Learn 280

Older Siblings’ Vital Role In Child Language Skills

Sibling influences shape a younger child’s language more than was thought, according to new research of 385 preschoolers in Ontario, Canada, and which was published in the February print edition of Pediatrics magazine. Older children influence language development This research has implications for children with hearing issues in larger families, where parents may interact less

10 years ago Education, Hearing, Language Developmentbased, centered, child, children, cochlear, communication, concept, creche hear, deaf, deafness, development, education, expression, expressive, family, hearing, home, inclusion, inclusive, interact, interaction, language, learn, learning, literacy, mainstream, older, parent, parents, preschool, progress, read, reading, responsive, school, schools, sibling, social, speech, support, talk, teach, teachers, technology, vocabulary, younger

Student Legal Cases For Captions Almost Settled

The year 2009 was significant for student classroom captions in the US. Three students with hearing issues – two high school students in California, and the other, a physician student at Creighton Medical School (MA), began legal challenges to use captions as a favored support, beyond classroom FM systems and additional assistive listening devices. Creighton

10 years ago 2 Comments Captions, Education, Hearing, Smartphonesaccess, accessibility, CART, cochlear, college, communication, court, creighton, deaf, deafness, district, education, family, hearing, inclusion, inclusive, learn, learning, literacy, mainstream, medical, Ninth, poway, realtime, school, speech, student, students, system, technology, tertiary, third-level, training, transcribe, transcription, verbal, words

Consumer Technology For Single Sided Deafness

With Derrick Coleman, the Seattle Seahawks fullback who’s legally deaf, recently storming onto our screens in a Duracell advert, the social impact of the advertising campaign is already being witnessed at a high-tech level. After having SSD (single-sided) deafness since early childhood, film director Rik Cordero was inspired by the advert, to evaluate modern technologies

10 years ago 1 Comment Hearingaccess, accessibility, accessible, assistive, bilateral, cable, child, children, consumer, cubed, deaf, deafness, design, device, earbud, education, family, hearing, inclusion, inclusive, iPod, lapel, lead, learn, learning, listening, microphone, mobile, modern, one, personal, phone, read, reading, school, schools, shuffle, sided, single, sleek, social, speech, student, students, support, teach, teacher, teachers, teaching, technology, unilateral, visual, words

Hosting The "95 Decibels" Film In Dublin

Sound Advice (as IDK) hosted the first overseas screening of the 95 Decibels film (2013) on January 18, 2014 at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin, to explore the emotional obstacles parents face when they get a diagnosis of deafness for their child. I also met Susan and Film maker Liza Reznik along with her daughter Miranda.

11 years ago 1 Comment Education, Hearing, Language Developmentacademic, access, aid, auditory, child, children, cochlear, communication, concept, deaf, deafness, device, digital, education, family, hear, hearing, inclusion, inclusive, Ireland, language, learn, learning, literacy, mainstream, occupational, parent, parents, participate, participation, preschool, read, reading, research, school, schools, social, sound, speak, speech, student, students, study, support, talk, talking, teach, teacher, teachers, teaching, technology, training, verbal, visual, words

Moms In China Volunteer As Speech-Coaches

Parents who get coaching to work with children who wear hearing-devices can practise language interaction and teaching new vocabulary at any time, anywhere, once the basics (of auditory-verbal therapy, or AVT) are learned. While AVT began in English-speaking countries, its use in China may seem unusual, where the language is primarily tonal. However, this piece

11 years ago 4 Comments Education, Hearing, Language Developmentaccess, auditory, auditory verbal therapy, book, books, child, children, cochlear, communication, creche, deaf, deafness, education, family, hear, hearing, inclusive, language, learn, learning, listen, listening, literacy, mainstream, parent, parents, preschool, read, reading, speak, speech, talk, teacher, teachers, technology, verbal, words

Fatigue In Schoolchildren With Hearing Issues

Subjective fatigue in schoolchildren with hearing issues, is the topic of a July 2013 article in the American Journal of Audiology, which confirms these children experience more fatigue in sleep/rest, everyday and cognitive life. Self-Pacing Every Day Sound Advice has highlighted this issue, with its team’s self-pacing experiences as children, students, graduates and employees – while

11 years ago Hearingchild, children, cochlear, communication, deaf, deafness, education, family, hearing, inclusion, language, learn, learning, literacy, mainstream, parent, parents, preschool, read, reading, school, schools, social, speech, student, students, support, teach, teacher, teachers, training, visual, words

India’s AURED School For Listening And Talking

Since 1986, India’s Aural Education (AURED) programme for children with hearing issues has worked with families to teach children to listen and speak in English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati before starting mainstream school: Read: AURED Highlights Exposure To Sound and Talking Immediately after a child receives digital hearing-aids or cochlear implants, AURED recommends AVT (auditory-verbal therapy),

11 years ago 1 Comment Hearingauditory-verbal, avt, child, children, cochlear, communication, concept, deaf, deafness, education, family, follow-up, hearing, inclusion, inclusive, language, learn, learning, listen, listening, literacy, mainstream, parent, parents, post-implant, preschool, read, reading, school, schools, social, speak, speaking, speech, student, students, support, talk, talking, teach, teacher, teachers, teaching, therapy, training, visual, words

How A Child With Deafness Alters Your Perspective

Having a child who’s different to the rest of the family, requires adjustment for each parent and sibling (if relevant) – while also impacting the wider family and friends to an extent. A mother shares a very honest account: Read: Insights From Raising A Child With Hearing Issues Quotes Slowly, friends dropped off and I was

11 years ago Education, Hearing, Language Developmentawareness, child, children, cochlear, communication, concept, deaf, deafness, education, empathy, expectations, family, focus, friend, friends, hearing, inclusion, inclusive, Ireland, language, learn, learning, literacy, mainstream, models, network, networking, parent, parents, peer, preschool, read, reading, role, role models, school, sensitivity, social, speech, support, teach, teacher, teachers, teaching, training, understand, understanding, visual, words

Review Of The Visiting Teacher Service (Ireland)

The Visiting Teacher Service in Ireland is being reviewed by the Department of Education in the context of pupils’ changed needs and new technologies. January 20th, 2014 is YOUR deadline to feed back on your experiences of the Visiting Teacher Service (VTS) in Ireland, for this review. Dept of Education: Review of the Visiting Teacher Service

11 years ago 1 Comment Hearingchild, children, cochlear, communication, concept, deaf, deafness, education, family, hearing, inclusion, inclusive, Ireland, itinerant teacher, language, learn, learning, literacy, mainstream, parent, parents, preschool, read, reading, school, schools, social, speech, student, students, support, teach, teacher, teacher of the deaf, teachers, teaching, TOD, training, visiting teacher, visual, VT, VTOD, words

Classroom Hearing-Technology Options And Tips

School environments are famously tricky for children to hear what’s being said in class, by their teachers and classmates. And it’s not just children with hearing devices who struggle in a classroom: pupils with colds and allergies or English as another language, also benefit from positive school acoustics. Read: Tips For Hearing Well In The

11 years ago 5 Comments Education, Hearing, Language Developmentaccess, accessibility, accessible, child, children, cochlear, communication, deaf, deafness, education, FM system, hearing, inclusion, inclusive, language, learn, learning, literacy, mainstream, parent, parents, preschool, read, reading, school, schools, social, soundfield, speech, student, students, support, teach, teacher, teachers, teaching, technology, training, visual, words

Archives