Tag Archive: Language
December 22nd, 2014 by Elizabeth | Tags: AVT, Babies, Children, Cochlear Implant, Encouragement, Hearing Aids, Language, New Parents, Parenting, Spoken Language | Comments Off
We know that getting a cochlear implant is not an instant fix. Speech, language, and listening skills do not magically appear after activation, and progress is on everyone’s minds. How does progress happen? How much is […]
November 26th, 2014 by Elizabeth | Tags: AVT, Children, Language, New Parents, Spoken Language, Tips and Tricks | Comments Off
I often hear from frustrated parents, “My child knows A, my child knows B, so why on earth can’t she make a sentence with A and B together? I’m pulling my hair out!” Moving from […]
November 24th, 2014 by Elizabeth | Tags: AVT, Language, Parenting, Professional Development, Spoken Language, Teens | Comments Off
A lot of attention in the AVT world is focused on infants and toddlers — detecting hearing loss at birth, fitting them hearing technology ASAP, and getting their families off to a running start with listening and […]
October 20th, 2014 by Elizabeth | Tags: Audiology, AVT, Awareness, Babies, Children, Cochlear Implant, College, Facts, Hearing Aids, Language, Life, Medical Care, Misconceptions, Music, New Parents, Research, Spoken Language | 1 Comment »
When you meet someone new, one of the first questions we tend to ask is, “What do you do?” When I tell people that I teach children with hearing loss to listen and speak, it’s […]
August 26th, 2014 by Elizabeth | Tags: AVT, Babies, Children, Language, New Parents, Oral Education, Professional Development, Spoken Language, Tips and Tricks | Comments Off
On your mark… get set… go! In a track and field competition, runners race around the track, jumping hurdle after hurdle in an attempt to be the first to the finish line. It’s an incredible […]
July 6th, 2014 by Elizabeth | Tags: AVT, Children, Hearing Aids, Language, Misconceptions, New Parents, Opinion, Oral Education, Professional Development, Tips and Tricks | 3 Comments »
Children with hearing loss are at particular risk for deficits in vocabulary. Even when children perform within normal limits when compared to hearing peers on other language measures, receptive (understanding) and expressive (using) vocabulary can […]
July 2nd, 2014 by Elizabeth | Tags: #AGBell2014, ASL, Audiology, AVT, Babies, Children, Cochlear Implant, Cochlear Implant Convention, Facts, Language, Medical Care, Professional Development, Research | Comments Off
In this recap: Complicated Cochlear Implant Cases and Evidence Based Data to Support Early Cochlear Implantation Complicated Cochlear Implant CasesTed Meyer, M.D., Ph.D.Meredith Holcomb, Au.D., CCC-A Meyer, a surgeon, and Holcomb, and audiologist, both […]