Language Resources
In addition to items on our website, here is a list of other resources which may be useful for learning more about language development.
Parent Tip Sheets
Below are eight different Parent Tip Sheets created for parents and caretakers of children who are deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH) to use with the support of an Early Intervention provider with experience working with children who are D/HH. Each Tip Sheet briefly describes the developmental process of infants and toddlers post-identified hearing condition for cognitive, social, emotional, language (semantics, syntax-morphology, pragmatics, phonology –auditory and visual), pre-literacy and literacy development. These Tip Sheets provide suggestions for parents and caretakers, for fun, everyday activities to enhance their baby’s development in these aspects! Hang these up on your refrigerator and pick an activity or two to include in your baby’s daily routine or when you are out and about exploring the world.
Language Development (links to pdf's below)
- Lang Dev - Phonology
- Lang Dev - Child Pragmatics
- Lang Dev - Semantics
- Lang Dev - Syntax and Morphology
Social Emotional Development
Visual Language Development
Cognitive Development
Early Literacy Development
Web Sites
https://www.infanthearing.org/signit/ |
Cued Speech combines simple hand cues with natural mouth movements of speech to make all sounds of spoken language visually clear. Click here to learn for free. |
| American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Identify the Signs Campaign. At Home With Young Children? Build Preschoolers’ Speech and Language Skills With Everyday Interactions and Activities: https://identifythesigns.org/home-young-children-build-preschoolers-speech-and-language-skills/ |
Giving Every Child the Gift of Words: Vocabulary of Children with Hearing Loss https://www.cdc.gov/ .../feature-vocabulary-hearingloss.html |
Five Language Activities for Children with Hearing Loss at any Age with any Language Level |
Elements of a Language-Rich Home Environment |
The Hear to Learn website was developed to house the resources of the Utah State University Listening and Spoken Language program, Sound Beginnings, as well as bring people together and foster a community of learning. Hear to Learn offers a free monthly webinar series on a variety of topics related to the listening and spoken language development of children with hearing loss for parents and professionals. Visit their site at www.heartolearn.org |
Info to Go. This site is designed to share information and provide resources with professionals and families on a variety of topics related to children and young people under 21 years of age who are deaf or hard of hearing. |
Zero to Three: Language and Communication-website |
The Hearing First website is a multimedia digital experience and connection point designed to link families who have chosen listening and spoken language (LSL) for their children with hearing loss, and the professionals who work with them, with the resources, information, tools, community and learning experiences they need to ensure the children in their lives succeed. https://hearingfirst.org/ Did You Know? Video series |
Joint Parent-Child App Play Can Strengthen Language Development Join the Hearing First Family Support Community for Listening Spoken Language (LSL) resources, news, blogs and forums. (There is also a community for professionals to join.) An example of a blog post to check out: |
| Language Learning Through the Eye and Ear Part 1 &2 (webcasts) http://www3.gallaudet.edu/clerc-center/ learning-opportunities/webcasts/ language-learning-through-the-eye-and-ear-webcast.html |
| Setting Language in Motion: 7 modules sharing critical information for promoting early language acquisition for young children who are D/HH. Captioned, ASL and Spanish versions. http://www3.gallaudet.edu/clerc-center/ our-resources/for-families.html |
| Maine’s Collaborative Intervention Model: You Can do it too! http://www3.gallaudet.edu/clerc-center/ karen-hopkins-presetion.html |
| Language/Communication and Social/Emotional Milestones in an easy to read checklist for 2,4,6,9,12 month olds and from 2-5 year olds https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/ pdf/checklists/all_checklists.pdf |
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SEE (Signing Exact English) Resources: Northwest School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children. “Signing Exact English: A Simultaneously Spoken and Signed Communication Option in Deaf Education,” appearing in 2018 JEHDI (Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention). "Education, Employment, and Independent Living of Young Adults who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing” 2012 American Annals of the Deaf. SEE My Signs Resource Guide: This resource guide is a complete and comprehensive list of all SEE (Signing Exact English) websites, Facebook pages, videos and apps to help you on your journey with Signing Exact English. |
| Gallaudet Visual Language Visual Learning and (VL2) Parent Toolkit http://vl2parentspackage.org/ |
