#39. How to Support Families Walking Through a New Diagnosis

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.