Helping a child with hearing loss learn to listen and talk can be a lot of fun, but when the going gets tough, it’s easy to slip into patterns that we think are helping us but are really pushing us further from our goal. Parents and professionals can be equally guilty of these bad habits. WhatContinue reading “I Do Not Run a Pet Shop: Dogs, Parrots, and Auditory Verbal Therapy”
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The Catch-Up Game: WEBINAR RECORDING
Enjoy this recording of my 3/25/2015 webinar for the Cochlear HOPE series, “The Catch-Up Game: Working with Children Who Receive Cochlear Implants Late.” Click CC in the lower right corner for captions.
WEBINAR 4/30/2015: Beginning with Babies: Hearing Technology, Family Counseling, and Early Language Development
SPACES ARE LIMITED. REGISTER TODAY! UPDATE 4/17/2015: Registration is now full. Due to the high level of interest in this program, we may be offering an encore of the webinar in May. Stay tuned!
Playing Tricks in Therapy
Serious, boring therapy? No thank you! Practical jokes can be a lot of fun, but look beneath the surface and you’ll find a wealth of listening and language goals, too. Let’s talk about sabotage, theory of mind, jokes, and helping children with hearing loss develop a sense of humor.
Ling Six Sound Check
If a hearing aid, cochlear implant, or Baha has good batteries, then it should be working, right? Not so fast. The Ling Six Sound Check is a simple tool we use to ensure that hearing devices are working and giving the listener access to the sounds of speech. Six sounds, okay… what could be complicatedContinue reading “Ling Six Sound Check”
UPCOMING EVENTS: Free Webinars for Parents and Professionals
I am excited to be partnering with some great organizations this spring to give two FREE webinars for parents and professionals. Both events also offer 1CE credit from the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language. See below for more information and links to register for the courses.
1 + 1 = 3
I often hear from frustrated parents, “My child knows A, my child knows B, so why on earth can’t she make a sentence with A and B together? I’m pulling my hair out!” Moving from single words to phrases of two words or more is a significant milestone in language development. How do we helpContinue reading “1 + 1 = 3”
Big Goals for Big Kids
A lot of attention in the AVT world is focused on infants and toddlers — detecting hearing loss at birth, fitting them hearing technology ASAP, and getting their families off to a running start with listening and spoken language early intervention. When all goes well, many of these children can be fully mainstreamed from preschool andContinue reading “Big Goals for Big Kids”
Repetition Without Boredom
We know that you need thousands of hours of practice to become an expert at any skill, and many, many repetitions for something to stick. The same is true for children learning new speech, language, or listening skills. But how can we get in the practice they need without boring them (and ourselves!) to tears?
Do You Know How to D-I-P?
When an infant or toddler first receives hearing technology, it’s an exciting day! Shortly after, though, parents want to know, “When will he start to talk?” Stop and listen for a minute. Do you hear that baby babbling? What if we could learn to listen and talk to new listeners in a way that wouldContinue reading “Do You Know How to D-I-P?”
Elizabeth A. Rosenzweig 