by Karen | Apr 22, 2019 | Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs, For Parents, For Professionals, School-Aged Children with Hearing Loss
Students with hearing loss have less access to communication. This will result in a slower pace of learning and fewer gains in academic knowledge unless appropriate services and supports are provided. At the end of the school year it is important to ask whether your...
by Karen | Mar 15, 2019 | Goodies
Question from the field: Can early intervention pay for audiology evaluations and hearing aids? Approximately 50% of young children served by early intervention programs are eligible due to communication development concerns. Are early intervention programs...
by Karen | Mar 15, 2019 | Early Childhood: Infants, Toddlers, Preschool, For Parents, For Professionals, Infants and Toddlers with Hearing Loss
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 (deaf) and more than 50% have mild bilateral or unilateral hearing loss. The distribution of...
by Karen | Mar 4, 2019 | Assessment of Student Skills, Challenges, Needs, For Professionals, Progressive Plans
A recent US court case1 made it clear that students with hearing loss must receive an eligibility assessment that identifies areas of suspected need secondary to hearing loss must be evaluated with sufficient intensity to satisfy in depth evaluation. The special...
by Karen | Feb 18, 2019 | Goodies
Question from the field: My child’s IEP team shared that he is “a good reader,” but I know that he is not understanding what he reads. He struggles with vocabulary and comprehension, but because he is getting good grades and reads the words, I am having trouble...
