by Karen | Jun 5, 2017 | Accommodations for Students with Hearing Loss, For Professionals
For many students with learning challenges—and for many without—the key to success in the classroom lies in having appropriate adaptations, accommodations, and modifications made to the instruction and other classroom activities. Some adaptations are as simple as...
by Karen | Jun 5, 2017 | For Professionals, Language and Speech Development Issues, Social Skills
When we think of the needs of children with hearing loss, it is widely known that they are very likely to have significant delays in language skills without early, effective and meaningful interactions with those around them. Hearing loss is a distance sense, which...
by Karen | Jun 5, 2017 | For Professionals, Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps
My child has a personal music player and I can hear it when she has it in his ears. Could this hurt her hearing? e-brochure from the World Health Organization: Make Listening Safe NOISE – Lifelong Harm to Children’s Hearing provides information on what LOUD really...
by Karen | Jun 5, 2017 | For Professionals, Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps
Cholesteatoma – What is cholesteatoma – What are symptoms – Why/how does it develop – Cholesteatoma and ear tubes – Cholesteatoma prevention – What is the treatment – Conductive hearing loss – How our ears work –...
by Karen | Jun 5, 2017 | For Parents, For Professionals, He Failed Hearing Screening What's Next, Hearing Loss – Identification, Impact and Next Steps
How many children experience ear infections? Ear infections or fluid behind the eardrum is the main cause of hearing loss in young children, most commonly affecting children up to approximately 7 years of age. Nearly every child will have at least one ear infection....