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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
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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
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Parent Coffee Night- April 27th
Please join us for our next coffee night on Monday, April 27th, 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 come … Continue reading
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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
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Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts
By Jen Gow, British Columbia Hands & Voices Our most recent Annual Parent Workshop on Educational Excellence marked a first for us. Instead of flying solo, British Columbia (BC) Hands & Voices teamed up with partners to co-host the event … Continue reading
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Victoria Area Get-Together March
VICTORIA Area Get-Together – Thursday March 5th An opportunity to talk with other families and share information, suggestions, tips… Toys and games will be set up for the kids to play and give parents the opportunity to chat! Light snacks will be provided. … Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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Numb Hands and Other Bits
The road stretches ahead of me, the next bend almost out of sight. Poplars wave in the breeze and the sun beats down. This is the worst part. The novelty of the start has long worn off, I haven’t seen another rider for … Continue reading
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