Appropriate parental counseling at this time can lay the groundwork for solving later difficulties faced by the parents and their deaf child. Many programs for deaf children fail to allow for the parents' emotional needs. This lack contributes to limiting the possibilities for success for the child. It can be extremely destructive to the deaf child if the parents refuse to accept the deafness and seek help. It is important that the child receives help, such as hearing aids, as soon as possible.
Some schools now have programs to work with the deaf child and parents as early as infancy.
There are peak periods for learning for the deaf child. If parents are not willing to seek help in these times, serious loss can occur. Children who have a moderate hearing loss may experience problems that fully deaf people will never face. This can present real problems to the children in choosing friends and working through the educational system. Often hearing-impaired children feel that they do not belong anywhere.