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Archive for the ‘Oral Education’ Category
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
A few months ago, I posted THIS asking for reader opinions and feedback on the subject of children with hearing loss and additional disabilities. This spurred an independent learning project, and I promised to share with you all what I learned. Here is what I found…
STATISTICS: WHO ARE THESE CHILDREN?
Approximately 40% of children with hearing [...]
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!
Research Symposium: Re-Modeling the Deafened Cochlear for Auditory [...]
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!
Essential Practices for Listening, Language, and Literacy
Lyn Robertson, [...]
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
Is my child receiving good services from our teacher of the deaf/SLP/AVT/early interventionist? Well, how on earth would I know? How can I tell “good” therapy when I see it? How do I choose between Program A and Program B for my child? Where do I go from here?
Most parents of children with hearing loss [...]
Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Here’s a taste of what you can read about in my articles on the Official Convention Blog HERE about what I’m learning at the 2010 AG Bell Convention. Today’s sessions included:
Research Symposium: Remodeling the Deafened Cochlear for Auditory Sensation: Advances and Obstacles
Worry, Worry, Too Much Worry? Identifying and Managing Parental Anxiety (a GREAT parent panel– [...]
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 [...]
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
While in graduate school, I work part-time at an oral deaf education center. Today, in the lunch room, there was a pair of volunteers putting together packets for… something. Anyway, that’s not the point. The point is, I struck up a conversation with these ladies, and it turns out, they both were [...]
Monday, March 8th, 2010
My independent learning project this semester is: Listening and Spoken Language Outcomes for Children who are Deaf with Multiple Disabilities… and I need your help! My goal is to determine the current state of research as well as real-world practice in the field of LSL for children who are multiply involved. Is listening and spoken [...]
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Two weeks ago, I attended an excellent presentation on deaf education in Costa Rica. The presenters were listening and spoken language educators, one of whom completed her training at Fontbonne in St. Louis, MO, USA. Together with other listening and spoken language professionals in Costa Rica, they are active members of Adis, an organization dedicated to:
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Sometimes it is difficult to tell whether or not a child with a hearing loss is presenting with a true speech and/or language disorder, or if the problems in their speech and language skills are due to hearing loss alone. For some children, you think, “Wow. This kiddo probably would have had speech/language issues even [...]
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