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Family blogs

We've put together a group of amazing bloggers who are parents or family members of a deaf child or young person. You can search the blogs by topic or see the latest below!

If you'd like to see a blog on a particular topic or want to be a family blogger yourself, please email and let us know at [email protected]. 

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Communicating with strangers

Marnie talks about her daughter Ivy's communication skills and navigating strangers with a deaf child.

What caused my son's hearing loss?

Helen explains how they discovered their son's unilateral hearing loss and their next steps.

Beating boredom with board games

Mum Sara shares why she loves playing board games with her kids.

Primrose gets her cochlear implants

Joseph gives us an update on Primrose, including how she got on getting her cochlear implants fitted.
Maria and her grandson Oliver in front of a Christmas tree

Christmas with a deaf child in the family

Nanny Maria gives her top tips for school nativity plays, visiting Father Christmas and the big day itself!

Tips for visiting Santa at Christmas

Visiting Santa at Christmas with deaf children can be difficult, mum Linda-Jane shares her tips.
Toy bear with hearing aids.

Representative Christmas presents for deaf children

Finding gifts that your child can relate to can be hard. Here mum Joy shares some of her suggestions.

How Ezra got his hearing aids

Mum Laura tells us about her son Ezra's journey, including his pulmonary atresia and deafness diagnosis.

Tips for managing hospital visits

Josie shares their family's experiences of making more than 30 trips to the operating theatre over the years.

Featured Posts

Young girl sitting in a theatre seat

Subtitles make all the difference

For Nicky and her family, subtitles play an important role in giving them access to theatre and film.
Dylan (8) wraps his arm around little sister Millie (2). Both are wearing cochlear implants.

Both my children are deaf

Chloe shares how she felt when they found out their second child was also profoundly deaf.
Isaac (9) sitting in a restaurant booth, smiling

My son wants to know why he's deaf

Isaac has started wondering why he's deaf, and why he's the only one in the family who wears hearing aids.