Hearing Blog & News

While children grow and develop at different rates, most pass through an identifiable skill “set” along the way. Think when your baby sat up, crawled and walked as examples.

We are grateful for your ongoing support of our mission and the students that we serve. Check out what we have been doing so far this year!

Learn tips to help you keep your child’s hearing technology on while traveling across all the ages and stages of their development.

Time spent traveling provides the perfect opportunity to expand your child’s vocabulary. Use these travel tips to build your child’s listening, talking and literacy skills while you’re on the go!

Fun summer adventures can help your child who is deaf or hard of hearing grow and expand their language while making lasting memories. Learn how you can create intentional Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) learning opportunities for your child this summer.

… Only 1 in 10 children in California wear hearing aids that are covered by private insurance. And this incredibly small fraction includes babies who are deaf and hard of hearing. Together, we can change this.

Reading aloud everyday helps children with hearing loss build literacy skills. Here are five “summer” books with specific concepts, skills, and activities for incorporating Listening and Spoken Language strategies into your reading time.

This year, CCHAT is the recipient of a $10,000 grant to fund the purchase of equipment to verify the fitting of hearing aids for young children with hearing loss.

The ECMC Foundation granted $1 million to 76 non-profits and CCHAT was one of the lucky recipients receiving $25,000! THANK YOU ECMC!

May is officially Better Hearing & Speech Month – an annual celebration designed to raise awareness of the many communication challenges that those who are deaf and hard of hearing face on a daily basis.