{"id":634,"date":"2021-02-05T18:40:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T23:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.fm1.dev\/about\/our-mission\/"},"modified":"2021-02-05T18:40:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T23:40:49","slug":"our-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/about\/our-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Heuser Hearing & Language Academy is a comprehensive educational community that empowers those with hearing loss or speech, language and communication disorders to reach their full potential and effectively participate in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 1948, Heuser Hearing & Language Academy has provided early intervention and education for children who are deaf and hard of hearing. Our goal is to impart in each of our students a strong and lasting foundation on which they can build a promising and successful future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curriculum & Culture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despite the fact that we have grown over the decades, we never strayed from the core principles that define our educational program. We strongly believe in a student-first approach and equip our teachers with the best tools available to promote active learning. We keep classroom sizes small to ensure that our deaf educators can connect with their students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Heuser Hearing & Language Academy, we believe in a concept and practice we call \u201cparents as partners.\u201d Active parenting is vital to all children, but it is even more so important for the families of children affected by hearing, speech or processing problems. To foster these parent-child relationships, we work to continually engage families and community members through activities such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n