You and your hearing-impaired child
John W. Adams
You and your hearing-impaired child
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
A Self-instructional Guide for Parents
by John W. Adams
The text is written at a 4th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), and the content is mild with minimal sensitive material.
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About This Book
The soft hum of quiet fills the room, where words aren’t always easy to hear but feelings are loud and clear. Imagine learning how to understand and help someone who experiences the world differently every day. This journey explores how families grow stronger together, even when communication feels like a puzzle.
Themes
Quick Assessment
This compassionate guide supports parents of deaf or hard-of-hearing children, focusing on the unique challenges and joys of family communication and behavior management. It offers practical activities and reflective questions to build effective skills, along with resources for ongoing support. Appropriate for parents of children ages 9-12, it provides thoughtful insight without overwhelming detail.
Why we rated You and your hearing-impaired child 9LE
You and your hearing-impaired child is written at a Level 4-5 reading level across 142 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 5.5 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, You and your hearing-impaired child works for readers up to grade 6.5.
We rate You and your hearing-impaired child as 9LE ("Light — Emotional") because the content sits in the "Mild" range — mild conflict — the kind a child encounters in normal play and sibling life. Across our four dimensions (emotional, physical, social, thematic) the book reads as evenly mild; no single dimension stands out as a concern.
No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the mild intensity score.
Thematically, You and your hearing-impaired child explores family, parenting, disability representation, and communication — these threads give the book room to mean different things to different readers.
Good fit for
- ✓ Children in the Ages 9-12 range — the maturity and attention span match the story's pacing.
- ✓ Patient readers who enjoy slower, character-driven stories.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about family, parenting, disability representation.
- ✓ Curious kids who prefer real-world topics over made-up stories.
Maybe not for
- ! Reluctant readers who need a fast hook — the pacing here rewards patience.
For Parents
Content Intensity
9LE — Light — EmotionalLight conflict or tension. Mild peril resolved quickly.
Was our "Mild" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
1/10A steady, thoughtful read that rewards patient readers.
Discussion Potential
2/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 9780930323400
- Pages
- 142
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press
- Published
- 1988
- Type
- Nonfiction