Stay ConnectedPowering Potential is a podcast series that explores the unique joys and challenges of teaching children who are deaf or hard of hearing to listen and talk.
Produced by Hearing First and hosted by Dr. Teresa Caraway, Powering Potential dives deep into the challenges, emotions, and practical aspects of teaching children who are deaf or hard of hearing to listen, speak, and reach their full potential with Listening and Spoken Language (LSL).
What does the future have in store for our six young friends with hearing loss?
Hearing loss doesn’t have to hold you back. Our young friends participate in all the activities, sports, and social milestones that their hearing friends do.
Raising children with hearing loss to be self-reliant, independent, and confident in the hearing world.
Navigating the ups and downs of being the only kid in school with hearing loss.
Parents are a child’s most important teacher on the LSL journey. Find out what advice our young friends would give to those just starting out.
What does it feel like to experience sound for the very first time?
A kid is just a kid who happens to have a hearing loss. For families with a child who has hearing loss, imagining what "just a kid" means on their own terms can be both healing and motivating. The families discuss how Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) helps them live a life of hopes and dreams made real.
Part of parenting children with hearing loss is becoming an advocate for them. The families share how they secure the services their children need in the mainstream school system and how they teach their children to become independent communicators.
Celebrating the sweet moments when families know they’re on the right path for their child and family.
Putting together the right support team of doctors and interventionists, and how that team changes as a child transitions from early intervention into a mainstream school.
Taking the first steps toward listening and speaking.
What happens when the life you’d imagined takes a different turn?
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