Parenting brings numerous challenges, and one of them is dealing with a child’s eating habits. It’s common for children to exhibit pickiness with their food, but when these issues escalate, they might signal a more serious problem such as a feeding or swallowing...
Knowing which hearing aid is right for you depends on your lifestyle, the severity of hearing loss and your cosmetic preferences. While there are several options in both over-the-counter and professionally fitted hearing aids, customizing a solution for your hearing...
When you think about how you communicate with others, you probably imagine some form of reciprocal commenting. This term means that two people speak back and forth to one another. They ask questions, add to each other’s comments, and make their own observations....
Otosclerosis is a disease that causes abnormal bone growth in the inner ear. Over time, the function of the stapes bone in the ear becomes limited, causing conductive hearing loss. If the abnormal bone growth damages the inner ear, this can cause sensorineural hearing...
According to the National Institute of Health, nearly 40 million Americans deal with mild to moderate hearing loss. Many hesitate to seek help for fear that they will not be able to afford the cost of medical evaluation and corrective medical devices. Fortunately,...
For the average person, speech and language seem interchangeable words. After all, the thesaurus lists them as synonyms. However, these two words have very different definitions in the field of child development. Understanding each is essential to helping struggling...