All Ears at Child's Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast

On episode #43 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Colleen and new co-host Julie are joined by guest Jason Anderson. Jason Anderson is a late deafened adult that has experienced many forms of hearing loss throughout his life. He found his calling and purpose in disability services. He worked for a decade at the University of Wisconsin as an access specialist for students who were deaf and hard of hearing, and he recently made the decision to leave UW M for another opportunity with the State of Wisconsin Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, where he is a program and policy analyst. Colleen and Julie talk to Jason about his work helping college aged deaf and hard of hearing students transition to college and advocate for themselves on campus.

On episode #42 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Colleen and new co-host Julie are joined by guest Amanda Linscheid. Amanda is a mother of three, farm wife and nurse in rural Wisconsin. Her daughter Evie, was born with profound hearing loss. And for over 10 years she has shared her family's hearing loss journey. Colleen and Julie talk to Amanda about finding joy in the journey Full transcript of the episode available on our webpage: https://childsvoice.org/podcast-main/

On episode 41 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Colleen are joined by Michelle Hu, also known on the internet as Mama Hu Hears Michelle Hu has been a pediatric audiologist for over 13 years working specifically with the diagnosis, hearing amplification, cochlear implant evaluation, programming and aural rehabilitation. Something unique about her is that she grew up hard of hearing herself. She was fitted with hearing aids at 3 years and now utilizes bilateral cochlear implants. She is creator of Mama Hu Hears, a safe space to share, laugh, learn and inspire others about living life with hearing loss Wendy and Colleen talk to Michelle about how she helps families navigate their children’s hearing loss journey with the unique perspective as both a deaf woman and a pediatric audiologist.

On today’s episode of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Colleen are joined by guest Scott Murray. Scott is a member of the MED-EL HearPeers family, receiving his MED-EL implant in 2015. Scott's professional background includes a wide range of experience in aviation, airlines, and construction. Personally, Scott is an avid traveler with 30 countries visited, and experiences ranging from a solo trip to the Taj Mahal, to a backpacking excursion deep into the Alaskan backcountry. Scott loves to share his passion for travel and expanding one's perspective. Scott lives in Colorado with his fiance Emily. Wendy and Colleen talk to Scott all about traveling with hearing loss: the challenges, the joys and the hacks he’s discovered along the way!

On this mini episode of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy shares a brief update on the podcast and introduces the new co-host, Colleen Powell. Colleen is a podcast producer, a wife and mom to four, including a 12 year old boy with hearing loss named Liam. She is passionate about helping other families of deaf and hard of hearing kids. You can find Colleen on Instagram or her website.

On episode #39 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Haley sit down with Carrie Balian about her advocacy work supporting other parents of children with hearing loss. Carrie is a mom to five, whose oldest son Jack was born deaf. She is a coordinator of the Illinois Guide By Your Side Program, and serves on both the Illinois Universal Newborn Screening Advisory Committee and Illinois Hands and Voices board. Guide By Your Side provides free one on one support through providing trained parent guides to families with kids who have been diagnosed with hearing loss. Wendy, Haley and Carrie discuss how to support parents going through a new hearing loss diagnosis and the resources that are available to everyone.

On episode #38 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, talks with Pediatric Otolaryngologist, Dr. Dana Suskind about her new book “Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential, Fulfilling Society’s Promise.” “Parent Nation” offers a powerful blueprint for a society that helps all families meet the developmental needs of their children. Weaving together the latest science on the developing brain with stories of families from all walks of life, Dr. Suskind shows that the status quo—scores of parents left to shoulder the enormous responsibility of early childhood care and education on their own—is not only unsustainable, but deeply detrimental to children, families, and society.

On episode 37 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Haley and Elise are joined by talked to Kristen Van Dyke, Executive Director for the Foundation for Hearing and Speech Resources. Driven by a keen focus on early childhood challenges due to the income and health disparities, she works to create programs that address all the needs of children living with hearing loss.

On episode #36 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Haley are joined by Dr. Krystal Werfel. Dr. Werfel is a research scientist and Director of the Written language lab at Boystown national research hospital is a certified speech language pathologist. She received her master's degree in speech, language, pathology and PhD in Child Language Disorders from Vanderbilt University. She is passionate about literacy in children with hearing loss, conducting research to better the outcomes for this population.

On episode 35 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Elise are joined by Dr. Matthew Bush. , Dr. Bush is the University of Kentucky Endowed Chair in Rural Health Policy and professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Otolaryngology, head and neck surgery at the University of Kentucky. He completed his otolaryngology residency along with doctoral and master's degrees at the University of Kentucky. And otology neurotology fellowship training at the Ohio State University. He is an NIH funded hearing health disparity expert. Dr. Bush cares deeply about health disparities in the medical field, specifically when it comes to hearing loss. He is a wealth of knowledge who’s passion drive his research.

On episode #34 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Haley talk to Dave Kunitz. Dave is the head soccer coach for the USA Deaf Soccer team. He talks about his experience with coaching players of all abilities for the past 20 years, including the past 10 years as the Deaf soccer team head coach. Dave has a unique perspective as a typically hearing individual working with players with hearing loss from all walks of life, and brings positivity to both lessons on and off the field, encouraging individuals of all abilities to be the best version of themselves.

On episode 33 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Wendy and Haley are joined by Dr. Candice Hicks. Dr. Hicks focuses her research work on listening effort and fatigue in children with hearing loss. Join us by listening to what Dr. Hicks has to say about the signs of listening fatigue, who is impacted most by effort, and some tips for parents and professionals to make listening easier for those with hearing loss!

On episode 32 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Haley and Elise are joined by Melissa Hyder. Melissa is Child’s Voice’s School Counselor, and a mom of three, two of which having hearing loss. Melissa talks about her journey through the grief process and how it differed for both children with hearing loss, her path to becoming a School Counselor, and what you can do as parents to help children work through big emotions.

On episode 31 of All Eats at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Haley and Elise speak with Robin Lockwood. Robin is a parent of a child, Allison, with Usher’s Syndrome. She has also just received her masters of science at Washington University in Deaf Education. Robin speaks about how she coped with Allison’s diagnosis of Usher’s Syndrome, a progressive hearing and vision loss disability. She talks about her journey from an attorney to a teacher, how being a parent and educator has helped with her ability to advocate for Allison, and her family’s resilience through it all.

On episode 30 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Haley and Wendy are joined by Dr. Maribeth Lartz. Dr Lartz is a Professor Emerita, Illinois State University Deaf/Hard of Hearing Program. She has a B.S. & M.A. in Deaf Education from The University of Texas at Austin and Ph.D. in Early Childhood Special Education, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also the Principal Investigator/Director of multiple U.S. Department of Education personal training grants. Dr. Lartz has trained hundreds of Teacher’s of the Deaf at Illinois State University. Dr. Lartz shares her experiences, growing up in a family with hearing loss and sign language. She talks about the journey and transformation in Deaf Education from the 80’s until now. Dr. Lartz gives insight on what has changed for children with hearing loss and what she hopes for the future of Deaf Education.

Tatum and Wendy talk to Dr. Hoff about the surgical procedures related to microtia and other disorders. Dr. Hoff talks about his daily life as a surgeon as well as how things have changed in his practice since COVID-19 started as well as much more! Find us @childsvoicepodcast Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast.

Tatum and Wendy talk to the National CMV Foundation Director, Amanda Deveraux. We discuss the cytomegalovirus which is a very common virus that can have significant impact on babies including hearing loss. We talk about transmission, prevention, symptoms, parent led legislation, treatment, and the potential for a vaccine for CMV. Follow our new Instagram @childsvoicepodcast for updates and to send us feedback!

On episode 27 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Tatum and Wendy are joined by Katie Farnsworth, AuD. Katie works as a pediatric audiologist at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. She grew up wearing bilateral hearing aids and received a cochlear implant as an adult. Katie shares about her experience her experience growing up with hearing loss and hearing aids, studying Hearing and Speech Sciences and Audiology in undergraduate and graduate school, receiving a cochlear implant as an adult while working as an audiologist, and working with families and children as a pediatric audiologist. Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast.

On episode 26 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Tatum and Wendy are joined by Matt and Tim Reuter-Bowers. Matt and Tim are the parents of two young boys, one of whom has bilateral cochlear implants and is in 5 th grade. On this episode we their family’s experience with adoption, navigating everyday life wearing masks, mainstreaming, working with the professionals on your team, and much more. Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast.

On episode 25 of All Ears at Child’s Voice: A Hearing Loss Podcast, Tatum and Wendy interview Derrick Coleman, Jr., the first deaf offensive player in the NFL. Derrick shares about his experience growing up hard-of-hearing and learning to advocate for himself both in the classroom and on the football field. - Find us @childs_voice, @tatumfritzSLP, @wendydetersSLP, @ms_elise_sunshine. Email us at podcast@childsvoice.org. Follow along with the transcript and find show notes at childsvoice.org/podcast. - [Child's Voice is a listening and spoken language program for children with hearing loss. Views expressed on the show, both by the guests and by the hosts, may not necessarily represent the views of Child's Voice.]