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    Early Implants Best For Baby’s Language Progress

    Thursday, May 16th, 2013

    In the US, two to three children in every 1000 births is born profoundly deaf, 90% to hearing families. The average age for a baby to receive a cochlear implant is falling, with research showing babies of 6 to 9 months to benefit more from the technology, than even at 12 months, and again at [...]

    Florida Legislates For The Auditory-Verbal Option

    Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

    Parents of newly-identified children who’re profoundly deaf, have a lot going on. Not least, they must make communication choices on behalf of the children, and decide how the family is going to communicate in general.
    Recently, the US state of Florida passed legislation for parents to be told of all the possible communication options for deaf children. [...]

    A Nurse With Hearing Issues Retrains In Audiology

    Monday, April 29th, 2013

    Nursing – and audiology. Two degrees that a deaf person might not think of, or be encouraged to take. Zoe Williams, of Ballarat, Victoria (Australia), has changed that perception. Now a qualified audiologist, she shares her story.
    See / Read >> A Day In The Life of An Audiologist
    Zoe says she doesn’t have anything more to [...]

    Introduction To Auditory Verbal Therapy (Belfast)

    Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

    Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT) is a parent-centred approach to enabling children with deafness to learn to talk by listening with hearing-devices.
    The UK has just 14 certified AVT therapists, and on April 27th a free 2-hour information session on AVT is being held in Belfast for parents of deaf children aged under 5. Registration is needed (details [...]

    Lip-Reading Challenges In The Hearing World

    Friday, April 5th, 2013

    Having to verbally ”translate” for signing deaf friends who do not lip-read, confirmed this skill to Rachel Kolb, a masters student at Stanford University in California. She writes eloquently here, about the challenges of lip-reading.
    Read>> Seeing At The Speed Of Sound
    Lip-reading is a very under-rated skill. When hearing-devices are off, it can be the ideal back-up [...]

    Parents’ Essential Role In Language Development

    Saturday, March 30th, 2013

    Parents have a stronger role than researchers thought, in developing verbal language in children with hearing issues. A new study from the University of Miami shows “maternal sensitivity [has] strong and consistent effects on oral language learning”, a fact that hospital cochlear implant teams need to note.
    Mom’s sensitivity helps language learning in deaf children
    Dr Dana [...]

    “He Is Not Me”: A Book On Mainstream Education

    Monday, March 25th, 2013

    A new book, “He Is Not Me”, by Stuart McNaughton, tells the story of being deaf from birth – and opting for a cochlear implant in his twenties. Notably, Stuart’s parents mainstream-educated him, to equip him with real-world skills from the very start – with the support of teachers and professionals.
    Read >> He Is Not [...]

    Bilateral Cochlear Implants: Hearing With Two Ears

    Thursday, March 14th, 2013

    With bilateral cochlear implants (both ears) in Ireland’s news recently, here’s some information that may answer readers’ and families’ questions.
    Read: Who is a cochlear implant candidate?
    Some unilateral (single-ear) implant-wearers keep a hearing-aid in the other ear, and can recognise speech by listening through two ears. Others choose to ‘go bilateral’ with 2 cochlear implants, to [...]

    Study Supports For Doctors With Hearing Issues

    Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

    An article, “Deafness Among Physicians and Trainees: A National Survey“, in the February 2013 issue of Academic Medicine, gives insights to how doctors with hearing issues access their training and get to work in the mainstream.
    Read: Are deaf/hoh physicians getting needed supports?
    Amplified stethoscopes (89%) were the most frequent accommodation, with hearing-devices/FM (32%), realtime captions (21%), sign [...]

    Teacher Question: Reading/Listening On The iPad

    Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

    A teacher asked about using an iPad with a pupil who’s partially hearing:

    What apps for reading and English did the IDK team recommend?
    How can the student listen to audio files and Skype, from their iPad?

    The student wears Phonak hearing aids and uses a FM system in school.
    This list suggests apps for students with reading challenges:
    Fifty [...]

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