Childrens’ spoken language skills benefit from responsive interactions with childhood educators and parents, according to research from the University of North Carolina’s Frank Porter Graham (FPG) child development institute. These points are valid for infants whose hearing issues are detected near birth, and who receive digital hearing devices as a priority. Read: Early Educators Build Childrens’ Communication
Three educators are optimising a software product for students with hearing issues to access audio-visual content, to achieve a universal design for a concurrent, mainstream student pool that was not envisaged at the outset. Educators Build Web-Based Literacy Assessment Software AvenueDHH Platform The product, AvenueDHH, gives educators a standardised way to measure student literacy while allowing
A Minnesota-based preschool program using the spoken-language approach with children who have hearing issues is expanding after families saw their hearing children gain from being in the same language-heavy environment. Read: Preschool for children with hearing issues expands “The kids’ interaction helps with their social development, parents love it; they want their kids to be
Teachers, finding a diversifying mix of students in their classrooms, are always seeking new tools to simplify their preparation for impending classes. Two of these three tools offer learning-content creation with audio, slides, subtitles, notes and video while accommodating students of varied abilities. First up, is Panopto, a soution to deliver searchable, accessible multimedia content
Earlier this year, Ireland’s Teaching Council invited all registered members to apply in a lottery to attend Feilte, its festival of digital-teaching projects to celebrate World Teachers’ Day in Dublin, on October 5th, 2013. IDK was later invited to present on classroom acoustics at the conference. With 75% of a school-day consisting of students listening to
Toddlers may learn spoken language faster via video which is interactive, such as Skype or video-conferencing, according to research from Temple University and the respective Universities of Delaware and Washington. Toddlers learn language faster via interactive video Notably, the toddlers in this research learned new words only during live video chats (back/forth conversation), and not
Teacher-training to work with children who have hearing issues is altering in the US with new demand for teachers who can teach listening-and-spoken language (LSL) when working with children who wear hearing devices. Read: PACS gets USD 1.18mn from US Department of Education Specifically, the US Department of Education is funding the training of 40 teachers in LSL and
Newborn hearing testing in the UK means Lacey Bradley now sings and plays guitar in a music club. She first got hearing-aids at two weeks old, before her bilateral cochlear implants at age three and four, respectively. Newborn Hearing Tests Give A Solid Start Read: Lacey’s progress a sound reason for baby testing Outcomes are
Queries about facilitating children with single-sided (unilateral) hearing in a mainstream classroom, were recently received by Sound Advice. All the children had hearing-devices; their parents and teachers just needed information and reassurance that their classroom strategies were relevant in each case. ASHA’s solid advice on addressing unilateral hearing at home and at school: Read: Will
One year ago, IDK mentioned South Africa’s Eduplex school, a solid model for inclusive education at home and oveseas. Recently, a new critique on inclusive education was published by the development advisor for the Centre for Disability Development Research, Law and Policy, Johannesburg. Read: Zambia: Inclusive Education For Deaf Children A very pertinent paragraph to
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