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Providing care for individuals with deafblindness can be challenging. Here are some proven tips from our experts.

Supporting Individuals With Deafblindness: Expert Tips

The effects of deafblindness vary depending on the degree of vision or hearing loss but can impact communication, mobility, and access to information. It is therefore imperative that teachers and healthcare professionals adopt a collaborative approach to ensure the best outcomes while addressing the diverse needs of individuals within this population.

An adult and an infant are lying side‑by‑side on a bed with light-colored bedding. The adult is holding a smartphone above them, and the screen is being used to fill in the LittleEARS auditory questionnaire within the ReDi app. The infant is dressed in pink clothing and lying on their back, while the adult wears a long‑sleeved top. The background shows a simple, bright bedroom setting.

LittlEARS® Auditory Questionnaire for Assessment of Babies & Toddlers

Repair Strategies can be used to ask for clarification when something has not been understood.

Adult Rehabilitation Kit 12: Sports – Ball Sports

A father provides his son aural rehabilitation in his home language

Providing Aural Rehabilitation to Recipients in Another Language

It is vital that caregivers provide rich, abundant language models to their children from an early age, as this has a positive impact on a child’s communication, cognitive, social, and emotional development. Hence, family members of children with hearing implants pursuing spoken communication are encouraged to speak to their child in the language or languages