Many parents are frightened and feel helpless when they find out about their child's hearing loss.
One of the most important things that parents learn through the parent-infant program is that, although their child has a hearing impairment, he still needs to be talked to, read to, cuddled, and loved just like any other child. Chinchuba recognizes that parents are the primary educators of their infant. Within a clinic setting, parents learn from a certified auditory-verbal therapist how to use their home as a learning environment for stimulating language development. They learn about hearing tests and hearing aids, the importance of continual and optimal amplification of residual hearing and their role in enabling their child to speak and reach their full potential. During individual sessions, our therapists provide consultation and instruction.