Research evidence is emerging that “parent-to-parent support, described as parents with lived experiences providing support to each other, is recognized as a distinctive and important type of support system” for families whose children have hearing issues. Read: Parent-to-Parent Support For Children With Hearing Difficulty In 2007, this was one catalyst for Irish Deaf Kids (Sound
A certain irony existed in being asked by Dr Peter Sloane, to join a panel at the Vasco da Gama Movement Forum in Dublin – after doctors in the 1970s had said I would never talk. Before this call to speak on the science of cochlear implants, the VdGM (Vasco da Gama Movement), the WONCA Europe Working Group for New
A child with Down Syndrome can hear and talk, thanks to teamwork by the cochlear implant team at California’s Lucile Packhard Childrens’ Hospital and the Jean Weingarten School. Read: Cochlear Implants Give Child With Down Syndrome A New Lease On Life Doctors told the family, “you’re doing too much for him”, as they battled to get medical insurance for the cochlear implants
What Post-School Options Are Available? School-leavers who’re deaf have the same career options as their hearing peers, with digital hearing-devices and access to higher education. Some even work in speech-pathology, audiology and ENT fields after their childhood experiences. Don’t just ask, “What’s a good job for a deaf person?”. Try these tips for students with