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.
Link: http://www.infanthearing.org/ti-guide/docs/Final-TI-Report-2013.pdf
The December edition of Probes and Tips is now available
Read about “Understand Basic Ear Anatomy and the OAE Screening Process” and more.
Link: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs154/1102782899287/archive/1115854843507.html
Online Seminar Offered by Boys Town National Research Hospital
Join us for an Online Seminar – Thursday, January 30, 2014, from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (CST) Presented by ASHA 2013 Honorees
Link: http://www.boystownhospital.org/htmlemail/Pages/CCDSeminar.aspx
Former WFD President Liisa Kauppinen receives 2013 United Nations Human Rights Award Prize
Former president of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), Liisa Kauppinen will receive the 2013 United Nations Human Rights Award Prize from the United Nations on Human Rights Day on 10 December 2013 in New York, USA.
Link: http://wfdeaf.org/news/former-wfd-president-liisa-kauppinen-receives-2013-united-nations-human-rights-award-prize-2
Girl Scout makes theater enjoyable for deaf and hard of hearing audiences
For a hearing-impaired person who doesn’t know sign language or read lips, enjoying a play is nearly impossible. But thanks to one Overland Park teenager, it might not have to be difficult anymore in one theater.
Link: http://www.theolathenews.com/2013/12/02/2233004/girl-scout-makes-theater-enjoyable.html
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://www.brandywine.psu.edu/Information/News/34838.htm
Feedback Needed on NCHAM Website Resource Guide
Before the holidays … please provide feedback on the NCHAM Website Resource Guide.