Helping Children Hear, Listen, Talk
A Colorado non-profit dedicated to helping families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing reach their best spoken language and mainstream outcome through Listening and Spoken Language Therapy.
A Life of Independence
Listen Foundation provides for and assists children who are deaf and hard of hearing and their families, with access to a proven speech, language, and listening therapy method to help them achieve a life of independence.
This method is called Listening and Spoken Language Therapy, or LSL.
See and Hear Listen Grads Interact and Talk About Their Experiences
In this video, hear Listen Grads talk about how LSL has allowed them to live a normal life and fully interact with the world around them.
There have been many times when she has announced how thankful she is that she can hear and speak. She truly appreciates the gift.
–Becky, Mother of a Listen Graduate
Listen’s Kids in Action
What Makes Listen’s Listening and Spoken Language Therapy (LSL) Unique?
Actions speak louder than words. See some of Listen’s kids in action, using their learned skills to listen and talk.
Each of these kids experience profound hearing loss at a young age. Through the help of Listen’s Listening and Spoken Language Therapy, these kids were able to find their voice and now have the skills to successfully integrate into their communities and function as independent individuals.
Thank you for providing the funding for speech therapy for kids like me. When I first started, people couldn’t understand me and it was very frustrating! Now I can talk very well. Thank you for helping me enjoy my life.
–Noah, 9 Year Old Listen Graduate
The Listen Foundation Podcast
We’re excited to announce the Listen Foundation Podcast featuring your fellow community members! Join Listen Foundation Executive Director Louanne Saraga-Walters as she interviews fascinating people from the world of Listening and Spoken Language Therapy. “Listen” in every other Sunday, beginning March 3rd!
Allision Biever, AuD, joins us as our very first guest on The Listen Foundation Podcast!
Allison has worked in the field of cochlear implants for the past three decades and has seen the power of Listening and Spoken Language. It’s why she joined Listen’s Board of Directors and is passionate about working with Listen’s LSL Therapists. In this podcast, Allison explains why this is important to her both personally and professionally.
Click on the button below to listen to the podcast on Podbean’s website.
News and Stories
Listen Foundation “Through the Decades”
Join us for our annual fundraising luncheon as we celebrate Listen’s 55th anniversary!
Sunday, October 20th, 2024
11:30 am to 1:30 pm
The Village Workspace
7173 S. Havana Street
Centennial, CO 80012
Lunch will be served and there is no cost to attend.
Listen, Talk, and Sing Classes
Listen Foundation is pleased to announce a new parent-tot music class. Following is an explanation from Krissa Britsch:
“Listen, Talk and Sing is a well-established program that provides classes to parents and their children (age birth to 3). The curriculum is research-based and follows developmental norms for children. After taking classes with my own children, I saw the compatibility between Listen, Talk and Sing and the Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) philosophy. Listen, Talk and Sing is a way of allowing various professionals (speech therapists, music therapists, etc..) to use the Listen, Talk and Sing curriculum…. with small groups of up to 4. The more I learn about Listen, Talk and Sing, the more I believe it will be a beautiful compliment to the LSL approach and allow us to bring something innovative to the Denver Metro population we serve.”
The 2024 Non-Event is Here!
This year Listen Foundation’s annual Non-Event fundraising campaign celebrates Rhonda Sheya and her work dedicated to helping children achieve a life of independence via Listening and Spoken Language Therapy (LST). Learn about the joy of hearing first words from a child participating in LST and help Listen Foundation reach its goals in helping as many children as possible.
We have raised special needs children for 28 years and have come in contact with more than a dozen speech therapists. However, I can assure you that the listening foundation therapists’ methodology, tenacity, and ingenious inclusion of parents in the process is so superior to other programs that it places this foundation and mission in a league of its own.
–Connie, Mother of a Listen Graduate
Help Make a Difference!
Help us fulfill our mission of getting more Colorado children listening and talking. Your contribution is used primarily to fund Listening and Spoken Language Therapy from our amazing network of therapists, helping children desperatly in need across the state.
We Appreciate our Generous Sponsors
Office Location
Listen Foundation
6950 E Belleview Ave, Suite 203
Greenwood Village, CO, USA 80111
info@listenfoundation.org
(303)-781-9440
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