All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast

On episode #43 of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Colleen and new co-host Julie are joined by guest Jason Anderson. Jason Anderson is a late deafened adult that has experienced many forms of hearing loss throughout his life. He found his calling and purpose in disability services. He worked for a decade at the University of Wisconsin as an access specialist for students who were deaf and hard of hearing, and he recently made the decision to leave UW M for another opportunity with the State of Wisconsin Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, where he is a program and policy analyst. Colleen and Julie talk to Jason about his work helping college aged deaf and hard of hearing students transition to college and advocate for themselves on campus.

On episode #42 of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Colleen and new co-host Julie are joined by guest Amanda Linscheid. Amanda is a mother of three, farm wife and nurse in rural Wisconsin. Her daughter Evie, was born with profound hearing loss. And for over 10 years she has shared her family's hearing loss journey. Colleen and Julie talk to Amanda about finding joy in the journey Full transcript of the episode available on our webpage: https://childsvoice.org/podcast-main/

On episode 41 of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Colleen are joined by Michelle Hu, also known on the internet as Mama Hu Hears Michelle Hu has been a pediatric audiologist for over 13 years working specifically with the diagnosis, hearing amplification, cochlear implant evaluation, programming and aural rehabilitation. Something unique about her is that she grew up hard of hearing herself. She was fitted with hearing aids at 3 years and now utilizes bilateral cochlear implants. She is creator of Mama Hu Hears, a safe space to share, laugh, learn and inspire others about living life with hearing loss Wendy and Colleen talk to Michelle about how she helps families navigate their children's hearing loss journey with the unique perspective as both a deaf woman and a pediatric audiologist.

On today's episode of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Colleen are joined by guest Scott Murray. Scott is a member of the MED-EL HearPeers family, receiving his MED-EL implant in 2015. Scott's professional background includes a wide range of experience in aviation, airlines, and construction. Personally, Scott is an avid traveler with 30 countries visited, and experiences ranging from a solo trip to the Taj Mahal, to a backpacking excursion deep into the Alaskan backcountry. Scott loves to share his passion for travel and expanding one's perspective. Scott lives in Colorado with his fiance Emily. Wendy and Colleen talk to Scott all about traveling with hearing loss: the challenges, the joys and the hacks he's discovered along the way!

On this mini episode of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy shares a brief update on the podcast and introduces the new co-host, Colleen Powell. Colleen is a podcast producer, a wife and mom to four, including a 12 year old boy with hearing loss named Liam. She is passionate about helping other families of deaf and hard of hearing kids. You can find Colleen on Instagram or her website.

On episode #39 of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Haley sit down with Carrie Balian about her advocacy work supporting other parents of children with hearing loss. Carrie is a mom to five, whose oldest son Jack was born deaf. She is a coordinator of the Illinois Guide By Your Side Program, and serves on both the Illinois Universal Newborn Screening Advisory Committee and Illinois Hands and Voices board. Guide By Your Side provides free one on one support through providing trained parent guides to families with kids who have been diagnosed with hearing loss. Wendy, Haley and Carrie discuss how to support parents going through a new hearing loss diagnosis and the resources that are available to everyone.

On episode #38 of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, talks with Pediatric Otolaryngologist, Dr. Dana Suskind about her new book “Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child's Potential, Fulfilling Society's Promise.” “Parent Nation” offers a powerful blueprint for a society that helps all families meet the developmental needs of their children. Weaving together the latest science on the developing brain with stories of families from all walks of life, Dr. Suskind shows that the status quo—scores of parents left to shoulder the enormous responsibility of early childhood care and education on their own—is not only unsustainable, but deeply detrimental to children, families, and society.

On episode 37 of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Haley and Elise are joined by talked to Kristen Van Dyke, Executive Director for the Foundation for Hearing and Speech Resources. Driven by a keen focus on early childhood challenges due to the income and health disparities, she works to create programs that address all the needs of children living with hearing loss.

On episode #36 of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Haley are joined by Dr. Krystal Werfel. Dr. Werfel is a research scientist and Director of the Written language lab at Boystown national research hospital is a certified speech language pathologist. She received her master's degree in speech, language, pathology and PhD in Child Language Disorders from Vanderbilt University. She is passionate about literacy in children with hearing loss, conducting research to better the outcomes for this population.

On episode 35 of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Elise are joined by Dr. Matthew Bush. , Dr. Bush is the University of Kentucky Endowed Chair in Rural Health Policy and professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Otolaryngology, head and neck surgery at the University of Kentucky. He completed his otolaryngology residency along with doctoral and master's degrees at the University of Kentucky. And otology neurotology fellowship training at the Ohio State University. He is an NIH funded hearing health disparity expert. Dr. Bush cares deeply about health disparities in the medical field, specifically when it comes to hearing loss. He is a wealth of knowledge who's passion drive his research.

On episode ## of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Haley talk to Dave Kunitz. Dave is the head soccer coach for the USA Deaf Soccer team. He talks about his experience with coaching players of all abilities for the past 20 years, including the past 10 years as the Deaf soccer team head coach. Dave has a unique perspective as a typically hearing individual working with players with hearing loss from all walks of life, and brings positivity to both lessons on and off the field, encouraging individuals of all abilities to be the best version of themselves.

On episode 33 of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Haley are joined by Dr. Candice Hicks. Dr. Hicks focuses her research work on listening effort and fatigue in children with hearing loss. Join us by listening to what Dr. Hicks has to say about the signs of listening fatigue, who is impacted most by effort, and some tips for parents and professionals to make listening easier for those with hearing loss!

On episode 32 of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Haley and Elise are joined by Melissa Hyder. Melissa is Child's Voice's School Counselor, and a mom of three, two of which having hearing loss. Melissa talks about her journey through the grief process and how it differed for both children with hearing loss, her path to becoming a School Counselor, and what you can do as parents to help children work through big emotions.

On episode 31 of All Eats at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Haley and Elise speak with Robin Lockwood. Robin is a parent of a child, Allison, with Usher's Syndrome. She has also just received her masters of science at Washington University in Deaf Education. Robin speaks about how she coped with Allison's diagnosis of Usher's Syndrome, a progressive hearing and vision loss disability. She talks about her journey from an attorney to a teacher, how being a parent and educator has helped with her ability to advocate for Allison, and her family's resilience through it all.

On episode 30 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Haley and Wendy are joined by Dr. Maribeth Lartz. Dr Lartz is a Professor Emerita, Illinois State University Deaf/Hard of Hearing Program. She has a B.S. & M.A. in Deaf Education from The University of Texas at Austin and Ph.D. in Early Childhood Special Education, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also the Principal Investigator/Director of multiple U.S. Department of Education personal training grants. Dr. Lartz has trained hundreds of Teacher’s of the Deaf at Illinois State University. Dr. Lartz shares her experiences, growing up in a family with hearing loss and sign language. She talks about the journey and transformation in Deaf Education from the 80’s until now. Dr. Lartz gives insight on what has changed for children with hearing loss and what she hopes for the future of Deaf Education.

Tatum and Wendy talk to Dr. Hoff about the surgical procedures related to microtia and other disorders. Dr. Hoff talks about his daily life as a surgeon as well as how things have changed in his practice since COVID-19 started as well as much more! Find us @childsvoicepodcast Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast.

Tatum and Wendy talk to the National CMV Foundation Director, Amanda Deveraux. We discuss the cytomegalovirus which is a very common virus that can have significant impact on babies including hearing loss. We talk about transmission, prevention, symptoms, parent led legislation, treatment, and the potential for a vaccine for CMV.

On episode 27 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Tatum and Wendy are joined by Katie Farnsworth, AuD. Katie works as a pediatric audiologist at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. She grew up wearing bilateral hearing aids and received a cochlear implant as an adult. Katie shares about her experience her experience growing up with hearing loss and hearing aids, studying Hearing and Speech Sciences and Audiology in undergraduate and graduate school, receiving a cochlear implant as an adult while working as an audiologist, and working with families and children as a pediatric audiologist. Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast.

On episode 26 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Tatum and Wendy are joined by Matt and Tim Reuter-Bowers. Matt and Tim are the parents of two young boys, one of whom has bilateral cochlear implants and is in 5 th grade. On this episode we their family’s experience with adoption, navigating everyday life wearing masks, mainstreaming, working with the professionals on your team, and much more. Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast.

On episode 25 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Tatum and Wendy interview Derrick Coleman, Jr., the first deaf offensive player in the NFL. Derrick shares about his experience growing up hard-of-hearing and learning to advocate for himself both in the classroom and on the football field. - Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

Tatum and Wendy talk to Lindsay about remote microphone systems. We discuss the most current technology and terminology, what remote mic systems do and how they are used with children and adults of all ages. She shares her expertise on why remote mic systems are important for an optimal listening environment for young children as well as how the advances in technology have changed the way they are used in homes and schools. Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

On Episode 23 Part 2, we share part two of our two-part conversation with Molly and Linda. Molly is the parent and Linda is the grandparent of a toddle named Lucas who uses bilateral cochlear implants. In part two, Molly and Linda share more about their experience with Lucas’s early intervention therapies, Lucas’s multiple cochlear implant surgeries, and their relationship as mother and daughter. -Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast. -[Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

On episode 23, we share part one of a two-part series with Molly and Linda. Molly is the parent and Linda is the grandparent of a two-year-old boy who uses cochlear implants. Molly and Linda share about their experience first learning of Lucas’s hearing diagnosis shortly following his birth, his family’s decision to pursue cochlear implants, and their early experiences with audiology and Early Intervention services. Throughout our conversation, Molly and Linda reflect on their relationships with Lucas and each other as they supported one another throughout the early stages following Lucas’s diagnosis with hearing loss. - We are currently working on an episode featuring our listeners, our staff, and our fellow colleagues in hearing loss. We would love for you to share with us about anything related to how or what you are doing during this time of Covid-19. Send an email or voice memo to podcast@childsvoice.org. Find instructions on how to make a voice memo using your phone in today’s show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast. - Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the episode transcript and find episode show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child’s Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guest and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child’s Voice.]

On episode 22, Jessica Dallman, a licensed professional counselor and owner of a private practice called Natural Wisdom Counseling, joins the show to discuss fostering resilience in children with hearing loss and their families. - If you haven't yet, fill out our listener survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZTP7CPC. - Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find episode show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

On episode 21 of All Ears at Child's Voice, Tatum and Wendy interview Valli Gideons from mybattlecall.com about her experience as a military spouse raising two children with hearing loss who use cochlear implants. Valli and her daughter, Harper, have recently written a children's book that you can pre-order on Amazon or from Barnes & Noble (both linked in our episode show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast) - If you haven't yet, fill out our listener survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZTP7CPC. - Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

In this mini episode of All Ears at Child’s Voice, Wendy and Tatum briefly reflect on season three, preview some of season four, and share some ways listeners can help the show. The podcast will now be year-round with new episodes airing once a month on the second Wednesday of the month. The next episode will air 2/12. - Fill out our listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZTP7CPC - Email in a voice memo to hear yourself on the show. If you need help making a voice memo, see the links in the show notes for this episode at childsvoice.org/podcast. - Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the episode transcript and find episode show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

On episode 20 of All Ears at Child’s Voice, Tatum and Wendy are joined by Dr. Michele Friedner, a social and medical anthropologist from The University of Chicago. On today’s episode, Tatum and Wendy talk to Dr. Friedner about the language professionals and families use when describing hearing loss, hearing technology, and disability and how that language represents as well as shapes the identities of children with hearing loss and children who use cochlear implants. - Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the episode transcript and find episode show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guest and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

On Episode 19 of All Ears at Child's Voice, Wendy and Tatum interview Meredith Berger, the executive director of the Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech New York Campus, about aural microtia/atresia. Topics discussed include the current diagnostic process as well as amplification/intervention options available for this population. - Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find episode show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

On Episode 18 of All Ears at Child's Voice, Wendy interviews four parents of children with hearing loss about their unique and individual journeys. This episode was recorded as part of a live parent panel Child's Voice hosted this past July for visitors from a hearing loss program located in Tel Aviv, Israel called Beit Micha. At the end of the panel, staff from Beit Micha ask the four panelists questions. - Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

On Episode 17 of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Tatum interview Dr. Anne Marie Tharpe, the chair of the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences and Associate Director of the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences. Dr. Tharpe joins the show to discuss the identification, treatment, and management of unilateral and mild hearing losses. - Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

On Episode 16 of All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Tatum and Wendy interview Dr. Nancy Young, an otolaryngologist and cochlear-implant surgeon at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Dr. Young shares about her experience as a cochlear-implant surgeon, the changes she's witnessed in the cochlear implant surgery and hearing loss field over the course of her career, and the research she's involved with at Lurie Children's Hospital. - Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

On episode 15 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Tatum and Wendy interview Julie and her daughter, Clara, about their experience with Clara’s hearing loss. Clara uses bilateral cochlear implants and is a graduate of Child’s Voice. She recently graduated from high school and, at the time of the recording, was preparing for her upcoming transition to college as a student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne. Clara talks about graduating from high school and preparing for her upcoming transition to college. Julie shares her perspective as a parent of a child with hearing loss. Special thanks to Cochlear Americas for helping to coordinate this episode by putting the podcast in touch with Julie and Clara. - On the episode, Clara and Julie share about their experience with the manufacturing company of Clara's cochlear implants, Cochlear Americas. All Ears at Child's Voice does not promote any specific product mentioned on the show. If you have questions about selecting a manufacturer when considering a cochlear implant, please talk with your team and especially your audiologist. Information on all three cochlear implant manufacturers (Cochlear, MED-EL, and Advanced Bionics) can be found at their websites, which are listed in the show notes. - Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

Today we bring you recordings from our Recognition Ceremony in May. When the kids at Child's Voice are ready to move on to their mainstream program, we hold a graduation-type ceremony for them and they each give speeches. We bring you five of those speeches today. In addition, we say goodbye to Jessica. While we are so excited for her to be back in St. Louis and closer to family, we will miss her here on the podcast. So in today's episode, Tatum interviews Jessica to talk about her favorite therapy activities, what she has learned, and what she is proud of about her time at Child's Voice. - Find us @childs_voice, @TatumFritzSLP, and @JessicaBrockSLP. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

Today Jessica talks with Child’s Voice alum Haley about her college experience. Haley is a bilateral cochlear implant user and is getting her degree in Deaf Education from Illinois State University. At the end of today’s episode Tatum and other Child’s Voice staff share about their trip to Israel visiting another listening and spoken language program called Beit Micha. - Find us @childs_voice, @TatumFritzSLP, and @JessicaBrockSLP. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child’s Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child’s Voice.]

Today we talk with Elsa Auerbach about the changes in deaf education that she has seen over the last 55 years. Elsa began as a teacher of the deaf in 1963 and talks with us about the advances in technology, the changes in outcomes, how her first students are doing now, and what she loves most about her job. - Find us @childs_voice, @TatumFritzSLP, and @JessicaBrockSLP. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

Today we talk with Michael Douglas about dual language learning. We talk about how he became interested in dual language learning and the many different ways that families who are bilingual or families who speak a language other than English can approach language learning with their children who are deaf or hard of hearing. This is a wonderful episode for parents and professionals alike! - Find us @childs_voice, @TatumFritzSLP, and @JessicaBrockSLP. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcripts at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

Today we talk with Dawn about her experience raising her son, who has cochlear implants and communicates using both sign language and spoken language. She so graciously shares her experiences, things she's learned along the way, and advice for parents and professionals based on her journey. - Find us @childs_voice, @TatumFritzSLP, and @JessicaBrockSLP. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcripts at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]

Today we talk with Theresa Harp of Sound Speech in Watchung, NJ, about her experience counseling families of children with hearing loss as they decide what mode or modes of communication to use with their child (from listening and spoken language to ASL to cued speech). She shares resources for families and professionals across all communication modalities and we talk about owning our bias as a first step to helping families at this important step of the journey. Find us @childs_voice, @TatumFritzSLP, and @JessicaBrockSLP. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcripts at childsvoice.org/podcast. (Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.)

Today we talk with Dr. Uma Soman about supporting children with hearing loss in the mainstream setting. Uma was a professor of Tatum's and Jessica's at Vanderbilt and is a teacher of the deaf, the outreach coordinator for Carle Auditory Oral School, and co-founder of Listening Together whose mission is to support education and rehabilitation of children who are deaf or hard of hearing around the world through parent empowerment, professional development, and public awareness. Tune in to learn about positive, easy terminology for classifying children based on growth trajectories. Uma helps us understand who supports children who are deaf or hard of hearing in the mainstream, how to collaborate with other professionals, how language impacts the additional academic demands of school-age children, and what other needs a child might have as they go into middle school and high school. Follow along with the transcripts at childsvoice.org/podcast. You can also follow us at @childs_voice, @JessicaBrockSLP, and @TatumFritzSLP!

Today we talk with Andrea Marwah about the importance of knowing your rights as a parent when your child is entering the public school setting. Andrea Marwah is the president of Illinois Hands & Voices and is a Special Education Rights Specialist. She provides outreach through the Illinois School for the Deaf and is a wealth of knowledge on how best to advocate for your child in the school system. She is also a parent of a child who is deaf and uses cochlear implants. Tune in to learn about the special education process. If you're a parent, you will learn about your role as an advocate for your child. If you're a professional, you will learn about IDEA and how to support families through this process. Tatum and Jessica are so excited to be back for season 2 with this very important topic. Follow along with the transcripts at childsvoice.org/podcast! You can also follow us at @childs_voice, @JessicaBrockSLP, and @TatumFritzSLP.

On our last episode of season 1, Katie and Mike Schroeder share their experiences raising two children with hearing loss. They discuss the highs and lows, from diagnosis through early intervention and into preschool. They have an inspiring perspective and a take-action approach, and we were so honored to have them on our show. Tune in and follow along on our show notes and transcripts found at www.childsvoice.org/podcast! #hearinglosspodcast #childsvoicepodcast . . . We are taking a hiatus until February! Please tune in next year to hear more about bilingualism and hearing loss, public education system and IEPs, modes of communication like sign language, and more. Thank you so much everyone for tuning in to season 1!

Today we interview Landon Lacey about Theory of Mind (aka Mind-Reading). Tune in to learn about what theory of mind is, why this is hard for kids with hearing loss, and what we can do to help! (It’s not an un-solve-able problem!) Transcripts can be found at www.childsvoice.org/podcast.

Today we interview Anna Tess and Lucy Espinoza about self-advocacy! Anna has bilateral cochlear implants and is a teacher of the deaf and Lucy’s son Frankie went to Child’s Voice. Self-advocacy is so important, so tune in to find out why, and what you can do to help! Show notes and transcripts at www.childsvoice.org/podcast! Find us @jessicabrockslp @tatumfritzslp and @childs_voice! #hearinglosspodcast #ChildsVoicePodcast #earlyintervention #listeningandspokenlanguage #lsls #auditoryverbaltherapy #avt #deafeducation #hearingloss #cochlearimplant #hearingaids #deafkidsrock #speechtherapy #kidswithhearingloss #babieswithhearingloss

Today we sit down with Laura Straka and Rollen Cooper to discuss a model of early intervention therapy called bagless therapy. We look at some of the historical changes in the field of early intervention, what bagless therapy is, what the challenges and benefits are, and why we believe parents can and should be empowered in therapy sessions as much, if not more, than the kiddos! Show notes and transcripts are at childsvoice.org/podcast and we can be found on social media @childs_voice, @jessicabrockslp, and @tatumfritzslp. Send questions our way to podcast@childsvoice.org!

Today we talk more about cochlear implants with mom and fellow podcaster Colleen Powell. We talk about progressive hearing loss, transitioning from hearing aids to cochlear implants, questions to ask, deciding on which brand of CI, self-advocacy, sequential cochlear implantation, and so much more. You can find Colleen Powell at www.colleenkpowell.com, us @JessicaBrockSLP, @TatumFritzSLP, and @childs_voice. Show notes and transcripts: www.childsvoice.org/podcast. We hope you enjoy!

Today we interview two Child's Voice audiologists, Dr. Dawn Violetto and Dr. Megan Wernsman, about the cochlear implant process. We discuss all of the steps, including initial diagnosis, surgery, activation, and mapping. If you have any questions about cochlear implants, here is your chance to learn all about them straight from the professionals. We hope you enjoy our conversation! Show notes and transcripts can be found at childsvoice.org/podcast. Follow us @childs_voice, @TatumFritzSLP, and @JessicaBrockSLP on Twitter and Instagram!

In today's episode, we welcome Wendy Deters. Wendy is a speech-language pathologist at Child's Voice. Today she discusses her experience being raised by her parents, both of whom have hearing loss and use cochlear implants. She talks about some of the history of deaf education, her parents' experiences with cochlear implants, and the impact they have had on her life and on her career. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Wendy! We also welcome Dr. Michele Wilkins, executive director of Child's Voice, to talk with us about what we do at Child's Voice and to help our listeners understand listening and spoken language. Thanks so much for listening! Enjoy! Show notes and transcripts can be found at childsvoice.org/podcast

Welcome to All Ears at Child's Voice! This is an introductory episode for your hosts to say hi. Episodes begin airing August 29! Stay tuned! www.childsvoice.org/podcast Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @childs_voice @JessicaBrockSLP @TatumFritzSLP