The purpose of this survey is to collect information on what really helped you and your family move from first recognizing that your child had a hearing loss, to being fully comfortable helping your child wear his or her hearing devices (hearing aids, cochlear implants, BAHA, FM) every day for most or all of his waking hours.

When you remember back to the time you first learned your child had a hearing loss you may have had many confused feelings. There came the moment that you realized that your child would need to wear hearing aids. You may have felt very overwhelmed by all there was for you to learn about your child’s hearing loss and needs. What did your audiologist share with you or what information did you find out by yourself or from other parents that really helped you?

Our intent is to use the information we learn from ‘experienced parents’ to develop information to guide audiologists and families that will really help them to help their children to use their hearing devices (hearing aids, cochlear implants, bone anchored hearing aids, FM systems) all waking hours.

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* 1. My child's type of hearing loss is:

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* 2. My child's degree of hearing loss in the right ear is:

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* 3. My child's degree if hearing loss in the left ear is:

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* 4. My child's hearing loss was identified at [age]:

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* 5. My child wears the following kind(s) of hearing devices (check all that apply):

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