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Brain Development & Hearing Loss
WE HEAR WITH OUR BRAINS, NOT OUR EARS. The ears are just a way for sound to get in for processing by the brain (Carol Flexer). Print Version Hearing is a first-order event for...
05th Jun 2017
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Communication Choices
Characteristics of Children as Communicators Although 19 out of every 20 infants diagnosed with permanent hearing loss are born to families of hearing parents, learning to...
05th Jun 2017
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Communication Development Monitoring –...
Simple Method of Reporting Communication Development Outcomes We weigh babies and measure children’s height regularly as a check to be sure that they are growing as they should....
05th Jun 2017
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Early Childhood: Infants, Toddlers,...
In the Early Childhood section: Early Intervention Resources Brain Development and Hearing Loss Communication Choices Smiling, Eye Contact and Early Development Strategies for...
05th Jun 2021
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Early Intervention Materials on Tap
Who are our babies with hearing loss? Fewer than 15% of the babies identified by Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs have bilateral profound hearing loss...
15th Mar 2019
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Early Intervention Resources
Early detection of hearing loss has resulted in much earlier diagnosis of hearing loss and provides the time amplification fitting at a young age. As important, early...
05th Jun 2017
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Emailable Tips for Preschool and...
(to be used in addition to generic list found here) Printable version of Emailable Tips for Teachers – Specific Early Childhood Tips Monica Cegelka has worked with students with...
05th Jun 2017
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Getting Ready to Read
Hearing loss causes a smaller listening bubble and reduces the amount of incidental language learning that a child will hear. It is said that about 80% of vocabulary is learned...
02nd Jun 2017
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Hearing Aid Retention for Young Children
Hearing Devices, Malfunction Rates, and Monitoring Requirement: Studies have shown that hearing aids, even when worn consistently, have been found to be nonfunctional or working...
01st Jun 2017
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Improved Family Connections via...
Can face-to-face intervention services for young children be replaced with tele-intervention? YES. Can remote services result in language development outcomes as good or BETTER...
02nd Dec 2020
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Strategies for Keeping Hearing Aids on...
Thank you parents! In 2012, Jane Madell, PhD and I sent out a survey to a variety of groups of parents of children who are hard of hearing or deaf, asking them what strategies...
01st Sep 2017
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Ways to Gather Great Information for...
Communication skills are at the heart of our concerns about the development of young children who are hard of hearing or deaf. We need easily administered, functional, and fun...
07th May 2021
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