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Babies and Infants

Overview

Caring for an infant who has both a hearing loss and visual impairment can be a challenging experience. It is our hope that the information below will connect you to helpful resources and needed expertise. For information about educational services known as early intervention see the selected topic, Early Intervention.

Introductory Resources

Early Interactions With Children Who Are Deaf-Blind
PDF Version

Source: DB-LINK

For New Parents - You and Your Baby

Source: National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness

The Deafblind Disabled Baby

Source: Peggy Freeman

Learn More

Almost 100 Motor Activities For Infants and Toddlers

Source: Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Gross Motor Development in Infants with Multiple Disabilities

Source: Effective Practices in Early Intervention

Here's Looking at You Mom : The Role of Gaze in Early Attachment

Source: See/Hear

How Parents and Carers can Assist Early Intervention

Source: Queensland

Learning to Communicate: Strategies for Developing Communication with Infants Whose Multiple Disabilities Include Visual Impairment and Hearing Loss

Source: California Deaf-Blind Services

My Baby's Hearing

Source: Boys Town National Research Hospital

Newborn Infant Screening Fact Sheet

Source: National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management

Teaching Your Blind Baby Sign Language!

Source: Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

The Importance of Touch in Parent-Infant Bonding

Source: Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Tolerating Touch

Source: California Deaf-Blind Services

Recommended Readings

Other Resources on Babies and Infants

Video/Audio

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Source: Washington State Services for Children with Deaf-Blindness

InfantSEE-Eyes-to-the-World (Infant Vision Screening)

Source: American Optometric Association

Sound Beginnings (English Version) Newborn Hearing Screening

Source: National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management

Sound Beginnings (Spanish Version) Newborn Hearing Screening

Source: National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management

Individual or Family Stories

Fearfully, Wondrously Made: The Story About CHARGE

For the First Time, A Children's Healthlink Special

Kevin Jake with CHARGE Syndrome

Bibliographies

Babies and Infants

Training Opportunities

Parenting Children with Multiple Disabilities

Project Sparkle

Research

Research and Training Center on Early Childhood Development (Solutions Tool Kit)

Related Topics

Early Intervention

Identifying Children Who Are Deaf-Blind

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