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After A Cochlear Implant – The Real Work Begins

In response to a mum’s recent mail, here’s what may be expected when a child’s cochlear implant is switched on for the first time. After a cochlear implant is activated, a child can take more than a month to respond to sounds they hear. Then, “the real work begins”, families are told. (Lights, Sound) Activation!

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13 years ago 4 Comments Hearingactivation, child, children, cochlear, communication, concept, deafness, device, family, hearing, items, learn, learning, mainstream, names, noise, parent, parents, preschool, read, reading, sign, social, sound, speech, support, teach, visual, words

edcoDigital Invites IDK To Submit Lesson Plans

Earlier this year, IDK was invited to submit lesson plans to edcoDigital, the online teachers’ resource devised by The Educational Company of Ireland. IDK’s lesson plans for primary and post-primary level are now available via the edcoDigital resource website, which is designed for teachers to deliver easy-to-use digital content from the Irish curriculum, within the

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14 years ago 1 Comment Captions, Education, Hearingabout, book, books, company, content, curriculum, deafness, digital, edcodigital, educational, English, hearing, images, inclusion, inclusive, interactive, language, lesson, lessons, literacy, names, online, plan, plans, post-primary, primary, publisher, publishing, pupils, resource, screen, teacher, teachers, teaching, text, textbook

Learning Language Is Fun! – December 5th, 2009

On December 5 2009, IDK and Helium will host another Learning Language is Fun! creative play session at the RuaRed arts centre in Tallaght, Dublin. In Sligo, a second, concurrent session will be held upstairs at The Factory Performing Space, Quay Street, with artist Helene Hugel. Both sessions will run from 10:30am to 12pm on

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15 years ago 1 Comment Hearingbabies, baby, child, children, creative, creativity, family, fun, interaction, language, learn, learning, names, parent, parents, play, playing, skills, words

Language Development: Linking Items To Words

It’s never too early to start teaching deaf children their first word, or words. One approach when your baby is playing, is to identify what they’re looking at, and to tell them the name of the item. This teaches your child to link items to words, and is a key part of their early language

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17 years ago 8 Comments Education, Hearing, Language Developmentdevelopment, early, item, items, language, link, name, names, point, pointing, toy, toys, word, words
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