Family Support, Parent Information

Hands & Voices Releases App for Families with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

November 23, 2020

Parents of children who are newly identified as deaf or hard of hearing, welcome home! We have an app for you! Hands & Voices Parent Support is designed especially for...

Family Support, Thoughts on Parenting a Deaf Child

Amanda Case: Our Journey with Progressive Hearing Loss

February 4, 2019

In-between Two Worlds – Our Journey with Progressive Hearing Loss It is hard to believe that it has been 6 1/2 years since we first received our daughter’s diagnosis of...

Thoughts on Parenting a Deaf Child

Rosabel Agbayani: The Road We Travel TOGETHER

August 15, 2018

The road we travel TOGETHER: Our Family Journey By Rosabel O. Agbayani, MPH “If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.” -Mother Theresa Sometimes we...

Early Intervention

How a Deaf Mentor Helped Our Family

July 25, 2018

We brought our boys home from Russia when they were 15 months old.  When they were 22 months old, Mark was diagnosed with severe to profound hearing loss.  He was...

Deaf & HH Teens, Family Support, Thoughts on Parenting a Deaf Child

Janel Frost: Reflections on Communication Access at Family Gatherings

October 18, 2017

What follows is my own reaction to Dianne’s post as a parent of a child: This is my son. It pains me as a mom to watch my son go...

Deaf & HH Adults, Family Support, Parent Information

A New Model of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infusion

September 25, 2017

Towards a New Model for the Deaf Infusion of Leadership in EHDI Services By Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, Ph. D. The following is a Synopsis of the Libby Harricks Memorial Oration number...

Family Support, Parent Information, Thoughts on Parenting a Deaf Child

Pieces of the Puzzle: Jaden’s Story

October 7, 2016

At birth Jaden had a hearing test like all newborns in our state and he failed; two weeks later he had a repeat test and he passed (or so we...

Deaf & HH Adults, Family Support

David Cluff: Inspiring Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teens

October 5, 2016

My name is David Cluff and I am deaf, and this is my story. In March of 1993 I was born with a virus called Cytomegalovirus, which is known as CMV. This...

Thoughts on Parenting a Deaf Child

Tabby Belhorn: There’s Room for Everyone On Our Path

April 4, 2016

Thirteen years ago I was grieving the loss of having a child that could hear. My daughter had just been diagnosed with a permanent hearing loss. I was facing a lot...

Early Intervention, Family Support, Hands & Voices

Guided by China, A Journey Abroad and Within

June 11, 2015

As Board President of Hands & Voices Headquarters, I was honored to represent H & V through a Hear the World Foundation Grant, by joining U.S. educators and audiologists who...