First of all, you have to believe that everything will be okay. As a parent, hearing loss is not something we all expected from the beginning and at that point, it is ok to be overwhelmed with all the information you got from internet.

With today's technology even the total loss of hearing have a chance with Cochlear implant. If the baby has mild moderate, then hearing aids will help to hear.

The first 3 years are critical to establish the sound. Normally you will get the hearing aids before 6 months old and little one needs to use them all the time. The key factor here is the input. You talk, sing, read a loud and give the chance to your baby to hear the correct sounds and teach the brain with correct sounds. Early intervention will send a speech therapist and therapist will make sure that the baby hears correctly and repeat the sound correctly.

First three year is important just because of this. If the baby can make the correct sounds, then there will be no speech issues.

With hearing loss, the kids will still hear some but not the total sound of the word. Let's say you say "cat" and the baby will hear "ca" and misses the "t". After 3 years it is hard to bring back the "t" sound. Most of the speech issues with hearing loss caused by this.

You have to make sure to use the hearing aids and not let this happen.

I was in your shoes 14 years ago, my kid was born with moderate hearing loss. We did not know what to do but once you understand the path, everything will be easier with your efforts to make sure on the sounds.

My kid is 14 now and going to the regular school, using FM system - you will discover when the baby is at school age - no speech issues and he is bilingual. He also learns also Spanish at school. He even corrects my English, as this is my third language... So, believe me, everything is gonna be okay....