Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a workshop on bilingual speech-language pathology. As the United States becomes more diverse, more and more SLPs and other professionals are facing caseloads with clients who are not native English speakers. In the past, the “rule of thumb” was often English-only, and parents were told that speaking [...]
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Bilingual Oral Language Learners
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
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The Catch-Up Game
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Lots of attention in the CI world is focused on children implanted young — often before one year of age. Research shows us that children who receive implants before two years of age have a significant advantage in the development of auditory, speech, and language skills (see Svirsky et, al, 2004 and Nicholas and Geers, 2007). [...]
Posted in AVT, Children, Cochlear Implant, Elizabeth, Language, Oral Education, School, Spoken Language | 2 Comments »
Cochlear Implant Symposium 2011 – Part 1
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Last week, from July 14th to the 16th, Cochlear Implant Symposium 2011 was held in Chicago. This symposium provided professionals with invaluable information relating to research in cochlear implants. Anne Heian, a senior counsellor at Moller-Trondelag Resource centre in Norway, was generous to take time to write guest posts for Cochlear Implant Online as an [...]
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Early Reading Comprehension
Monday, May 9th, 2011
Reading comprehension is the ability to understand written text and use that information in meaningful ways. It’s a skill that can be difficult for many children, including those with hearing loss, but it is an important one to master. Around third grade, children move from “learning to read” (decoding print-sound relationships, cracking the phonics code) [...]
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Let’s please respect each others’ choice of communication
Sunday, April 24th, 2011
This is a letter to a particular person who I will not name: I would like to introduce myself first. I am Jessica’s older sister, Rachel, who was also born profoundly deaf and speaks and hears with bilateral cochlear implants. I graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with a BA degree and am [...]
