It’s almost Thanksgiving. Holidays are just packed with new listening and spoken language opportunities but sometimes, in the midst of all the hustle and bustle, we lose these precious teaching moments. Here are some tips for making the most of everyday learning opportunities during the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Play It By Ear Seminar: Day Two
AUDITORY INTERVENTION IN ACTION Joanna Smith, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT and Teresa Caraway, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT (both from Hearts for Hearing)
Play It By Ear Seminar: Day One
SETTING THE STAGE TO MAXIMIZE AUDITORY POTENTIAL: AGRESSIVE AUDIOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT AND USE OF HEARING TECHNOLOGY Jace Wolfe, Ph.D., CCC-A (Hearts for Hearing) The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing published its latest position statement on October 1, 2007. Some of the most significant changes are:
Tips for Improving Classroom Acoustics
Classroom acoustics are an important part of helping deaf student succeed in the mainstream. While the easy to clean tile floors and large open spaces of most elementary school classrooms make them ideal for the messy, experiential learning that is so crucial to development in the first few years of school, they also add upContinue reading “Tips for Improving Classroom Acoustics”
Chronological Age vs. Hearing Age
CHRONOLOGICAL AGE: How old a child actually is. Time since the child was born. HEARING AGE: Time since the child has been receiving auditory input through appropriate amplification. Time since the child received hearing aids and/or cochlear implants.
Hearing Loss and Additional Disabilities
Did you know that an estimated 30-40% of children who are deaf or hard of hearing are not “just deaf” but have other associated challenges? I like to call these children “deaf+” or “deaf plus” — children who, in addition to hearing loss, have other conditions, disabilities, or complicating factors.
AG Bell 2008: Monday Concurrent Sessions
EMPOWERING FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH COCHLEAR IMPLANTS AND OF LOW SES Mary Ellen Nevins, Ed.D. (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia), Renate Schultz, B.A. (University of Chicago), and Dana Suskind, M.D. (University of Chicago)
Reading Aloud and Other Everyday Reading Activities
“Readers are leaders and leaders are readers.” One of the most important things you can do for your child, deaf or not, is READ, READ, READ. Read to them, read with them, encourage them to read to themselves and to you. Set a good example by reading a lot yourself, and show them everyday situationsContinue reading “Reading Aloud and Other Everyday Reading Activities”
Quiet Time Activities
You spend so much time and effort waiting for those first precious words… and now you can’t get your little listener to stop chatting! As important as it is to talk, talk, talk with your child and give them lots of good linguistic input, there are times (like a long boring wait at the doctor’sContinue reading “Quiet Time Activities”
Music Activities
Music and singing are wonderful ways to make learning fun for any child, but for a child with hearing loss, the benefits of music are even greater. The changes in pitch and intonation in music can help children learn to experiment with their voice and articulators to develop even more natural prosody. Songs are also a large partContinue reading “Music Activities”
Elizabeth A. Rosenzweig 