The auditory-oral deaf education option may be news to many parents of children hearing-impaired. Many hearing adults have never known a hearing impaired person well, and many think that sign language is the only option for their own hearing-impaired child. In fact, however, the experience of hundreds of thousands of children hearing impaired worldwide demonstrates that even profoundly deaf children are capable of using their residual auditory potential and using spoken language to communicate.

There is a great deal of information here -- more than you may be able to absorb at one time. We hope you'll bookmark this site and return here over time as your child grows and you can develop new questions or wish to examine new issues. This site will also continue to be updated on a regular basis.

What you'll find here

This web site includes information and resources on the natural auditory oral approach. Among many useful topics, you'll find:

• Information about Canossian School and its programs
• Free materials including videos, pamphlets, and informational kits that you can ask online.
• Answers to many of your questions about hearing loss
• Helpful advice about raising child hearing impaired
• Information about hearing testing and technologies
• Support aids that can assist the child hearing impaired
• Lists of other helpful organizations
• Lists of other mainstream schools