Children with hearing loss are at particular risk for deficits in vocabulary. Even when children perform within normal limits when compared to hearing peers on other language measures, receptive (understanding) and expressive (using) vocabulary can still lag behind. Limited ability to overhear conversation restricts a child with hearing loss’s ability to pick up incidental vocabulary.Continue reading “(Don’t Make Me Say the F-Word) Flashcard-Free Vocabulary”
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AG Bell 2014: Maximizing Brain Adaptability Research Symposium
Maximizing Brain Adaptability: Enhancing Listening for Language Development, Speech Perception, and Music Appreciation Beverly Wright, Ph.D., Northwestern University, School of Communication Kate Gfeller, Ph.D., University of Iowa, School of Music Pamela Souza, Ph.D., Northwestern University, School of Communication Emily Tobey, Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
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 problemContinue reading “A Five Step System to Build Question Answering Skills In Children with Hearing Loss”
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 aContinue reading “Too Much Is Never Enough: How Much Therapy Do You Need?”
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 andContinue reading “Helping Classmates Understand Hearing Loss”
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”?
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.
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 guidingContinue reading “Erber’s Hierarchy: The Listening Ladder”
8 Ways to Build a Great Parent-Therapist Relationship
Some relationships in life we get to choose, but others are chosen for us. When parents discover that their child has a hearing loss and select a communication outcome for their family, they are plunged into a web of new relationships that they almost certainly would not have chosen for themselves.
Get On the Brain Train!
Whenever people ask me what I do, I tell them that I help families of children with hearing loss teach their children to listen and speak without the use of sign language. Inevitably, the next question I hear is, “HOW?!?”
Elizabeth A. Rosenzweig 