This page includes resources for improving speech and language skills of deaf and hard-of-hearing children along with teaching resources for school team members.
Collected by Meganne Muir and Adri Valtierra
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- Interactive app for babies and toddlers to promote listening
- Adaptive speech in noise training, telephone speech training, melodic contour identification, open-set training, music training, scene-based activities.
- Activities and resources to support the development of speech, language, and listening skills in people of all ages with a hearing loss.
- Free audiobooks for students with disabilities (through professionals)
- Service can be purchased for students without disabilities
- Free books for students with disabilities
- Audiobooks, audiobooks with highlighted text, different fonts and formats
- Available in school districts across Tennessee
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Language Access Profile Tool (LAPT, Hall & De Anda 2022)
- Tool to map language access and history
- Request training on this tool here
Cottage Acquisition Scales for Listening, Language, and Speech
- Checklists organized by language level
Visual Communication and Sign Language Checklist (VCSL)
- Checklist for those using ASL (observational)
MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventory for American Sign Language (ASL-CDI)
- Caregiver/Educator report for expressive and receptive vocabulary.
Speech Perception Instructional Curriculum and Evaluation (SPICE)
- Assessment, Auditory Training, and Progress Monitoring
Auditory Perceptual Test for the Hearing Impaired (APT/HI)
- Assessment for individuals with hearing loss
Contrasts for Auditory and Speech Training (CAST)
- Auditory Training
ASL Stages of Development - California School for the Deaf
- Stages of development for children using ASL from birth to 6yo. Includes checklist.
Center IDEAL Milestones Tracking Checklist ASL & Spoken English
- Track language skills for DHH children
American Sign Language and English Language Developmental Milestones - IDEAL
- Language milestones for DHH children from birth to 11yo.
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Outreach - Tennessee Schools for the Deaf
- Services and programs for all Tennessee families with DHH children including birth to 21yo programming, opportunities to meet with Deaf adults, family ASL classes, and training for reading in ASL
Deaf Mentor and Parent Advisor - Tennessee Schools for the Deaf
- For kids Birth to 5
- Deaf mentor is a Deaf adult who introduces the family to Deaf culture, talks with families about their experiences growing up, teaches and models how to teach ASL and literacy.
- Parent advisor works with the family to teach and model language and literacy strategies using spoken language.
School Support - Tennessee Schools for the Deaf
- Supports for evaluations, consultations, educational interpreter observations, and continuing education for DHH children outside of TSD.
Resources and Services for DHH individuals - BRIDGES
- Interpreting services, ASL classes for the community, updates on work they’ve done to increase accessibility for DHH individuals, camps and clubs for children, supports for self-advocacy, workshops for DHH adults.
Upcoming Events for the Library Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Upcoming events for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
Index of Resources at Library Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Index for easy browsing
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Becoming Familiar with Cochlear Implants - Advanced Bionics
- Handout designed to familiarize oneself with hearing loss and cochlear implants.
Overview on Standard Fit Hearing Aids - Action on Hearing Loss
- Information on hearing aids featuring ear molds
Overview on Open Fit Hearing Aids - Action on Hearing Loss
- Information on hearing aids featuring "domes", a small earpiece that fits inside the ear canal.
Guide to Bone Conduction Hearing Devices - Hertfordshire
- Guide all about bone conduction hearing devices
Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHAs) Explained - Soundly
- Guide all about BAHAs
Hearing Assistive Technology (HAT) - Boys Town National Research Hospital
- Overview of using HAT in the classroom to benefit children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
Tips for Keeping Hearing Devices on Little Ears - Hearing First
- Tips to help encourage use of hearing devices.
Familiar Sounds Audiogram - Hearing First
- Guide to reading and understanding audiograms.
Technology - Cochlear Implants - Hearts for Hearing
- Guide to devices and troubleshooting for cochlear implants.
Technology - Hearing Aids - Hearts for Hearing
- Guide to devices and troubleshooting for hearing aids.
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Tools for Toddlers - Advanced Bionics
- This guide discusses different communication styles for babies and toddlers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
Auditory Verbal Strategies - Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech
- Strategies to build listening and spoken language skills.
LSL Strategies and Techniques - Hearing First
- Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) strategies to help children listen and talk.
Creating Listening and Language Opportunities
- Worksheet to help create opportunities for language learning.
Handouts for Language Strategies with Focus on Visual Communication - Language First
- Handouts created for parents to improve language with a focus on visual communication (i.e. ASL, Cued Speech etc.)
Lesson Plans for Babies (9-24mos.) - Cochlear
- Activities for babies targeting: Audition, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Speech. Includes songs, rhymes, and stories.
Lesson Plans for Toddlers (24-48mos.) - Cochlear
- Activities for toddlers targeting: Audition, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Speech. Includes songs, rhymes, and stories.
Lesson Plans for Children (preschool aged) - Cochlear
- Activities for children targeting: Audition, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Speech. Includes songs, rhymes, and stories.
LEAPing on with Language - Cochlear
- Exercises for school-aged children to develop complex and abstract language skills.
Language First Guiding Principles - Language First
- Self-guided online training for working with DHH children, helpful consideration for bilingual/bimodal children.
- an innovative, family-centered curriculum designed for families with young deaf children and the professionals who support them. Available in English and Spanish.
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Auditory Learning Guide - Hearing First
- Guide to the beginning stages of auditory learning
Adult Cochlear Implant Home-Based Manual - Cochlear
- Guide in auditory training for post-lingual hearing loss
Adult Cochlear Implant Home-Based Auditory Training - Cochlear
- Guide for Clinicians in auditory training
Telephone with Confidence - Cochlear
- Practice listening to a recorded voice to increase your confidence when you make a phone call.
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Read Aloud Stages, Strategies, and More Birth to 3 - Hearing First
- Reading strategies for birth to 3yo
Read Aloud Stages, Strategies, and More 3yo and Older- Hearing First
- Reading strategies for 3yo and older.
Read Together, Learn Together - Hearing First
- Basic reading tips for parents.
Tips and Techniques to Make the Most of Flap Books - Hearing First
- Using flap books to promote listening and learning to talk
10 Tips to Read to a Toddler Who Won’t Sit Still - Hearing First
- Tips to help with reading time for wiggly kids.
Books for Introducing Math - Hearing First
- 25 book recommendations for introducing math
Getting Kids to Retell - Hearing First
- Handout for helpful tips and strategies to build and support retell skills.
LSL By the Season Humor Reading Book List
- Book list to help families develop specific concepts, skills and activities for incorporating LSL strategies in their reading routine.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
- Mails free books monthly to the homes of children in eligible zip codes birth to 5 years.
Teaching ASL Vocabulary with Books - Library Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Brief videos which integrate ASL vocabulary into stories and songs.
Shared Reading Project - Tennessee School for the Deaf
- Books and videos of story being signed are loaned to families
- Trained Deaf adults coach families to read using ASL (using the 15 principles)
15 Principles for Reading to Deaf Children - Gallaudet University
- Best practices for how to read aloud to deaf and hard of hearing children.
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Parent Resources - Language First
- Multitude of resources for parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing children.
- Online ASL dictionary
- Online ASL dictionary
- Online self-paced ASL courses
- Online self-paced ASL courses
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Audiology Referral Form - Advanced Bionics
- Referral form for when you notice changes in your student's hearing.
Classroom Checklist to Help with Background Noise - Aussie Deaf Kids
- A checklist to help educators reduce noise in the classroom.
Classroom Acoustics: The Complete Guide - Portable Partitions Australia
- A guide for educators to learn about classroom acoustics.
Tips for Teaching a Child with a Cochlear Implant - Advanced Bionics
- Teaching tips for students with cochlear implants
Pre-Made Therapy Tools - Language First
- Pre-made Intervention materials
AAC with Deaf Students - Language First
- Resources for using AAC with deaf students.
Resources and Training for Professionals - Gallaudet University
- must create/have an account to access resources.
Consideration for Students using an ASL Interpreter - Gallaudet University
- must create/have an account to access resources.
Tips for Teachers - Gallaudet University
- must create/have an account to access resources.
Tips for Related Service Providers - Gallaudet University
- must create/have an account to access resources.
Tips for Teachers and Related Service Providers - Gallaudet University
- must create/have an account to access resources.
Guidelines For Educational Program Planning - Gallaudet University
- must create/have an account to access resources.
Resources for Professionals - Language First
- a collection of resources for professionals to support deaf and hard-of-hearing children.
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Speech Sounds: A Guide for Parents and Professional - Cochlear
- A guide for parents and professionals on English speech sounds.
Parameters of a Sign - Language First
- Beginner infographic for articulation in ASL