  My son passed his Universal Newborn Hearing Screening at birth. Three years later he was diagnosed with moderate to severe hearing loss. Like so many other families, I had...
Thoughts on Parenting a Deaf Child

Mom, She’s Just Like Me!

May 23, 2014
Natalie passed her newborn screening and her hearing tests through the age of 4. She did suffer from chronic ear infections and had tubes placed at 18 months. In the...
Thoughts on Parenting a Deaf Child

New Book by a Parent, Lydia Denworth: I Can Hear You Whisper

April 23, 2014
“I Can Hear You Whisper” is a new book by Lydia Denworth, a parent of a deaf son.  With her background as a journalist focusing on social and science matters,...
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Janet DesGeorges: Leadership Thoughts

April 4, 2014
Leadership Thoughts Janet DesGeorges, H&V Executive Director Below is a compilation of thoughts about what it takes to be a leader at Hands & Voices! Hope you enjoy these simple...
Deaf & HH Adults

D-Pan: Empowering Deaf & Hard of Hearing Youth through Music Videos

March 24, 2014
Empowering Youth through Music Videos by Mark Levin, D-PAN There was a noticeable difference between the first and last day in all the students that attended our D-PAN workshop last...
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Hands & Voices Chapter Updates

March 13, 2014
Every day, our Hands & Voices chapters are connecting with families and doing some awesome work.  Here’s a quick summary  and highlights from several chapters:   Michigan:  Michigan now has...
Family Support, Hands & Voices

Finding the Balance ~ Helen Cotton Leiser

March 5, 2014
The Hands & Voices annual Leadership Conference is always my safe haven. One year’s theme, “Finding the Balance Within” was exactly what I needed. In my role with Hands &Voices, I have spoken to...
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Letting go with trust ~ Helen Cotton Leiser

February 19, 2014
We were dropping Ashlin off at college. We walked into her dorm room to find that it had been entirely decorated by her roommate. I was dumbfounded. I asked the...
Deaf & HH Adults

The Parenting Side: Raising Derrick Coleman

February 2, 2014
  “They gave up on me… Told me I should just quit… They didn’t call my name. Told me it was over. But I’ve been deaf since I was three–I...

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