-
Sign Up for Our eNewsletter!
H&V Mission (ASL)
Guide By Your Side Program (ASL)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
We at H&V are looking within ourselves and within the organization to do better in supporting Black lives Matter. Learn more HERE.
- There are no upcoming events.
-
Recent Posts
Categories
- Administration (11)
- Advocacy (25)
- ANSD (2)
- Arabic (عربي) (1)
- Articles (117)
- Autism (1)
- Babies (15)
- Coffee Night (31)
- Deaf Culture (26)
- Deaf Plus (5)
- DHH Guides (13)
- Español (1)
- Events (119)
- Families to Families (118)
- Featured (9)
- Fundrasing (3)
- Microtia/ Atresia (11)
- Newsletter – Apr 2010 (3)
- Newsletter – Apr 2011 (5)
- Newsletter – Dec 2009 (4)
- Newsletter – Feb 2012 (2)
- Newsletter – Jan 2011 (3)
- Newsletter – Jun 2009 (3)
- Newsletter – Sept 2010 (7)
- Newsletter – Sept 2011 (1)
- Newsletter – May 2013 (4)
- Newsletters (12)
- Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (17)
- Resources (9)
- Simplified Chinese 简体中文 (22)
- Technology (6)
- Traditional Chinese 繁體中文 (20)
- Translations (43)
- Uncategorized (20)
- Unilateral Hearing Loss (9)
Category Archives: Families to Families
Lost & Found
Lost and Found By Anja Rosenke, Richmond, BC As we drove by a park in Vancouver recently, my mother reminded me of a story I had long since forgotten. The tale of the missing cochlear implants. How could I forget? … Continue reading
Also posted in Articles, Technology
Comments Off on Lost & Found
Thank you to our champion, Susan Lane
By Tereza Kazemir BC Hands & Voices was thrilled to award our first “Lifetime Honorary Membership” to Susan Lane at a celebration of her recent retirement in March 2015. Many of you may know of Susan, and even those of … Continue reading
Also posted in Administration, Articles, Featured
Comments Off on Thank you to our champion, Susan Lane
Our Journey with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD): One Family’s Journey
When our daughter Skyla was born, we became the proud parents of a healthy baby girl! During her first months, she had a series of “inconclusive” hearing tests. After a referral for follow-up tests, she was identified some weeks later … Continue reading
Focusing on the Commonalities of Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD)
By: Jen Gow In keeping with our trend of ‘specialized coffee nights’, we brought together parents of children with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD) last fall. The reason that ANSD is called a ‘spectrum’ disorder is because the effects of … Continue reading
My Message to Parents
by Rosalind Ho I was born prematurely, in the middle of a prairie snowstorm. When I was 8 months old, I was identified with a severe to profound bilateral hearing loss as well as a delay in my motor skill … Continue reading
What’s in a Name?
What’s in a Name? By Lisa Cable My daughter is Deaf. Or deaf. Or hard-of-hearing. Or functionally hearing? Or any other fancy label that I can come up with to call her. She was born with a bilateral mild to … Continue reading
Also posted in Articles
Comments Off on What’s in a Name?
Parent Coffee Night- February
Please join us for our next coffee night on Monday, February 23rd 2015! We hope you can join us to: Get to know other parents of kids with hearing loss Share ideas that support your deaf or hard of hearing child…or just … Continue reading
Also posted in Events
Comments Off on Parent Coffee Night- February
Inject a little Music into Communication Therapy
By Gina Cooper-Watt, Campbell River, BC I admit it, I am a research junkie. When my daughter was born, I became a “Google Mother.” As I sat at the computer, rocking Sara in one arm and perusing the internet with … Continue reading
Also posted in Articles
Comments Off on Inject a little Music into Communication Therapy
Keep ‘em Safe, Wear ‘em Proud! (updated April 2023)
Tips for Keeping Hearing Equipment on Babies, Toddlers, & Preschoolers By Teresa Kazemir I remember driving home from the audiologist with brand new hearing aids in a box on my lap – little did I know what lay ahead in … Continue reading
Also posted in Articles, Babies, Newsletters, Resources
Tagged babies, hearing aids, hearing equipment, keeping hearing aids on, wig tape
2 Comments