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Two “Talented Boys, Living Life To The Full”

Parents who choose for their children to have cochlear implants can worry how their choice will be seen by others. One mother tells her story – but what gives others the right to try to influence, or to query her decisions? Read more: ” I questioned myself as a mother “ When making choices for

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Educational Audiologist Uses Her Life Experiences

It makes perfect sense. Carrie Spangler, an educational audiologist in Ohio, was mainstream-educated as a child and teen with hearing issues. She’s now mentoring teen students like herself, who are in mainstream classrooms with hearing peers. Read more: Hitting Her Stride The advice in business is to use what you know, as Carrie Spangler is

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Hearing Through Irish, At Mainstream School

Amy Jordan, a student at a mainstream (Irish-speaking) gaelscoil in Dublin, shares her experiences with exams and teachers while using a FM system with hearing-aids at school. Read more: Mainstream Education Through Irish Recently, Amy did a week’s work experience with Sound Advice, to learn more about working with deaf children in Ireland, a career area

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What Are ‘The Different Ways Of Being Deaf’?

Some years ago, Sound Advice’s Facebook page showed a photo, advising us all to “Keep Calm and Celebrate Diversity”. Our point was that diversity exists in the deaf population too, and some people don’t know – or acknowledge – this fact. Diversity In The Deaf Population Read: Different Models of Deafness In Ireland, the media

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How NZ’s Hearing Tests Lead To Early Intervention

New Zealand’s newborn hearing test and early intervention programme has run since 2010, with about 170 babies born per year with hearing issues. Read more: Opening A Door To The World Of Sound Pathways lead from this national newborn hearing test service, to early intervention programs with the family’s chosen communication method. One service is

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How Policy Can Lag The Real Grassroots Reality

Policy for deaf children in different countries around the world can lag actual reality on the ground. Several articles the Sound Advice team read recently, make interesting reading. Our question is, what statistics are national/federal policy makers not getting – and why exactly? Listening And Talking Within The CRPD Case in point: a mother in Monterrey,

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UK’s Hearing-Services See Losses – Plus Gains

Mixed developments are impacting the UK’s public hearing-services. Regional audiology services are making gains or losses around the UK, based on budgets – but research into providing national school hearing tests for children aged 4 to 6 is under way. These school-based hearing tests, if rolled out nationally, will be a vital link in the hearing-check

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Cochlear Implants Appreciated By Their Recipients

Cochlear implants are constantly in the news, ranging from the youngest-yet recipient in the UK (7 months) to the gains reported by older recipients. Certain individuals don’t want to consider an implant, for their own reasons, but the digital hearing technology (and processes) are steadily improving with research advances. Growing Up With Cochlear Implants When

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Deafness Is Different In The Digital-Hearing Age

Teaching for deaf children and young adults worldwide has altered in recent years, with digital hearing technologies and speech-to-text tools, according to a report from Project Forum, at the (US) National Association of State Directors of Special Education. The Digital-Hearing Age Infants are being given access to digital hearing at an ever earlier age. Advances in newborn

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Book Reading At Imaginosity (November 2nd)

Imaginosity (Dublin Childrens’ Museum) and IDK are hosting a book-reading for all children aged 4 to 9 at Imaginosity, on November 2nd at 4pm. This event is part of Imaginosity’s second annual Festival of Stories, in which IDK participated during October 2011. Children attending the reading of “A Birthday For Ben“, access Imaginosity’s child-centred, educational and interactive

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