As a parent, you may wonder why your baby or toddler might need speech therapy if they aren’t even talking yet. However, it is important to remember that speech therapy for young children looks different from therapy for school-age kids because it focuses on early communication skills and developmental milestones. How Is Speech Therapy Different
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Join Us at Our Walk4Hearing!
Every year, Texas Hearing Institute’s Melinda Webb School participates in the Hearing Loss Association of America’s (HLAA) Walk4Hearing event. It is a nationwide campaign that raises awareness and brings hope to people with hearing loss in 21 cities across the United States. Texas Hearing Institute is an official partner with Walk4Hearing, which means we receive
Read MoreHow to: Toy Rotation
Are you overwhelmed with all the toys your child has scattered across the house? Odds are your child is too. Having too many toys available can cause sensory overload and leave your child unsure of what toy to choose. They often move quickly from one toy to another, unlikely to fully engage or understand the
Read MoreTexas Hearing Institute 2024 Hear With You! Gala
The Hear With You! Gala is Texas Hearing Institute’s largest fundraising event, and vital to its ability to provide highly specialized medical services and early childhood education to children with hearing loss whose parents cannot afford them. This year Jenny and Clay Williams are chairing the Gala honoring Ginny and LE Simmons at The Post
Read MoreTexas Hearing Institute Expands Pediatric Services to Lufkin, Texas
Texas Hearing Institute and Audiological Services, an adult audiology clinic located in Lufkin, Texas, have partnered to bring new services to children who are deaf and hard of hearing to the Deep East Texas region. Beginning this spring, Texas Hearing Institute will begin offering services to expand early identification of infants who are born deaf
Read MoreMeet Our Educational Liaison!
Texas Hearing Institute will always be here to support parents and students when transitioning to a new school and throughout the entire school year. Kasie LeBlanc, our Educational Liaison, works with children with hearing loss and their families by building and maintaining positive relationships with educators and other professionals to ensure positive educational outcomes. Last
Read MoreAlex’s Journey with Sports
Many people think that having hearing loss changes a person’s ability to do normal things. However, this is far from the truth as people can still live a normal life with hearing loss. An adventurous 13-year-old boy with hearing loss, Alex proves that life with hearing loss is not so. Alex Narcisse, a Texas Hearing
Read Moreel establecimiento de metas
El comienzo de un nuevo año generalmente viene con resoluciones de año nuevo y establecimiento de metas. Para padres de familia, este puede ser un buen momento para trabajar en establecer metas para usted y sus hijos. Tal vez este año quieran leer más juntos, visitar algún lugar que haya estado en su lista de
Read MoreGoal Setting
Versión en Español The beginning of a new year typically comes with New Year’s resolutions and goal setting. For parents, this can be a great time to work on goals for you and your children. Perhaps this year you want to read more together, visit someplace that has been on your travel list or just
Read MoreLet’s Celebrate! It’s National Audiology Awareness Month!
We are celebrating National Audiology Awareness Month by reminding parents to visit their child’s pediatric audiologist for routine checkups and to teach proper hearing health for a lifetime of sound. Hearing and speech are essential tools for learning, playing and developing social skills. Children learn to communicate by imitating sounds they hear, so undetected and
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