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Audiologist’s Game For Students’ Listening Skills

Parents working with babies and children whose cochlear implants are newly activated, need to label particular noises with the children and emphasise listening skills to start recognising everyday sounds. One Arizona-based audiologist has devised a game for this listening-and-talking process: Read: Audiologist game to boost kids’ listening skills Talk To Newborns With Hearing-Aids Jacque Scholl

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Early Implants Best For Baby’s Language Progress

In the US, two to three children in every 1000 births is born profoundly deaf, 90% of these babies into hearing families. The average age for a baby to receive a cochlear implant is falling, with research showing babies of 6 to 9 months to benefit more from the technology, than even at 12 months,

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11 years ago 1 Comment Education, Hearing, Language Development, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Learning Language Is Fun! For Parents & Children

IDK and artist Helene Hugel are inviting families with very young deaf children to join in a series of “imaginative play” sessions. Create and the Arts Council are funding this initiative to develop creative skills with parents to support early language development in deaf children. The initial sessions will take place at the National Cochlear Implant

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15 years ago 7 Comments Hearing, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,