Show 39: Excerpt - Hearing Screening & Cochlear Implants

IT USED TO be that kids with hearing loss weren’t diagnosed until they were about two-and half years old - at the stage when they should be developing language skills the way other kids were, but weren't. Now, thanks to better technology and mandatory newborn hearing screening, babies are often diagnosed before they are three months old.

As KTD Contributor Jessica Cochran reports, there are lots of ways to help even young babies and toddlers develop good communication. Listen below...