This Is How I Hear: a book about needing hearing aids
Follow the real life story of Lucas, a young child who discovers that they need hearing aids.
There are many new things to learn in the world of wearing hearing aids and it's a big change! With the help of family and a great audiologist, Lucas comes to embrace their new hearing aids. This book uses real images to help other children understand the process of getting hearing aids. This Is How I Hear promotes acceptance and understanding of hearing aids for those who use them, while also empowering all children to be inclusive, appreciate differences in others and to be comfortable and confident in their own skin.
This book is for all children, whether they have normal hearing or are hard of hearing. Let's celebrate and learn about one another's differences!
Follow the real life story of Lucas, a young child who discovers that they need hearing aids.
There are many new things to learn in the world of wearing hearing aids and it's a big change! With the help of family and a great audiologist, Lucas comes to embrace their new hearing aids. This book uses real images to help other children understand the process of getting hearing aids. This Is How I Hear promotes acceptance and understanding of hearing aids for those who use them, while also empowering all children to be inclusive, appreciate differences in others and to be comfortable and confident in their own skin.
This book is for all children, whether they have normal hearing or are hard of hearing. Let's celebrate and learn about one another's differences!
Follow the real life story of Lucas, a young child who discovers that they need hearing aids.
There are many new things to learn in the world of wearing hearing aids and it's a big change! With the help of family and a great audiologist, Lucas comes to embrace their new hearing aids. This book uses real images to help other children understand the process of getting hearing aids. This Is How I Hear promotes acceptance and understanding of hearing aids for those who use them, while also empowering all children to be inclusive, appreciate differences in others and to be comfortable and confident in their own skin.
This book is for all children, whether they have normal hearing or are hard of hearing. Let's celebrate and learn about one another's differences!
✓ Real Images: Real images and photos help children understand abstract ideas in a concrete way
✓ Social-emotional learning (SEL): An inclusive way to teach children about what hearing aids are with acceptance, empathy, and respect for all people
✓ Relatable & Realistic: Each image is taken to represent the real life scenarios of trips to the audiologist and the daily wear and responsibility of taking care of hearing aids and talking about it with new friends, allowing children to fully understand the big journey!
✓ Inclusive & Educational: Learn to appreciate why other children and adults may need hearing aids, remove the stigma behind them and learn about sound and how hearing works
This is How I Hear is written for 1 to 8 year olds.