Promoting Healthy Self-Acceptance of Hearing Loss for Students in Schools

Educational audiologists and professionals who work closely with children who have hearing loss are in a unique position to help facilitate positive acceptance of hearing loss in a nonprofessional counselor’s role. To help in this role, it is important to understand how families and children with hearing loss cope with the hearing loss and how to reach the point of a healthy self-concept. Personal experiences of living with a hearing loss are discussed by the author. The importance of support groups for families and students with hearing loss and additional strategies are suggested.

from Seminars in Hearing