Have you had a chance to look at the latest eBulletins from Raising and Educating Deaf ChildrenRaising and Educating Deaf Children, a website that provides relevant information and resources for those involved with the care and education of deaf children?
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Link: http://www.raisingandeducatingdeafchildren.org/category/ebulletins/
Hear to Learn Tip
In order for language growth to occur, your child must strengthen the listening pathways that lead to the language centers of the brain.
http://heartolearn.org/materials/docs/Copy%20Cat_Engish.pdf
Link: http://heartolearn.org/materials/docs/Copy%20Cat_Engish.pdf
Deaf girl, six, from Swindon is set to fly to LA for the Oscars after wowing critics in short film The Silent Child
Deaf girl, six, from Swindon is set to fly to LA for the Oscars after wowing critics in short film The Silent Child – and she’s already picked out a ‘pretty’ green dress for her red carpet debut
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5321803/Deaf-girl-six-Swindon-set-Oscars.html#ixzz55aSyVWxG
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Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5321803/Deaf-girl-six-Swindon-set-Oscars.html
Feinberg professors use brain scans to predict language skills in deaf children
Researchers created a new algorithm that uses brain scans to predict and maximize language learning for deaf children with cochlear implants.
Researchers from the Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and the Chinese University of Hong Kong used the algorithm to predict how deaf children with cochlear implants could understand speech, according to a Jan. 16 news release.
Link: https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/01/24/campus/feinberg-professors-use-brain-scans-predict-language-skills-deaf-children/
Hear to Learn Tip
An area of language that often needs more careful and planned exposure is object function, or being able to express what an object is used for.
Link: http://heartolearn.org/materials/docs/11.25.17%20OOPS_English.pdfLink: http://heartolearn.org/materials/docs/11.25.17%20OOPS_English.pdf
Link: http://heartolearn.org/materials/docs/11.25.17%20OOPS_English.pdf
Website Live and Abstracts Open for 2018 CMV conference
The CMV Public Health and Policy Conference planning committee is thrilled to announce that the conference website is live and ready for you to submit your abstract. We look forward to seeing you in Burlington!
Link: http://cmv.usu.edu
Schoolgirls learned sign language so they could communicate with their friend
Communication is taken for granted by many.
But for some, such as 10-year-old Westgate girl Livi Wickham, it can present obstacles.
Livi Wickham was diagnosed with progressive hearing loss at the age of one and is now profoundly deaf.
Link: http://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/i-am-moved-tears-inspirational-1059101
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Hear to Learn Tip
It is important for you and other caregivers to know what batteries your child’s hearing aids use, how long the batteries usually last, how to check if the batteries are working, and to understand battery safety.
Link: http://heartolearn.org/tutorials/hearing-device-management/hearing-aid-batteries.html
WHEN DEAFNESS IS MEDICALIZED: INSIDE THE CULTURE CLASH OVER COCHLEAR IMPLANTS
Some fear that, by offering deaf people access to sound, so-called bionic ears could spell the end of the culture built around ASL.