Listening to the Quiet

Reach for this book when your child starts noticing a loved one experiencing a change in their health or abilities, particularly hearing loss. It is a vital resource for navigating the transition from what used to be to a new way of connecting. The story follows a young girl and her mother as they navigate the mother's progressive hearing loss, shifting their shared world from one of sounds to one of visual beauty and sign language. This gentle narrative focuses on resilience and the enduring strength of the parent-child bond. It is developmentally perfect for children aged 4 to 8, as it validates the sadness of change while providing concrete examples of how love remains constant. Parents will appreciate how it models proactive adaptation, turning a potentially scary medical shift into a journey of shared discovery and new communication tools like ASL.