Dominican Republic 2011: Part III
The poverty of the Dominican Republic struck me in various ways during various parts of the trip, as I described above, but when it really hit home for me was when I was changing my money as I prepared to leave at the airport.
10 Quick and Easy Things You Can Do Today to Help Your Child Learn to Listen and Talk
Having a child with hearing loss can be overwhelming at times. Between the therapy appointments, new jargon to learn, and keeping those hearing aids/cochlear implants on, it’s easy to drown in the routine of each day. In the early stages, it often seems like an impossible dream that your child will one day learn to listen and talk. Things can feel really tough.
EHDI 2011: Tuesday
In this article: The “Medical Home,” social media and web resources, and listening and spoken language. Read on!
EHDI 2011: Monday
In this post: EHDI’s 10 year history, parent grief, outcomes for children who are deaf-blind with CIs, teleintervention, and more. Read on!
EHDI 2011: Sunday
In this post: Using information technology to improve Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs. Read on!
Parents’ Sign Language Proficiency
When a child is born, his brain is a wondrous organ, primed to learn language and make sense of the world. Hearing or deaf, children are born with an auditory cortex and language centers in the brain. They are sponges, soaking up experiences and language input.
Grammatical Morphemes: Precious, Fleeting, and Oh-So-Important
Morphemes are the smallest units of speech capable of conveying meaning. Words like “dog” and “bark” are “free” morphemes, because they stand alone and have meaning. Grammatical morphemes are tiny markers that can be added to these words to add to or change their meaning. They are “bound” morphemes because they don’t work on their own, they must be connected to a “free” morpheme. From 1-morpheme “dog” and “bark” we can make “dogs” and “barked.” By adding the grammatical morphemes of plural “-s” and past tense “-ed,” we change the meanings of the words.
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Elizabeth A. Rosenzweig 