THINK ABOUT… One aspect of early literacy development is the understanding of phonemic awareness and letter recognition. Sometimes, we might be tempted to limit literacy to just story time at night. However, there are many opportunities throughout the day to practice and build these skills using simple listening and spoken language strategies. Use this activity over and over again to help your child develop these important foundations.
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How To Tell If Your Baby Can Hear, According To Experts
There are so many benchmarks and milestones to look for when you have a baby. There’s holding their head up, smiling, sitting without support, crawling, and walking, among many others. One of the biggest milestones parents look forward to is babbling and talking. Hearing affects those two milestones though, and you may be wondering how to tell if your baby can hear, especially if they aren’t reacting to sounds as an infant, or beginning to babble at about 4 months old.
Link: https://www.romper.com/p/how-to-tell-if-your-baby-can-hear-according-to-experts-71943
Colorado A ‘Role Model’ For Teaching Language To Children With Hearing Loss
Three out of every 1,000 babies suffer from moderate, severe or profound hearing loss according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making it one of the most common birth conditions in the United States.
Link: http://www.kunc.org/post/colorado-role-model-teaching-language-children-hearing-loss
Training the brain: executive function for children with hearing loss
Your Baby’s Hearing Screening
Most children hear and listen to sounds at birth. They learn to talk by imitating the sounds they hear around them and the voices of their parents and caregivers. But that’s not true for all children. In fact, about two or three out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born with detectable hearing loss in one or both ears. More lose hearing later during childhood. Children who have hearing loss may not learn speech and language as well as children who can hear. For this reason, it’s important to detect deafness or hearing loss as early as possible.
Link: https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/your-babys-hearing-screening
Watch the NEW CID online course: Linking Language and Literacy
With CID’s newest online course, SLPs learn to maximize sessions to facilitate the development of language while incorporating literacy skills. In 30 minutes, you will learn how hearing loss affects the development of literacy skills, how phonological awareness supports literacy and how to incorporate literacy into therapy sessions.
Link: https://cid.edu/professionals/shop/linking-language-literacy-strategies-developing-reading-writing-skills-children-deaf-hard-hearing/
Learn about hearing aid settings!
Another great “Hear to Learn” tip –
Link: http://heartolearn.org/tutorials/hearing-device-management/hearing-aid-settings.html
Sign It!
Sign It! is an innovative new online curriculum for learning American Sign Language (ASL). It is a free program for families who have deaf or hard-of-hearing children ages birth to 36 months. Register today for access to ASL lessons!