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Learn & Connect Resources Start with the Brain and Connect the Dots: White Paper

Start with the Brain and Connect the Dots: White Paper

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Hearing First commissioned Dr. Carol Flexer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Audiology, University of Akron, to gather, analyze, and synthesize the latest supporting research surrounding how children with hearing loss develop literacy through LSL. Read the white paper that features a logic chain comprising of research to connect the dots between basic brain biology and the development of literacy during elementary school.

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