Tag Archives: Auditory Development

AG Bell 2012: Saturday Concurrent Sessions

In this post: Fathers Parenting a Child with Hearing Loss, Remaining Vigilant for Today’s Children with Hearing Loss, and 60 Minute Session How to Be Effective.

Let’s Make a Book!

If you give a therapist a book… she’s going to want to make one more. Here are some ideas for creating books in therapy to help develop children’s language and pre-literacy skills, as well as to encourage home carry-over of therapy objectives.

The Catch-Up Game: Children Who Receive Cochlear Implants “Late”

Lots of attention in the CI world is focused on children implanted young — often before one year of age.  Research shows us that children who receive implants before two years of age have a significant advantage in the development of auditory, speech, and language skills (see Svirsky et, al, 2004 and Nicholas and Geers, 2007).

Crafts, Concepts, and Critical Elements

Arts and crafts projects are about far more the cutting, pasting, and bedazzling until your fingers are sore — they’re also a great way to work on critical elements and basic concepts (see explanations of these terms below).

What to Do While Waiting for Your Baby’s Cochlear Implant

Currently, the United States Food and Drug Administration recommends cochlear implants for children twelve months of age or older.  While many surgeons are operating on children under this age (remember, it is just a guideline, not a rule or law, and research has shown no increased safety concerns in operations before twelve months; see Dettman et. al,Continue reading “What to Do While Waiting for Your Baby’s Cochlear Implant”

Books with Lots of Learning to Listen Sounds

The Learning to Listen Sounds are one of the first things a parent learns when introduced to Auditory-Verbal Therapy.  Therapists with a caseload of many new listeners repeat these sounds dozens of times a day.  While a box full of Learning to Listen Sound toys is great, pairing these sounds and toys with a literacyContinue reading “Books with Lots of Learning to Listen Sounds”

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 toContinue reading “10 Quick and Easy Things You Can Do Today to Help Your Child Learn to Listen and Talk”