This post is written by a Deaf parent of a deaf child with bilateral cochlear implants. How?? One may wonder how a child from a signing household is able to develop listening and speaking skills. It can be a bit tricky compared to most children of hearing or oral deaf parents. That means the signing [...]
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How can a deaf child from a signing household develop listening and speaking skills?
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Posted in Accommodations, ASL, AVT, Cochlear Implant, Deaf Community, New Parents, Oral Education, Parenting, Tips and Tricks | 3 Comments »
Working with Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients Related to Deaf Parents
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
A Deaf parent of a child with bilateral cochlear implants writes an informative post for those who work with children who are deaf/hh related to Deaf parents who chose spoken language and CIs for their children: I thought y’all may be interested in the information related to children with CIs, with the focus mainly on [...]
Posted in Acceptance, Accommodations, Cochlear Implant, Deaf Community, Spoken Language | 1 Comment »
The Truth and Lies about Cochlear Implant Surgery
Monday, October 11th, 2010
The other day at school I met a girl who has hearing aids. She could hear perfectly fine but was using sign language. I asked her why she was signing when she can speak perfectly fine. She said she has been losing her hearing very slowly and someday will be deaf. I asked her why [...]
Posted in Cochlear Implant, Deaf Community, Jessica, Medical Care | 3 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 [...]
Posted in AGBell, ASL, Audiology, AVT, Bilateral Implantation, Cochlear Implant, Cochlear Implant Convention, Deaf Community, Elizabeth, Hearing Aids, Language, Medical Care, Parenting, Research, Spoken Language | 1 Comment »
COSTA RICA 2010: Tuesday
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
We began our trip today at Centeno, a school for deaf children in Costa Rica that uses sign language. The school is just one department on the campus of the Center for Inclusive Education in CR. I’m not so sure what they mean by “inclusive,” though, because it was a school of all deaf children, [...]
