A teacher asked about using an iPad with a pupil who’s partially hearing: What apps for reading and English did the Sound Advice 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
Dublin City FM’s Bernard Whelan interviewed Sound Advice’s Caroline Carswell for the ‘Good Morning Dublin‘ show on February 11th, about Sound Advice’s parent-teen workshop on February 12th, “Feeling Isolated? You’re Not Alone!” To give context, the interview was focused to Sound Advice’s work, Ellen Arthur’s background, the challenges students with hearing issues experience in mainstream
At Sound Advice’s event, “Feeling Isolated? You’re Not Alone!” (February 12th), this video was taken to get presenters’ and attendee feedback on the event. The event hosts were Ellen Arthur (youth advisor to NDCS UK), Rebecca Dunne (Sound Advices youth person) and Caroline Carswell (Sound Advice founder/CEO). More Reading Sound Advice’s “Feeling Isolated? You’re Not
As Ireland’s newborn hearing tests roll out nationally, India has initiatives that show how low-cost services are viable, even if resources are limited. Newborn hearing testing is rolling out in India, where the initiative in the city of Kochi received national attention. Since 2003, over 62,000 babies have been tested in 34 hospitals, with 92
Children with hearing-devices, who need to listen in noisy classrooms, were seen to benefit from a three week, intensive active-listening programme to train their brains to filter out background noise as they learned in class. Read: Auditory Training Benefits Children With Hearing Issues Persistent background noise in classrooms means hearing-device wearers can miss entire chunks
Chicago-based ENT surgeon, Dana Suskind, who oversees pediatric cochlear implants, is researching a thirty-million-word gap she sees among implanted children from lower socio-economic backgrounds. By age 3, these children hear 30 million fewer words than peers from more affluent backgrounds. With babies known to hear in the womb before birth, Suskind has a point. Read
Students with hearing issues may gain particular benefit from two functions in Google Glass, an emerging eyeglasses technology from Google. In 2014, these wearable headsets with camera, video, wifi and voice-tech are due for release after ongoing testing and user feedback through 2013. Benefits For Students With Hearing Issues Real-time speech-to-text translation in 37 languages via Bluetooth,