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Sound Advice Identifies As A Disruptive Entity

Disruptive principles in business leadership were recently presented by Dr Trish Gorman (US) in Dublin, at a masterclass with the IntertradeIreland All-Island Innovation Programme. For Sound Advice, this masterclass confirmed: Sound Advice is a disruptive entity (modernising Ireland’s deaf sector and education) The disruptive effect of bilateral cochlear implants (children hear speech in both ears) Visible role models transmit core values, coach

10 years ago 1 Comment Education, Hearing, Smartphonesaccess, action, behaviour, business, cochlear, communication, corporate, deaf, direction, disrupt, disruption, disruptive, education, entity, focus, founder, growth, hearing, ideas, inclusion, innovation, Ireland, leader, learn, mainstream, model, motivation, partner, problem solvers, research, respond, response, responsibility, responsive, role, rules, sustainability, vision, visionary

‘Hear More Words, Speak More Words’ – Literally

Children who wear digital hearing-aids consistently, have better speech and language abilities overall, due to having access to incidental sound. Researchers at the University of Iowa proved this correlation in preschool-aged children with hearing-aids by measuring (1) the benefit the aids gave the children and (2) the duration for which the aids were worn, every

10 years ago 5 Comments Education, Hearing, Language Developmentaccess, auditory, book, books, child, children, communication, concept, creche, deaf, deafness, device, devices, digital, education, family, hear, hearing, incidental, inclusion, language, learn, learning, life, listen, listening, literacy, mainstream, parent, parents, preschool, read, reading, respond, school, schools, SLT, social, speak, speech, success, talk, teach, teacher, teachers, teaching, tech, technologies, technology, tools, verbal, visual, vocabulary, words, writing

Music May Unlock Speech Perception In Implants

Links between music and speech rhythms have long been documented, with digital hearing-devices and imaging technologies bringing new insights to how we interpret these rhythms in everyday activities – including reading. Music “Is” Language This collection of links starts by explaining how music appreciation sessions for children that mix music with movement, can improve auditory-language skills,

11 years ago 16 Comments Education, Hearing, Language Developmentaccess, act, action, aid, auditory, child, children, clarity, cochlear, communication, deaf, deafness, device, digital, education, family, hear, hearing, inclusion, inclusive, language, learn, listen, listening, literacy, look, mainstream, music, parent, parents, perceive, perception, preschool, read, reading, respond, response, rhythm, speech, talk, talking, technology, tonal, tones, understand, verbal, words

‘Children Are Made Smart From Conversations’

Earlier this year, Chicago-based ENT surgeon Dana Suskind, was mentioned on this site for her Thirty Million Words project. Working with children who have cochlear implants raised her interest into how spoken language builds when family conversations are facilitated – in babies and children with/out hearing issues. Read: Want Smart Kids? Talk – And Listen – To

11 years ago 2 Comments Education, Hearing, Language Developmentaccess, auditory, background, bank, book, books, brain, build, chat, chatterbox, chatty, child, children, cochlear, communication, converse, creche, deaf, deafness, develop, development, ece, economic, education, family, grow, hear, hearing, inclusion, inclusive, infant, intelligence, intelligent, interact, interaction, interactions, kindergarten, language, listen, literacy, mainstream, million, parent, parents, pathways, preschool, read, reading, respond, smart, socio, speak, talk, talking, technology, thirty, thirty million words, verbal, vocabulary, word, words

Teaching Deaf Children To Listen And Talk

Most deaf children with residual hearing can learn to lip-read and speak when digital hearing devices and speech therapy are available from a very early age (zero to three). Free eBook For Families Teaching Spoken Language Try this ebook, “Teaching A Deaf Child To Hear And Talk: Perfectly!” (PDF format) This is called the oral approach. For hearing

16 years ago 3 Comments Education, Hearing, Language Development, Telehealthapproach, articulate, auditory, auditory-verbal, avt, children, cochlear, communication, correspondence, course, deaf, dialogue, education, expression, expressive, fluent, hearing aid, language, listen, literacy, oral, oralism, oralist, read, reading, respond, speak, speaking, speech, spoken, summary, talk, talking, verbal, vocalise, voice, written

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