New Study: Babies Learn Language By Lip-reading
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012All babies lip-read from about 6 months of age, to learn mouth-shapes for the sounds they hear, according to researchers at Florida Atlantic University.
When a baby gazes intently at a speaker’s mouth, this indicates they are working to learn to form syllables for themselves, instead of just babbling.
Read the piece >> Babies Learn Language By [...]
TCD Evening Seminar For Students With Disability
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012The Disability Service at Trinity College, Dublin is hosting an information evening this month for potential students with physical/sensory disabilities.
Date: Friday January 27th 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Room 3074, 3rd Floor, Arts Building, TCD
The evening will begin with an overview of the Disability Access Route to Education (DARE), and will outline the range of supports available at [...]
Technology Bridges The Deaf And Hearing Worlds
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011The Tech section of Malaysia’s New Straits Times broadsheet newspaper recently ran an interview with a female, deaf IT graduate and blogger, who outlines exactly how technology helps bridge the deaf and hearing worlds.
Read the piece: Sound Her Out >>
Employers, tertiary-education providers and IT firms can gain from reading this piece, which notes how regular [...]
Communication Technology Solutions – By Design
Monday, November 28th, 2011“Communication technologies [for] people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing are just as much for the general hearing public… in that they foster communication between both groups.” **
Think of SMS texting on mobile phones, web-chat (via text, video or voice), and Facebook posts as everyday solutions for universal access. Real-time captioning (CART) and captioned web-videos similarly [...]
Newborn Hearing Tests In Waterford And Wexford
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011From November 7th, 2011, babies born at Waterford and Wexford Regional Hospitals can have free newborn hearing tests, in an opt-in programme that is also available to babies born outside of hospital in Waterford.
These new hospital newborn hearing test programmes, costing in the region of €1.1 million annually, are part of the HSE’s Newborn Hearing Screening Programme for the [...]
Technology Has Revolutionised Deaf Education
Thursday, September 15th, 2011The teaching of children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing has altered as a result of technologies such as cochlear implants and speech-to-text tools, according to a recent report from Project Forum, at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, in the United States (see summary).
Technology Has Changed The Teaching Of Deaf Students
Notable findings [...]
Budgeting For Schools ICT Implementations
Monday, September 12th, 2011A recent news story cited the Virginia School for Deaf and Blind (VSDB), to show how an IT implementation can go wrong. One very surprising aspect of the story, is that it happened in the United States, which leads Ireland in the availability of technology and resources to deaf & hard-of-hearing children.
The story details how [...]
After A Cochlear Implant – The Real Work Begins
Thursday, September 8th, 2011In response to a mum’s recent mail, here’s what may be expected when a child’s cochlear implant is switched on for the first time.
After a cochlear implant is activated, a child can take more than a month to respond to sounds they hear. Then, “the real work begins”, families are told.
(Lights, Sound) Activation!
As the child [...]
What Tertiary Supports Do Deaf Students Need?
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011Statistically, more and more deaf and hard-of-hearing students are enrolling in mainstream tertiary institutions in the US (Raue & Lewis, 2011). The same is happening in Ireland, due to a convergence of factors that includes Trinity College Dublin’s DS3 (Deaf Support in Third Level) program.
Different tertiary education supports are needed for students who:
have hearing aids and [...]
New School Year – A Quick Reference List
Monday, August 29th, 2011If you’re a parent or teacher with a deaf child starting a new school year, here’s a quick reference list that might answer some of your questions.
Hearing Assistance Entitlements
Educational Supports in Ireland
Advocating For Your Child’s Service Provision
The Visiting Teacher Service: Background Details
The Effective Use of IEPs in Irish Classrooms
What To Do If Your Child’s Support [...]