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The #95Decibels Film Returns To Dublin

The 95 Decibels film returned to Dublin on June 10th, 2017 at the Irish Film Institute, for a “Take Two” after a successful event in 2014 at which many parents realised their children with cochlear implants CAN get to listen and talk, with guidance from auditory-verbal therapists. The film-making Meyers family from New Jersey joined a Q&A

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Five Questions: Olivia Williams, Psych/PR Student

Olivia Williams is reading Applied Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology (US), and received her first cochlear implant at age 5, after losing her hearing when aged four. 1) Would you consider being deaf and a cochlear implant user part of your identity? Why, or why not? Yes, I do consider myself as a cochlear

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Bluetooth Stethoscopes For Doctors With Implants

Current teens with cochlear implants will like to read of Singapore-born Dr Joseph Heng and two female students, US-born Victoria Popov, with otolaryngology (ENT) in her sights, and UK-born Genevieve Khoury, in her second year of a medical degree. With clear surgical masks available for healthcare workers with hearing issues, and Bluetooth links going directly from stethoscopes

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Spoken Multilingualism In Deaf Children

Sound Advice has posited that spoken-multilingualism is viable for infants with cochlear implants, whose good outcomes are from parent conversations after their implants are fitted. Two researchers in the US, Kate Crowe and Belinda Barnet, are exploring both these themes with countless families already knowing the two are closely linked in pedagogicial terms. Deaf Children Speaking Multiple Languages Researcher Kate Crowe,

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Celebrating #IWD2017 In Dublin, Ireland

Accenture Ireland hosted its 13th celebration of International Womens’ Day at Dublin’s Convention Centre with some fantastic female speakers from journalists to leaders in the public service, sports, tech, business, science and arts sectors. Female business leaders, music,a women's rugby legend,and science and art with #womenonwalls. Great morning so far at #IWDCCD pic.twitter.com/Kyp21hl8FO — Isabel

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#Deafening Documentary: Silence Is Optional

In true spirit for World Hearing Day (March 3), Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTE, made its ‘Deafening’ documentary available for free, worldwide viewing on the RTE Player platform. This documentary sought to explore the current experience of being deaf in Ireland (avoiding a political discourse) and succeeded by representing the diversity in today’s deaf population –

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Insights From #DublinTechSummit 2017

Dublin Tech Summit (February 15 and 16, 2017) sought to showcase Ireland’s capital city as a hub for tech talent, innovation and operations, with the female CEO, Noelle O’Reilly, keen to see women in technology represented among the 10k+ attendees and 200+ speakers. Hands-on tech interactions and conversation opportunities in the exhibition hall and coffee areas perfectly complemented the

AVT Prepares Deaf Children For Mainstream School

Infant detection of child deafness, auditory verbal therapy and preschool are the bedrock for children to enjoy learning in mainstream classrooms at their local schools. Spoken-language #earlyintervention is crucial. https://t.co/6on5JEWjJ5. @ShepherdCentre — Caroline Carswell (@soundadvice_pro) February 13, 2017 Early Hearing Response Is Paramount As early-interventionist Pamala Cross explains, the 1-3-6 elements in this approach are:

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Classroom Captions For Mainstream Deaf Children

Auditory Sciences’ Interact-AS classroom captioning software for mainstreamed students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing has won an award for its 90 to 95 per cent accuracy rate. Technophile deaf students who read at/above fifth-grade level with a strong attention span best track the captioning speed as the teacher or others speak in the learning environment. Interact-AS™ is a

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Educators Piloting Avenue PM Literacy Software

With about six million children in the US having hearing issues, the US Department of Education is investing almost US$ 900,000 into a software suite to track and monitor oral literacy progress in both mainstream and supported education programs. Forty-nine US states with 500 teachers and 1000 students are piloting the Avenue PM product, named

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