Articles – Page 20 – Elizabeth A. Rosenzweig

AG Bell 2014: Real Magic Transforming the Future Through Mentoring Short Course

Cheryl L. Dickson, M.Ed., LSLS Cert. AVT, Auditory-Verbal Consultancy

Helen M. Morrison, Ph.D., CCC-A, LSLS Cert. AVT

Mary Boucher Jones, M.A., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT, Listen and Learn Auditory-Verbal Communication Center, Inc.

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A Five Step System to Build Question Answering Skills In Children with Hearing Loss

How many times have you been humming along in a conversation with a child when suddenly, a simple question stops him in his tracks? Once you get beyond the rote answers to, “What’s your name?” and “How old are you?” many language learners are derailed by novel questions for which they are unprepared. The problem grows when children are asked to answer questions about material they’ve heard or read.

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Too Much Is Never Enough: How Much Therapy Do You Need?

I field the calls from panicked new parents all the time: “We need therapy every day of the week!” Parents of older children who are still struggling ask, “Would adding another therapy help him overcome this difficulty?” Parents who have toured various school options tell me, “This one will have her at school five days a week 8AM to 5PM, it must be the best!” What is going on here?!?

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Helping Classmates Understand Hearing Loss

In the past month, I’ve had some incredible opportunities to spend time with a group of children I don’t often see — children with typical hearing — teaching them about hearing loss and how better to understand their classmate who is deaf. They’ve taught me a lot about hearing loss from a child’s-eye view and how we as parents and professionals can help all children be more integrated in their environment.

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Turned Down By Insurance? How to Write a Strong Appeal for Cochlear Implants

I’ve written quite a bit about how to appeal to your insurance for a cochlear implant -upgrade- new processor, but what if the insurance company turns you down before you even get out of the gate? How can CI candidates appeal when insurance denies your request for CI surgery?

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Why Do Babies Need “Speech” Therapy? The Importance of Early Intervention

Even hearing babies don’t talk at this age. Why does a child with hearing loss need “speech”?

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Ear Care Tips

The World Health Organization has designated today, March 3rd, as International Ear Care Day. According to the WHO, approximately 50% of cases of hearing loss worldwide could be avoided through primary prevention techniques.

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Listening Environments: Greenhouse vs. Garden

Imagine a sapling in a tiny greenhouse. The greenhouse is a small, protective place for new plants. The elements are controlled, the four walls all around block out the noise, and little plants are perfectly positioned to soak up all the benefits of this enriched environment.

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Erber’s Hierarchy: The Listening Ladder

How do we take a new listener from hearing beeps at their cochlear implant activation to enjoying the whole wide world of sound? Well, if you remember how to eat an elephant, it’s not so hard at all! Erber’s Hierarcy, developed by speech scientist Dr. Norman Erber, breaks the listening task into four steps. By guiding children (or new adult listeners) up this “listening ladder,” parents and therapists break the task of learning to listen into more manageable parts.

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