Click image to read an article about a hard of hearing girl and her 'Hearing' dog.
The charity [Hearing Dogs] has been providing assistance dogs to deaf adults for the past 27 years and wanted to see whether children might also benefit. The two-year initiative was launched 12 months ago. Six families have signed up so far, but eventually it will involve 12 hearing families, each with a deaf child aged between six and 11.
The idea was that the specially trained dogs would help alert the children to noises they needed to respond to, like Mum calling them or a fire alarm going off.
They would keep them safe in traffic, alerting them to oncoming vehicles, and sleep alongside them at night ready to wake them in the mornings.
But, says Hearing Dogs spokeswoman Jenny Moir, the animals also appear to be providing an extra bonus.
‘Parents are telling us that their children are benefiting on an emotional level, too,’ she says.
I’ve always wondered what ‘hearing’ dogs do!
But this story made me feel so sad for the little girl, struggling to get used to her hearing aids. I don’t understand why some parents are so opposed to using sign language, even along with hearing aids – doesn’t it help hard of hearing children too?
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