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For Children with Hearing Loss

Hearing loss can affect much more than what a student hears. 👂📚Even when a student has strong language skills, hearing l...
09/28/2026

Hearing loss can affect much more than what a student hears. 👂📚
Even when a student has strong language skills, hearing loss can create barriers to accessing the fast-paced, incidental communication that happens throughout the school day.

A student may miss:
➡️ A teacher’s comment while writing on the board
➡️ Directions given while students are moving around the room
➡️ A classmate’s quiet comment
➡️ Parts of a group discussion
➡️ Background conversations and incidental language
➡️ Social cues that are primarily communicated through sound

Over time, these missed pieces can affect language development, academic learning, classroom participation, confidence, and social connection.
This is why hearing technology alone is not always enough.

Students may also need intentional strategies such as:
🎧 Consistent access to hearing technology
🏫 Classroom acoustical considerations
👀 Visual access to speakers
🗣️ Communication strategies from teachers and peers
💬 Opportunities to clarify and self-advocate
🤝 Support for social participation
📚 Explicit attention to language and learning needs

Our goal is to help students move from simply “hearing” the school day to fully participating in it.

Today we recognize the importance of sign languages in promoting linguistic rights, communication access, and inclusion ...
09/23/2026

Today we recognize the importance of sign languages in promoting linguistic rights, communication access, and inclusion for Deaf people around the world.

For students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing, access to language is fundamental to learning, developing relationships, participating in their communities, and building a strong sense of self.

As educators, we have a responsibility to understand and respect the many ways students communicate and to ensure that communication access is not an afterthought.

For students whose educational plans focus on listening and spoken language, we work intentionally to maximize access to spoken communication through hearing technology, environmental supports, language development, self-advocacy, and skilled educational support.

Different communication approaches. Different experiences. One essential right: access to language.

Deaf rights are human rights. Educational access is a right—not a privilege. ⚖️For students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing...
09/21/2026

Deaf rights are human rights. Educational access is a right—not a privilege. ⚖️
For students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing, meaningful access to education means more than simply being physically present in the classroom.

It means having access to:
📚 Instruction and curriculum
💬 Language and communication
👂 Auditory information when appropriate
🎧 Hearing technology and assistive technology
👩‍🏫 Qualified professionals
🤝 Meaningful participation with peers
🗣️ Self-advocacy opportunities
❤️ Social-emotional support and belonging

Educational teams must consider what each student needs to access, participate, communicate, learn, and demonstrate what they know.

As itinerant Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing, we help teams look beyond accommodations on paper and ask an important question:
“What does meaningful access look like for this student in this classroom, with these people, throughout the school day?”

There is no single way to communicate when you are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing may co...
09/18/2026

There is no single way to communicate when you are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing may communicate using:
👂 Listening & spoken language
👐 American Sign Language (ASL)
🤟 Sign-supported communication
🗣️ Cued Speech
✍️ Written language
📱 Assistive technology and communication supports
🔄 Or a combination of approaches

Communication needs can also change depending on the student, environment, communication partner, and situation.

For an auditory-oral program, we place a strong emphasis on developing listening and spoken language skills when that is the student’s identified communication approach and educational goal. At the same time, we recognize the importance of respecting each student’s communication needs, identity, family preferences, and right to meaningful language access.

The goal is not simply to communicate.
The goal is to have reliable access to language, learning, relationships, and the world around you.

September is Deaf Awareness Month! 💙Deaf and hard of hearing students are more than their audiograms.Hearing loss can af...
09/17/2026

September is Deaf Awareness Month! 💙

Deaf and hard of hearing students are more than their audiograms.
Hearing loss can affect how a student accesses spoken instruction, develops language, participates in conversations, builds relationships, and navigates the classroom. But with the right access, support, accommodations, and opportunities, students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing can thrive.

As itinerant Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing, we work alongside students, families, teachers, and school teams to help create meaningful access to learning and communication.

This month, we’re highlighting:
👂 Hearing access & listening
💬 Communication & language
📚 Learning & educational access
🤝 Social-emotional development & belonging
⚖️ Deaf rights & advocacy
👐 Deaf culture & linguistic diversity

Awareness is the beginning. Access and inclusion are the goal.

05/19/2026

The Walk4Hearing is just around the corner — and we want YOU there! 👟🧡
Soundbridge is proud to support this incredible cause, and we'd love to have our CREC family walk alongside us.

Join our team and help make a difference for those living with hearing loss.
🔗 walk4hearing.org/teams/6177

CREC Soundbridge has been serving Connecticut's Deaf and Hard of Hearing community for 60 years and this year, we're wal...
04/29/2026

CREC Soundbridge has been serving Connecticut's Deaf and Hard of Hearing community for 60 years and this year, we're walking to celebrate that impact.

Our team, the Soundbridge Super-HEAR-Os, is raising funds for the 2026 Connecticut Walk4Hearing on Sunday, June 7 at Dunkin' Park in Hartford. Registration opens at 9:00 a.m. and the walk kicks off at 10:15 a.m.

We're at $508 of our $2,500 goal. Walk with us or support our team: https://www.walk4hearing.org/teams/6177

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