I wrote an essay for my high school’s Martin Luther King essay contest. We had to choose a hero who resembles Martin Luther King. I chose Graeme Clark. For a long time the world was silent for people who were profoundly deaf and couldn’t benefit from hearing aids. They could not hear any noises, converse [...]
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A Hero Who Works Against All Obstacles
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
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Carmen Meissner: A cochlear implant recipient who guest starred in Switched at Birth
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Carmen Meissner, a high school student who is a cochlear implant recipient, guest starred a small role on the first episode of Switched at Birth as a student at the Carlton School for the Deaf. She played a role in a scene where she told Daphne that she did a good job in playing basketball. [...]
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Where is Heather Artinian today?
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
I had the pleasure to interview Heather Artinian from an Academy Award nominated film, Sound and Fury. As many people saw in the follow up film, Sound and Fury: Six Years Later, Heather received a cochlear implant at the age of 9 years old. I imagine that many people including me are wondering where she is [...]
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The Hand Cue
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
The Hand Cue is one of the most hotly debated and contentious aspects of Auditory-Verbal Therapy. What is the Hand Cue? The Hand Cue consists of: the therapist, parent or caregiver covering his/her mouth briefly, when the child is looking directly at the adult’s face. This encourages listening rather than lip-reading. When the child is [...]
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Warren Estabrooks Presentation 1/21/2011
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
On Friday, I had the pleasure of attending a presentation on Auditory-Verbal Therapy by the esteemed Warren Estabrooks, M.Ed., Dip.Ed.Deaf, LSLS Cert. AVT, President and CEO of WE Listen International, Inc. Like all great presentations, I came away enlightened, challenged, and full of great ideas to incorporate into my practice of the art and science [...]
