2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference

March 13 - 15, 2022

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3/05/2012  |   11:05 AM - 12:05 PM   |  Raising a Successful Deaf Child the Bilingual Way   |  Jeffersonian/Knickerbocker   |  6

Raising a Successful Deaf Child the Bilingual Way

Martin Dale-Hench, now 24, is a successful adult by most any standard. He is a college graduate (Magna Cum Laude; major: English), a world traveler, multi-lingual, self-supporting, self-confident, and a gentle and kind human being. Martin was diagnosed as having a profound hearing loss at age one. His parents will discuss the steps they took in Martin's early life to ensure he had every possible advantage for success: academically, socially, and emotionally. The parents' foci were early language acquisition, a total acceptance of his deafness, reading and writing, and assisting him in building relationships with both deaf and hearing communities.

  • 1) Understand the importance early language acquisition is for the deaf child. 2) Understand a successful way of providing early language 3)Understand the importance of English for a deaf child 4) Learn a successful method of teaching English to a deaf child 4)Understand how to lay the foundation for good mental health in your deaf child

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Chris Hench (), none, dalehench@ameritech.net;


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Peter Dale (Co-Presenter), none, dalehench@ameritech.net;
Peter Dale and Chris Hench are parents of a child with profound deafness.


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