Research has shown that two ears are better than one, especially for locating a sound source and listening in noisy environments. Quality of life questionnaires completed by teens and adults have shown that many find socializing much easier after the 2nd implant and overall many report a huge difference in…
Risk Taking: A Key to Your Child’s Success
Children with hearing loss often spend a lot of time in therapy. Some children even participate in therapy multiple times a day (such as AVT, SLP, SPED, TOD, OT, PT). It is during these sessions that some children unintentionally learn that there is a correct answer or a correct way…
The Art of Faking It: An Attempt to Blend In for the Child with Hearing Loss
Today, I taught one of my students one of the most important lessons that I could have taught her. Typically, we think of the key parts of listening and spoken language therapy to be auditory discrimination tasks, vocabulary lessons, grammar lessons, and speech sound practice, to mention just a few.…
New Year’s Goals and Resolutions: Is it Time to Reexamine Current Goals?
It’s the beginning of a new year, the time when we all set new goals and resolutions for ourselves. It is this time of year when people resolve to exercise more, eat healthier, get more sleep, organize, read more, or travel more regularly. The new year gives everyone a…
The Art of Sabotage
With the holidays upon us and schools closed for more than a week, families are going to be spending more precious time together. This is the perfect time to focus on improving your child’s speech and language skills. So, what can you do? If I had a dime for every…