Research Symposium: Re-Modeling the Deafened Cochlear for Auditory Sensation: Advances and Obstacles Moderator: Carol Flexer, Ph.D., CCC-A, LSLS Cert. AVT Andy Groves, Ph.D.; Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosciences, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics and Program in Developmental Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas Jian Zuo, Ph.D.; Member/Professor ofContinue reading “AG Bell 2010: Research Symposium and Sunday Concurrent Sessions”
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Dealing with Teasing and Bullying
Teasing, bullying, and their sometimes deadly consequences are in the news a lot lately. Parents of all children, especially those with hearing loss, have good reason to be concerned about this troubling phenomenon. How can we help keep our children safe, confident, and bully-proof for life? A comprehensive anti-bullying approach includes interventions that help childrenContinue reading “Dealing with Teasing and Bullying”
Born to Read
For decades, literacy has been the Achilles’ Heel of deaf education. Historically, students with hearing loss educated using methods that did not focus on listening and spoken language have achieved abysmally low reading scores[1]. But our children with hearing loss are BORN TO READ! How? Well, even though their ears aren’t working, their brains are!Continue reading “Born to Read”
Internal Motivation: Helping Children Develop a Thirst for Knowledge
I was working with a little guy the other day — a kindergarten student. He was hard at work hunched over a piece of paper with a crayon in his hand. I peeked over his shoulder and said, “Hey! You wrote Happy Birthday!”
Costa Rica 2010: Wednesday
Today, we returned to the Cen Cenai public preschool center (like HeadStart in the US) to continue our screenings for hearing, vision, cognition, speech, and language. Overall, we were able to screen about 75 children and provide appropriate recommendations for follow-up as needed. Conducting the hearing screenings was difficult, however, due to the incredibly noisyContinue reading “Costa Rica 2010: Wednesday”
Costa Rica 2010: Tuesday
We began our trip today at Centeno, a school for deaf children in Costa Rica that uses sign language. The school is just one department on the campus of the Center for Inclusive Education in CR. I’m not so sure what they mean by “inclusive,” though, because it was a school of all deaf children,Continue reading “Costa Rica 2010: Tuesday”
Speech/Articulation Issue or a Hearing Problem?
Sometimes it is difficult to tell whether or not a child with a hearing loss is presenting with a true speech and/or language disorder, or if the problems in their speech and language skills are due to hearing loss alone. For some children, you think, “Wow. This child probably would have had speech/language issues even withoutContinue reading “Speech/Articulation Issue or a Hearing Problem?”
Parent Advocacy Strategies
Congratulations! You are the parent of a wonderful child, and, among many other wonderful traits, your child happens to have a hearing loss. Now, on top of running to school events, work, and other family obligations, you have also earned yourself a new job title: ADVOCATE.
Family Communication Self-Evaluation Checklist
I recently came across this Family Communication Self-Evaluation checklist. I believe it illustrates several points (does the child have access to ALL of the same information as hearing peers? is communication easy for both parents and children? etc.) that are crucial for parents to consider when choosing a method of communication/education for their child withContinue reading “Family Communication Self-Evaluation Checklist”
Duct Tape Activities
I don’t know what it is about duct tape, but it is almost universally fascinating. For “just tape” it’s awfully fun, and very useful to lots of people. In my weekly clinic meeting, my supervisor challenged my fellow graduate clinicians and I to come up with activities to target speech and language goals using justContinue reading “Duct Tape Activities”
Elizabeth A. Rosenzweig 