How to Read to a Child with Hearing Loss

How do you read to a child who hears fine? If you read like there's no problem, then that's how you read to a child with hearing loss. Trust me, there is no problem with the child reading other than the fact he can't hear. Yes, there will be delays in reading because of the hearing loss, but you shouldn't try to dumb down the material or leave out the idioms for the sake of difficulty. Expose the child to as much literature as you can. Read often, re-read and then read again! Don't dumb anything down or leave anything out. Don't treat hearing loss as a stumbling block since it isn't one. Not only is Garfield tons of fun; so is reading!