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Listening And Talking With Auditory-Verbal Work

Many parents ask the Sound Advice team, “what is AVT”? In short, Auditory-Verbal Therapy is a parent-led approach that teaches deaf children to listen and talk by using their residual hearing with consistent wearing of digital hearing-devices. Knowing that almost all deaf babies and children have usable hearing, AVT optimises their latent listening skills, which leads

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Sound Advice’s ‘Ability Personified’ Video Opens To Votes

Ireland’s annual ‘Better Together‘ campaign allows third-sector entities and initiatives to highlight their social-impact on a portal website that engages the public to understand and support the vital work these organisations do. Sound Advice has submitted a two-minute version of the six-minute video won in a CSR give-away in 2012 by Tailored Films. The production

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Learning Modern Languages At School

Have you considered deaf pupils who learn modern languages at school? This “Modern Languages” video from the UK guides teachers and students in listening/conversing when in groups, in the classroom or working alone. NDCS – BCC MFL from NDCS on Vimeo. Children in Ireland can seek exemption from learning the Irish language, to free resource time

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Impact Of Losing Ireland’s Only Audiology Course

This post follows “Ireland’s Only Audiology Course Being Scrapped” (August 2, 2013). Today, the students don’t have the answers they need, and are losing time to transfer to new audiology courses in the UK. To start with, what is the impact of Ireland losing its only audiology course? Dropping this 4-year degree course at Athlone Institute

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Ireland’s Only Audiology Course Being Scrapped

Finalist status in Ireland’s 2014 Social Media Awards – Online PR category, was gained by Sound Advice (as IDK) after these posts – compiled by Caroline Carswell. Students at Ireland’s only audiology undergraduate course at Athlone Institute of Technology are reviewing their options after learning the course is to be scrapped at the end of

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Introduction To Auditory Verbal Therapy (Belfast)

Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT) is a parent-centred approach to enabling children with deafness to learn to talk by listening with digital hearing-devices from infancy, where possible. The UK had 14 certified AVT therapists (in 2013), and on April 27th (2013) a free 2-hour information session on AVT was held in Belfast for parents of deaf children

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Deaf Veterinarians Guide On Digital Media Access

Like doctors, veterinarians who’re deaf can use adapted stethoscopes to listen to animal heartbeats and gauge vital signs during their daily work. For vets like Bethan Hindson (UK), demonstrating ability and addressing outdated attitudes led to acceptance to study veterinary practice at college – which should not be the case. Accessible, Remote Learning Is Key

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Taking A Mainstream Route To Self-Employment

The Irish Times Insight magazine asked what state supports are open to entrepreneurs with disability who start a business – at risk of losing any social welfare benefits they may get? Interestingly, mainstream education is cited as a source of the learning and skills people need for self-employment. Fiona Reddan talked to Caroline Carswell about her

Deaf Teen Open To IT Work After Caption Support

Having live classroom-captions in school has led a deaf teen in Australia, to consider a career in computer programming or in the general IT field. Read: Real-time captions for deaf HSC student Interestingly, the student emphasises how classroom-captions have boosted his literacy skills, while providing a detailed set of notes from each class. Further Reading

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What Tertiary Supports Do Deaf Students Need?

Statistically, more deaf and hard-of-hearing students are enrolling in mainstream third-level institutions in the US (Raue & Lewis, 2011). The same is happening in Ireland, with more students in this diverse deaf population accessing higher education than ever before. Tertiary education supports students who: have hearing aids and use their residual hearing have a cochlear implant (CI)

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