What do these three have in common? They’re all times when wearing a hearing device can be difficult, if not impossible and not allowed at all! Though there are some great solutions for “water-proofing” a CI, there are always going to be times when your child is “off the air”. Not surprisingly, because of this [...]
Archive for the ‘Language’ Category
Bed Time, Bath Time, Swim Time
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Posted in Babies, Cochlear Implant, Elizabeth, Hearing Aids, Language, New Parents, Spoken Language, Tips and Tricks | 2 Comments »
AG Bell 2010: Monday
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
These articles are reposted from the reports I did for the AG Bell Convention 2010’s Official Blog. I am reposting them here for readers who did not see them “live” during the Convention and so that they will be preserved on this site for future CIO readers. Enjoy!
Auditory Neuropathy and Cochlear Implants: Theory and Treatment
Caroline [...]
Posted in AGBell, ASL, AVT, Audiology, Bilateral Implantation, Cochlear Implant, Cochlear Implant Convention, Deaf Community, Elizabeth, Hearing Aids, Language, Medical Care, Parenting, Research, Spoken Language | 1 Comment »
AG Bell 2010: Friday Concurrent Sessions
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
These articles are reposted from the reports I did for the AG Bell Convention 2010’s Official Blog. I am reposting them here for readers who did not see them “live” during the Convention and so that they will be preserved on this site for future CIO readers. Enjoy!
A Longitudinal Study of Auditory-Verbal Effectiveness
Dimity Dornan, A.M., [...]
Posted in AGBell, AVT, Cochlear Implant Convention, Elizabeth, Language, Research, Spoken Language | 1 Comment »
AG Bell Convention 2010
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
Hi from Orlando, Florida, where the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing’s Convention 2010 is in full swing. Be sure to follow @myheartlistens and @AGBell2010Conv on Twitter for up-to-the-minute updates, and follow the official Convention Blog that I’m writing for summaries of each day’s sessions and events.
Click HERE for the [...]
Posted in AGBell, AVT, Advocacy, Audiology, Babies, Children, Cochlear Implant, Cochlear Implant Convention, Elizabeth, Events, Facts, Hearing Aids, Language, New Parents, News, Oral Education, Parenting, Research, Spoken Language, Teens, Tips and Tricks, Well-Known People | No Comments »
Language Acquisition and Early Implantation
Monday, March 15th, 2010
This past quarter, I took an anthropology course called, Language, Culture and Society. One of the core things that I’ve been learning about language itself is how people learn their language. As I was reading a textbook called, Language, Culture, and Communication, it gave me an excellent explanation of how infants learn language from the [...]
Posted in ASL, Cochlear Implant, Language, Misconceptions, Rachel, Research | 17 Comments »
A Bilingual Cochlear Implant User!
Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Right after my trip in France, I headed to Germany to meet a handsome young boy who was bilaterally implanted at the age of 10 months. His parents utilized the Auditory-Verbal approach to teach him language through hearing and speaking. I met him when he and his family came to the US about six years [...]
Posted in AVT, Bilateral Implantation, CI User Story, Children, Cochlear Implant, Language, Rachel, Spoken Language, Video | 2 Comments »
Vivie speaking her second language!
Saturday, February 13th, 2010
This past summer, on my way to France, I stayed with Vivie, the Greek CI blogger, for a few days in Greece. We certainly did experience lots of great laughter, especially when we got hit by the old granny who called our CIs the strange earrings, ate wonderful Greek food, swam in the most beautiful [...]
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Buena Suerte, Rachel!
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
(Good Luck, Rachel!)
In just a few days, Rachel will be heading out on her South American adventure to learn Spanish through immersion. She’ll learn the language not by discrete, hour-long lessons that are quickly forgotten, but by continuous exposure to native speakers. Her host family will speak Spanish, everyone in her town will speak Spanish, [...]
Posted in ASL, AVT, Babies, Elizabeth, Language, New Parents, Opinion, Oral Education, Spoken Language | 2 Comments »
SMIRPS
Monday, June 15th, 2009
When you’re speaking with a small child — any child, with or without a hearing loss — remember to use SMIRPS:
Simple
Meaningful
Interesting
Repetitive
Phrases (and)
Sentences
So, even though there are days where I’d rather pull out my hair than say things like, “Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?” or “Knock, knock, knock… ooooopen!” or “More juice please?” [...]
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Experience a Different World! Travel Tips for CI Users
Monday, June 15th, 2009
Traveling is such an incredible way to broaden my horizons. I’m preparing to head to Peru in two weeks where I will be staying with a host family for a month and learning Spanish by attending a school! I will also be roaming through the Incas Empire!
Of course, traveling takes a lot of time to [...]
