Phonological Awareness is the ability to detect, identify, and manipulate sounds and syllables in words. Phonological Awareness skills are CRUCIAL predictors of a child’s reading success. Children with hearing loss CAN develop phonological skills through listening. The following is a list of Phonological Awareness activities progressing from least-difficult to most-difficult tasks in each category: RHYMES [...]
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Phonological Awareness
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
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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). [...]
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Mainstream Preschool Placement Evaluation
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Mainstreaming and integration with hearing peers are crucial tenets of a listening and spoken language approach for children with hearing loss and their families. How can parents and professionals evaluate mainstream preschool options to determine the best fit for each child? The Mainstream Preschool Placement Evaluation for Children with Hearing Loss is a form to [...]
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Advanced Reading Comprehension
Monday, May 16th, 2011
If your child has mastered foundational listening and spoken language skills and is good at early reading comprehension, it’s time to take the task away from parent/teacher/therapist-read stories and to give the child tools for independent reading and comprehension of more complex written information. Before I get to the meat of this post, I cannot [...]
