Parents and caregivers help children with hearing challenges achieve full emotional and cognitive abilities and social interaction despite hearing loss. They basically need to help such children master other senses to reach all developmental stages.
A newborn baby who is hearing deficit uses sight and touch, unlike babies who use sounds. As a parent or caregiver, make more use of soothing touch, head nods and rhythm to convey the warmth and regulations normally conveyed when speaking. You can experiment with smell along with touch and sight for helping him learn to coordinate motor and sensory input.
Two-way communication is essential. This can be done through facial expression, different kind of touch and object exchange. Parents have to be more animated in their facial expressions. You should be more animated, more demonstrative and subtler in the way you engage the child. You need to have a ”Yes, good, go on,” and ”no no” look and the joyful ”Aha” expression very clearly on your face. Your child can also regulate his behavior the way you hold his hand gently or firmly.
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