Mobile Phones And Apps Give Many Users A Voice
Talk is not always cheap – but mobile phones and apps can be a lifeline for people with hearing issues, or who are non-verbal. New solutions to old communication dilemmas are being found and developed into viable apps. Meantime, SMS texting endures just like email, as the most basic mobile app – and its everyday use
TeachNet Blog: Closed Captions In The Classroom
Attendees of the CESI 2012 conference last February, will recall the live captions that were requested by Sound Advice’s Caroline Carswell, to facilitate her access to the sessions – and to give a live demo in her own presentation. Live Captions Retained A Full Day At CESI 2012 The CESI organisers arranged these live captions
BBC Programme On Parent Choices For Children
Child deafness was profiled in the BBC TV series, “Beyond Disability“, which looks at disability issues in the twenty-first century. We’ve rounded up some of the press coverage around the programme, for your review and insights. On March 20th, EastEnders actress Rita Simons and her family featured in the documentary series while exploring big decisions
Soundfields For Learning: The-Need-To-Know
Soundfields for learning, and their procurement, are a recurring question Sound Advice gets from parents and educators. Here’s a “Soundfields 101” piece to demystify the obtaining and use of these audio-systems. Soundfield presentation from Sound Advice’s EdTech event in October 2011: Soundfield Classroom Audio (Andrew Taylor, Classroom Comms) Q: What is a soundfield (audio) system? A:
A “Trinity News” Commission Takes Sound Advice Full-Circle
Life goes in circles – or so the saying goes. This certainly was the case when “Trinity News“, the campus newspaper of Trinity College Dublin, approached Caroline Carswell from Sound Advice, to pen a piece on a Rag Week 2012 event. Read the piece: Making A Noise For Deaf Kids After cutting her publishing teeth with
A TeleAudiology Program With Lessons For Ireland
As Ireland’s health service rolls out newborn hearing-screening services in its HSE South region, some valuable lessons can be learned from the state of California. In rural areas, a tele-audiology service enables families to follow up in the event that a newborn baby’s hearing test results give any concern. A major benefit is that newborns and
Student Hearing Awareness Day At Trinity College
During January, the Dublin city-centre branch of Specsavers contacted Sound Advice. Some students from Trinity College had requested support for a Hearing Awareness Day for Rag Week 2012, and needed ideas for the specific day. With practical assistance from Specsavers’ Hearcare unit and suggestions from Sound Advice, the Trinity students planned their hearing-awareness day. The
E-Books, E-Readers And Children’s Reading Skills
A new electronic item in the headlines recently, is the e-reader. What are e-readers, and how do they benefit deaf children who are learning to read? E-readers are electronic devices, such as the Kindle, that allow the user to read an electronic book instead of a paper book. They are increasingly used by educators to encourage and
Book Prize-Draw For World Book Day (March 1st)
To mark World Book Day Ireland (March 1st), Sound Advice will make a draw of the names of everyone who follows our Facebook page by March 5th, 2012. The prize is a copy of the Sound Advice children’s book, “A Birthday For Ben”(2009). Make sure to ‘Like’ our new Facebook page by March 5th to be in, to win!
Classroom Captioning At CESI 2012
Sound Advice presented on classroom captions at CESI 2012 February 24-25, with the theme of TEACHnology: merging teaching and technology. Miriam Walsh very kindly co-presented on captioning videos for education, as an intern with Sound Advice. See The Presentations Miriam Walsh’s slides (she became an Apple Educator!) Saturday’s session (February 25) was web-cast via seewritenow.ie.
eBook: Teaching A Deaf Child To Hear And Speak
Edited by Caroline Carswell