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Listen and Talk

Listen and Talk teaches children with hearing loss to communicate and learn through listening and spoken language.

Listen and Talk is a specialized listening and spoken language program serving deaf and hard-of-hearing children from birth through school age based in Kirkland, Washington.

01/24/2026

✈️🌴 Vacation memories wanted! ❄️🎢
Our Annual Gala is coming up on May 30th at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, and this year’s theme is Vacation!

💙 We’re looking for family vacation photos!
We’re collecting family vacation photos to feature in our gala materials, on social media, and during the event itself. Beach days, snowy adventures, Pike Place Market strolls, Disneyland magic! Big trips, small adventures, and everything in between.

👉 Swipe or click through to learn more
📸 Then send us a favorite family vacation photo you’re willing to share!

Thank you for being such an important part of our community ✨

01/22/2026

💙 Thankful Thursday 💙

This week’s Thankful Thursday is all about gratitude for one of our valued sponsors, Conversion Logix.

At Listen and Talk, we are deeply thankful for the support of organizations that help make our mission possible. Support from community partners like Conversion Logix helps us continue pursuing our vision of a world where no child is limited by hearing loss.

Thank you, Conversion Logix, for your sponsorship and for supporting the work we do. We are truly grateful. 💙

01/21/2026

🌟 Alumni Spotlight: Will Desler (Day 3 of 3)

Will shares how the rigor of Listen and Talk helped shape his resilience and confidence.

“The rigorous nature of the listening and spoken language education at Listen and Talk instilled in me a degree of resilience and a confidence that I can achieve whatever I set my mind to.”

Today, Will is a National Merit Scholar, a Pomona College honors graduate (Class of 2025), and is currently pursuing graduate studies in economics while supporting advocacy for deaf students with the PNW AG Bell Chapter.

Will, we are thrilled with how you advocate for yourself and others. We love learning how you are paving the way for other deaf and hard of hearing students and look forward to what you do next.

01/20/2026

🌟 Alumni Spotlight: Will Desler (Day 2 of 3)

Will shares how Listen and Talk created an environment where advocacy was encouraged—and how that skill continues to guide him today.

"Since cochlear implants and, more generally, academic accommodations were obviously very prevalent at Listen and Talk, it never felt wrong or out of place to ask for help or advocate for myself. Since then, self-advocacy has always come naturally to me, and I believe I have Listen and Talk to thank for that."

Tomorrow, we’ll share how resilience and confidence gained at Listen and Talk continue to guide Will today.

01/20/2026

🌟 Alumni Spotlight: Will Desler (3-Day Series)

Over the next three days, we’re spotlighting Listen and Talk alumnus Will Desler, a 2008 graduate, as he reflects on how his experience at Listen and Talk shaped his academic success and life beyond the classroom.

“The listening and spoken language skills I gained from Listen and Talk were life changing… they helped put me on a more level playing field (in terms of accessing the material) with my peers.”

Will credits Listen and Talk with helping him reach his academic potential and excel in education and beyond. Stay tuned tomorrow as we share how Listen and Talk helped Will build confidence and self-advocacy skills.

01/19/2026

🌟 Listening & Spoken Language (LSL) Strategy Spotlight: Acoustic Highlighting

What it is:
Acoustic Highlighting is an added vocal emphasis on an identified target to either improve the audibility of spoken language or emphasize key parts of a message. A target can be
important sounds, words, parts of phrases, or grammatical structures in a sentence.

What to do:
Acoustic Highlighting can be done in several ways.
1. Speak the target with more emphasis, increase the intensity
2. Pause slightly before saying the target
3. Increase the duration of a target
4. Change vocal intonation or pitch of the target

Once the child has picked up the target, it is important to repeat the sentence with natural rhythm and intonation.

Why it matters:
When a child with hearing loss learns to listen, they often benefit from extra emphasis on new sounds, words, phrases and/or grammatical structures. The added emphasis, acoustic highlighting, draws the child’s attention to the new word, phrase, or structure.

Highlighting

01/16/2026

💙 Introducing Thankful Thursday 💙

Throughout the year, at Listen and Talk, we are thankful for many things: our community, our families, our team, and the partners who help make our work possible.

Each Thursday, we’ll be sharing moments of gratitude. Some weeks, we’ll recognize a sponsor whose support helps advance our mission. Other weeks, we’ll reflect on the people, progress, and everyday moments that remind us why this work matters.

Together, we are building a community where no child is limited by hearing loss, and we are grateful for every part of that journey.

01/14/2026

Have you heard about our Wednesday Coffee Socials at Listen and Talk? ☕

Every Wednesday from 9am to 10am, we welcome Listen and Talk B3, Classroom, and Alumni families to join us for a relaxed and friendly morning. It is a great space to connect, share experiences, arrange playdates, and support one another.

We provide fresh coffee and plenty of toys. Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers are always welcome. Come enjoy some coffee, connection, and community with us!

01/12/2026

Sharing a Family Event in Seattle!

Hosted by CDHY in partnership with Seattle Public Schools.

01/12/2026

🌟 Listening & Spoken Language (LSL) Strategy Spotlight: Repetition

What it is:
Repetition is a technique where a targeted sound, word, phrase, or sentence is said more than one time. This gives a child repeated opportunities to learn.

What to do:
• Repeat back what a child has said, modeling corrected articulation, vocabulary usage, or grammatical structure.
• Repeat the command or statement for a second time after appropriate wait time, to give the child another chance to hear and respond.

Why it matters:
When a child has multiple opportunities to hear proper grammar, it is more likely proper grammar will develop.

01/08/2026

⏰ Just 2 Days Away!
Our parent-led DHH family meet-up is happening this Saturday, and we’d love to see you there!

📚 Story time + snacks + community
Join other families for a relaxed morning at the High Point Branch – Seattle Public Library.

📅 This Saturday, January 10th
🕙 10:00–11:30 AM

This event is open to all families—LT alumni, families currently in services, and anyone looking to connect with the local DHH community. We'd love to see you there!

💬 Questions?
Send us a DM or drop a comment.

Can’t wait to see you there! 💛✨

01/06/2026

✨ We’re back! ✨

Winter break is over, and our preschoolers are once again filling the halls of our Kirkland and Seattle locations with their sweet sounds.

Little feet climbed the stairs.
Friends excitedly greeted each other.
Snacks were shared.
The Discovery Room bursted with excitement and play.

And it feels so good! 💙

How are you feeling getting back into the swing of things?

Address

8244 122nd Avenue NE
Kirkland, WA
98033

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+12069856646

Website

https://www.listenandtalk.org/

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