The Catalyst Center: Improving Financing of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs, and the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health invite you to participate in this webinar: the Affordable Care Act and Children with Vision and Eye Health Needs.
Link: http://www.hdwg.org/catalyst/news/2014-01-03/1
10 Ways to Promote the Language and Communication Skills of Infants and Toddlers
Early language and communication skills are crucial for children’s success in school and beyond. Language and communication skills include the ability to understand others (i.e., receptive language) and express oneself (i.e., expressive language) using words, gestures, or facial expressions. Children who develop strong language and communication skills are more likely to arrive at school ready to learn. They also are less likely to have difficulties learning to read and are more likely to have higher levels of achievement in school.
Link: http://mtbt.fpg.unc.edu/more-baby-talk/10-ways-promote-language-and-communication-skills-infants-and-toddlers
The Medical Home Portal has Revised Their Unit on Hearing Loss and Deafness
The Medical Home Portal has revised their unit on Hearing Loss and Deafness. There is great new information for medical home providers, as well as families.
Link: http://www.medicalhomeportal.org/diagnoses-and-conditions/hearing-loss-and-deafness#TreatmentAndManagementtagless
Research finds positive long term outcomes of cochlear implantation
Penn State Brandywine Assistant Professor of Psychology Daniela Martin is on the frontline of significant, unique research. With the first generation of cochlear implant recipients reaching adulthood, Martin and her colleagues are out to discover the long-term psychological outcomes of this relatively new medical procedure.
Link: http://brandywine.psu.edu/34838.htm
Netflix agrees to subtitle all films by 2014
In an agreement that the National Association for the Deaf (NAD) calls “a model for the streaming video industry,” Netflix has agreed to caption all of its shows by the year 2014.
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/11/tech/web/netflix-subtitles-settlement/index.html
Parents Clueless About Dangers of iPods, Other Noise Hazards
Hearing loss is up among teens, but Mom and Dad aren’t sounding alarms.
Link: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2013/11/21/parents-clueless-about-dangers-of-ipods-other-noise-hazards-study
Signing Santa Warms Kids Hearts
This year, for the first time in her life, 11-year-old Fabiola Awad got to tell Santa her Christmas wishlist, in her own language: American Sign Language.
Link: http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/12/17/signing-santa-warms-kids-hearts/
Therapy Via iPad Aims to Help Children with Cochlear Implants
Lucile is one of about 17 other hearing-impaired toddlers from across Northern California – from Salinas to the Oregon border – to participate in a new “teletherapy” program called BabyTalk, a collaboration between the Stanford School of Medicine’s Department of Otolaryngology and the Jean Weingarten Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf in Redwood City. The program is designed to teach children under the age of 3 how to use their newly implanted cochlear devices to learn how to listen and speak, regardless of where they live or whether their families can pay for the therapy.
Link: http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Children_s_Health_200/Therapy-Via-iPad-Aims-to-Help-Children-with-Cochlear-Implants.shtml
Deaf Seahawks RB inspires Hearing Impaired Students
A deaf football player shared a message of “no excuses” to students who are d/hh.
Link: http://www.king5.com/sports/seahawks/Deaf-Seahawk-inspires-hearing-impaired-students-235318901.html
Using Tele Intervention for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Learn about a collaborative study regarding the use of Tele-Intervention services with children who are deaf/hard of hearing.