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Ways to help your child recognize what a sound is
• Notice common sounds
that she hears and help
her name them.
Hear the
knocking?
Someone wants
to come in.
• When your child shows
interest in a sound, explain
what it is.
Here’s how
you blow the
whistle...
• Take your child to different places
and when you hear sounds show
her what is making them.
• Show her how to
make different
sounds herself.
Helping Children Who Are Deaf (2004)