All About Connecting with Your Whole Child – Episode 90 with Jen Walker

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All About Audiology - Hearing Resources to Empower YOU

Lilach Saperstein

95 episodes

9 months ago

AllAboutAudiology is a podcast hosted by Dr. Lilach Saperstein, an audiologist helping parents and teachers of children with hearing loss, or anyone interested in hearing health, to understand audiology topics. On the podcast, we explore how hearing works and discuss tools for becoming empowered advocates. Every other week, in the All About YOU segment, Dr. Saperstein answers your questions about anything from ear infections and tubes to deciding on cochlear implant surgery, deaf education, and sign language. In addition to: "My baby didn't pass the hearing screening!" "My child can hear but doesn't understand!" "Is my child deaf?" "Should I use sign language?" "Do I need a hearing aid?" "Should I get my hearing tested?" "Pros and cons of cochlear implants" "What are ear tubes" and much more.

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All About Connecting with Your Whole Child – Episode 90 with Jen Walker

All About Audiology - Hearing Resources to Empower YOU

36 minutes 50 seconds

3 years ago

All About Connecting with Your Whole Child – Episode 90 with Jen Walker

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Today Dr. Saperstein speaks with Jen Walker, mother to 7-year-old hard of hearing girl who was internationally adopted. The two discuss the desire to look for ways to create a supportive environment while seeing your whole child. Jen shares parallels with going through the international adoption process and when her daughter was identified as hard-of-hearing. Listen or read the transcript to hear Jen share how and where to look for resources for hard-of-hearing kids, the importance of letting your child have a life of their own, and always looking for ways to connect with them.

This week on the All About Audiology podcast:

* 7:20 – Dealing with international adoption and hearing loss process at the same time, and finding similar situations and difficulties in both process

* 12:00 – Importance of intersectional identities and not “tagging” kids so that they can grow up as individuals of their own

* 16:00 – First reaction after finding out about your kid’s hearing loss and the first steps to look for resources

* 20:10 – Finding the Connect & Advocate program for the first time and getting involved

* 25:50 Advocating using the F-I-G Method to balance oversharing and practical advocating.

* 29:30 – The Connect & Advocate program lets you connect with your child, share with people going through similar experiences, and receive educational and medical advise

For more resources and research visit:

All About Audiology Website

All About Audiology Facebook group

All About Audiology Instagram

And the Prodana pay-it-forward platform here: https://prodana.org/practioner/lilach-saperstein/audiology-counseling–dr–lilach-saperstein

Links for Jen’s pages:

@teamwalkergonegloball

@80sgirlhtx

https://teamwalkergoneglobal.wordpress.com

Mentioned in this episode:

* Deaf Utopia

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Transcript

Dr. Lilach Saperstein:

Welcome back to the All About Audiology podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Lilach Saperstein, and this is the show that is all about you and your journey.