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‘Disability Law News’ Blog Cites IDK’s Advocacy
A ‘Disability Law News’ blog post, Deaf Children and Inclusive Education, cites IDK on how live captioning benefits a deaf student at Trinity College. Trinity College’s Deaf Support in Third-Level (DS3) programme, offers multiple supports to deaf students, of which captioning is just one option. Education supports help unlock deaf students’ full potential, but the
Interview With DS3 Project Officer, Emma Clarke
Miriam Walsh, Sound Advice´s former journalist intern, met Emma Clarke, project officer of Trinity College Dublin´s Deaf Support at Third-Level (DS3) project to find out what education supports students can use in their tertiary education subjects. Starting college is never easy. Sometimes none of your friends are at the same college and you may be far away
Tutorial Captioning Benefits Deaf Students’ Access
Premier Captioning Wicklow are proud to advise that they are working with a deaf student at Trinity College Dublin to provide support in group tutorials where students are asked to discuss questions or issues raised by the tutor. Remote Captioning Services Save Resources PCR’s service is remote, meaning the transcriber does not have to be
IDK Receives Website Usability Report From NCI
Last April (2009), Irish Deaf Kids (now Sound Advice) received an Innovation Voucher worth €5,000 from Enterprise Ireland, to be used to solve a business issue. The Innovation Voucher initiative, introduced in 2007 by Enterprise Ireland, aims to create links between Irish knowledge providers and small businesses. To qualify for an Innovation Voucher, a company
Digital Media Content Accessibility For Students
Today’s digital media world can represent a double-edged sword for people with hearing issues. On one hand, digital media tools can benefit inclusive teaching by improving students’ accessibility to content in learning and training environments. Two examples would be captioning for online videos, and transcripts for podcasts with course content. However, using digital content in
Captioning YouTube Videos With CaptionTube
Two years ago, a fully subtitled YouTube video clip featured in a seminar I attended, to explain some youth issues that featured in the presentation. YouTube videos are increasingly being used as a teaching tool, as digital tools, the Internet and whiteboards infiltrate educational practices. The recent release of CaptionTube, a new YouTube captioning tool, will now increase
Leaving Cert Languages And Deaf Students
NOTE: Since this post was written in 2008, digital hearing-devices mean better hearing for wearers. Accordingly some students can access sound for the first time – which raises their ability to complete oral and aural parts of language exams. During a past conversation with a friend of a friend, it was a surprise to discover
Third-Level Supports Must Match Student Needs
Support is available for deaf students in third-level education, but as an IDK forum member has written, supports at his local college were insufficient. We’ll call him “J”. He’s 24 and has a progressive, acquired hearing loss of 49% in his left ear and 69% in his right ear. After learning of 18-month waits for ENT assessments on
Using Software Tools To Teach Deaf Children
Software and e-learning tools have massive potential in teaching deaf or hard-of-hearing children if they are adapted for full accessibility. With software tools, deaf children can hear to learn new vocabulary, numeracy and literacy skills, phonics and social skills in a structured way. Strategic video games can be used by deaf teens to learn to
eBook: Teaching A Deaf Child To Hear And Speak
Edited by Caroline Carswell