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South Africa’s Solid Model For Inclusive Education

In South Africa, Pretoria’s Eduplex (Educational Complex) is a mainstream school for the spoken-language needs of children with hearing issues, its classrooms having planned acoustics and optimised technology for learning. Read more: Changing Deaf Education In South Africa Five children in each class are deaf, with their classmates benefiting from the school’s strong emphasis on

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Does Lip-Reading Benefit Infant Reading Ability?

With babies known to acquire literacy skills from birth, the availability of picture cards, board/cloth books, posters and materials gives a head-start. Reading is a vital way for children with hearing issues to access information in their daily environments – for educational, social and computer literacy. Seeing And Hearing Words Together A researcher in Italy, Dominic

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One Language May Be Best For Kids With Implants

Children with a cochlear implant who learn spoken language only, may progress faster than others with implants who also learn sign language, according to new research from Leiden University in The Netherlands. Read: No more sign language for deaf children with implants? Not as far-fetched as it seems. For deaf children (like their hearing peers),

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An Intern’s View: From Journalism To Copywriting

Nicola Fox, Sound Advice’s most recent intern, shares some insights to her experience with the venture, and what she learned along the way. I applied for an internship with Sound Advice during my degree in Journalism and Visual Media and was thrilled when Caroline welcomed me aboard in December 2010. My work with Sound Advice

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HSE Takes Proactive Steps On State Hearing Tests

The HSE is to actively shorten hearing-test waiting-lists in its Mid-West area, which covers North Tipperary, Clare and Limerick, and consists of about 53 per cent adults and 47 per cent children, the Irish Medical Times reports. Read: New HSE initiative to cut hearing-test waiting list Only recently, the HSE advised that newborn hearing tests

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Implants Benefit Children With A Range Of Issues

After a child has meningitis, the family has only a small time-frame in which to plan for cochlear implant surgery. Meningitis causes the cochlea in the ear to harden soon after the illness, so quick decisions have to be made. This Kiwi family tells the story of how a cochlear implant helped their son to

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Teachers’ Assumptions: Kids With Hearing Issues

Recommended reading: when teachers learn a child with hearing issues is in their class, they may not know what to expect. This piece has solid advice for teachers in Ireland/the UK, and explains how the child may be feeling. Read: Eleven misconceptions about children with hearing issues Every child is different. Get to know your

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An Intern’s View: From Journalism To Technology

Miriam Walsh – now teaching content coordinator for Cork VEC’s iTunes University education platform – joined the Sound Advice team in 2009, as a graduate in journalism. Here’s her story. What did you like best about working with Sound Advice? Sound Advice gave me independence to research articles I wanted to write, with guidance as needed.

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Healthcare Careers Highlighted To Deaf Students

Less than six per cent of people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing work in healthcare in the US, compared to almost ten per cent of people who hear. These statistics were issued by four research-partners, seeking to increase the number of deaf and hard of hearing people working in healthcare. Taskforce Reviews Healthcare Career Options

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Language Parallels Seen In Deafness And Dyslexia

New research from the US has uncovered parallels in language-processing by two groups of children with hearing issues, and children with dyslexia. The study at Ohio State University looks at the links between hearing and language skills (children with cochlear implants, and children with dyslexia). Read: Studies On Deaf Children May Decode Dyslexia Importantly, this study

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