Hearing Parents with Deaf/HOH Children

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I was wondering if any parents of deaf/hoh children have decided to go through an Early Intervention program. If so, was it beneficial for your family. If not, why did you decide not to?
 
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Um I thought almost all parents of dhh kids took advantage of EI. even unilateral loss kids can be seen in EI.
 
seo said:
I was wondering if any parents of deaf/hoh children have decided to go through an Early Intervention program. If so, was it beneficial for your family. If not, why did you decide not to?
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Are you a student asking a homework question? Because I am fairly certain you would already be in an early intervention program if you had a child identified as deaf/hoh.
 
yes, as part of a research assignment I am trying to find out about the opinions surrounding EI for DHH children of hearing parents. I didn't see a thread about anything similar so I started my own to get opinions of parents about EI, if and how it helped families, etc. Thanks for all replies :)
 
seo said:
yes, as part of a research assignment I am trying to find out about the opinions surrounding EI for DHH children of hearing parents. I didn't see a thread about anything similar so I started my own to get opinions of parents about EI, if and how it helped families, etc. Thanks for all replies :)
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Yes it is very helpful for hearing or deaf parents with deaf/hoh children.
 
My mom is an EI Specialist and works with babies who are DHH. I understand the benefits and how important it is. Wondering is anyone has any opinions of the program or stories/information that you would be willing to share.
 
We had engaged early intervention (SLP and OT) services prior to adopting my daughter from China, expecting we'd need to catch up in language and development issues since she was coming from a a very poor and rural orphanage with little medical or educational care. At 1YO, she had no language (we quickly discovered that she was profoundly deaf) and was not yet crawling, and so EI services were scheduled starting a week after she was home from China.

Our daughter quickly developed mobility with little need in the way of OT, so we focused EI services on an SLP working to develop language (ASL). We had a whole lot of coverage, 3X weekly ASL based parent infant groups at a school for the deaf plus individual 1 on 1 sessions 3X weekly with an ASL fluent SLP. We continued these services until my daughter turned 3YO, when she began preK at the same school. When my daughter received CIs, our EI SLP directed her own professional development, becoming knowledgable about CIs and the very different issues and language development steps we were to expect. This EI SLP, the same we had worked with from the time my child was 1YO, started employment at the school for the deaf at the same time my daughter started, and so continued working with my daughter throughout her PreK1, PreK2 and Kindergarten years.

I can't say enough good things about EI services we received: it was professional, thorough, and flexible, adjusting to my daughter's needs. Laurie, our EI SLP, has been a trusted source of learning for my daughter and for us, as parents. I think EI is a tremendous resource, one that I had been entirely unaware of prior to my daughter's arrival.
 
seo said:
I was wondering if any parents of deaf/hoh children have decided to go through an Early Intervention program. If so, was it beneficial for your family. If not, why did you decide not to?
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Th earlier the better. My parents had assistance for me when I was finally diagnosed. I received all kinds of help all through grade school and into middle school as well. EI is essential regardless of the level of hearing loss or deafness.

Laura
 
I went through that after I was diagnosed with a mild/moderate loss when I was little :3
 
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