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Lalios, Amy Peters – Volta Review, 2012
"We wish we had that option in our area." "Wish we lived closer." "I wish I would have known." These statements, made by parents of children who are deaf and hard of hearing, illustrate a frustrating reality for many families--a lack of access to qualified professionals and specialized services to help children with…
Descriptors: Children, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Intervention
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Watkins, Richard; Shepherd, Karen – Primary Science Review, 2006
According to the Royal National Institute for the Deaf, between eight and nine million people suffer from some form of deafness or loss of hearing. Modern technology, however, together with the work of audiologists such as Karen Shepherd, enables many adults and children to recover near-normal levels of hearing, even when they have suffered some…
Descriptors: Deafness, Partial Hearing, Audiology, Auditory Evaluation
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Betman, Beth Gwinn – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2004
Sandtray therapy, in which students use figures and the sand itself to build and design miniature worlds in a tray, can be a powerful and effective tool in meeting the mental health needs of children and adolescents, including and maybe especially children who are deaf and hard of hearing. It is a highly visual approach that crosses language and…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Partial Hearing, Deafness, Mental Health
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Moog, Jean; And Others – Volta Review, 1994
This paper describes components of the Central Institute for the Deaf (Missouri) auditory learning program for children with assistive listening devices, including: (1) audiologic management of the sensory aids; (2) a device-specific curriculum, listing objectives in a developmental sequence; and (3) appropriate teaching activities for reaching…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Auditory Perception, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Curriculum
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Lytle, R. R.; Johnson, K. E.; Hui, Y. J. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2005
An overview is provided of (a) deaf education in China, (b) views of deaf Chinese, and (c) recent empowering international collaborations. China's national policy focuses on oral/aural education and hearing rehabilitation. However, everyday practice in schools for deaf children includes various forms of Chinese Sign Language. Early childhood…
Descriptors: Deafness, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Hearing Therapy
Moog, Jean S.; Gustus, Christine – 1991
This conference presentation discusses how the Nucleus 22 cochlear implant, with its ability to improve speech perception, can be capitalized upon to improve the speech production of very profoundly deaf children. The paper is designed to accompany a video presentation demonstrating the speech ability and theory of two young children (ages 3 and…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Audiolingual Skills, Cochlear Implants, Communication Aids (for Disabled)