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‘El Deafo’ – A Memoir About A Phonic Ear

The Phonic Ear hearing-aid, that big beige box worn in the 1970s by kids who were deaf. Book illustrator Cece Bell rewrote her life story this year, with a Phonic Ear giving her super-powers in a graphic novel. Bell’s self-deprecating humour about wearing the hearing-aid and the everyday social interactions it generated will be welcomed by fellow wearers. Interview: Cece

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Seminar: The Link Between Hearing And Speech

A Sound Advice seminar in Dublin, “The Link Between Hearing And Speech” (December 5th) explored how we hear with our brains with, and without hearing devices. Strategies for early language development by parents with babies and young children were also shared. Thirty Million Words Parallels were seen in the thirty million words concept for hearing and deaf children, with

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eBook: Teach A Deaf Child To Hear And Talk

Sound Advice created an e-book, “Teaching A Deaf Child To Hear And Speak: Perfectly“ (A Father’s Love), by James Hall, whose daughter hears and talks with bilateral cochlear implants. Mr Hall contacted Sound Advice after four years researching how a deaf child can acquire speech, and documenting his findings. Click the blue image below, to

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Having A Deaf Child Alters Your Talking Style

All childrens’ future language development can be determined by the way in which their parents, family and caregivers talk to them during infancy. Impact Of ‘Parentese’ On Siblings’ Language On this point, a research group of mothers of twins (one child being deaf) was found to speak vowels more clearly when talking to their infants regardless

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Using FM Systems At School And Home

Families find FM systems invaluable for children with hearing-devices during a typical day, whether that’s learning in a classroom or playing sports on a field (or ice, in this case). Read: Northbrook youth hockey player uses FM on the ice Noah’s mother, Maria Elena Powell, says: “I can be in the kitchen and he can be

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India’s AURED School Enrols Infants For AVT

Parents are their childrens’ main spoken-language teachers at India’s AURED school, which teaches the AVT (auditory-verbal) method. One critical point to note regarding AVT is: Recent research indicates that the critical period of ‘learning’ [to hear] starts from the sixth month of pregnancy up to 2 years and therefore early diagnosis and intervention is essential. Children with significant

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A New Domain – And A New Name

Welcome to Sound Advice, the new name for the Irish Deaf Kids (IDK) venture since 2014! Why This Rebrand? Seven years is a milestone for a startup which coincided with the global financial crisis of 2007-08. In this time, the meaning of ‘deafness’ in Ireland was redefined, thanks to newborn hearing tests, digital hearing devices and

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Guide For Children To Speak A Second Language

The first-ever book for families, audiologists and teachers working to teach second, spoken languages to children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing, is now available. Its author, Michael Douglas, a certified auditory-verbal therapist (AVT), was based at the University of Houston from 2010 to 2012. Read: Dual Language-Learning for Children With Hearing Loss Some people are

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Delivering Live Captions That Students Can Read

With today’s classrooms having multiple digital data-sources, students who read live captions are challenged by room lighting or shadows, placement of units, and fitting audio-visual media screens into each student’s line of sight. Improving Caption Experiences Researchers at the University of Rochester are tackling these issues, aware that students in these classrooms with full hearing,

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Parent Guidance For Developing Language Skills

Talking to your baby from birth [especially when hearing-devices are worn], is crucial for their infant language development. While most babies hear for two months before birth, there will be babies with hearing devices who need to build up their word and sound-vocabulary after missing sounds earlier on. Chatting During Family Time One book, Small

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