A UK-based teenager who’s deaf, has shared a honest account of the social isolation she can feel, when her hearing peers don’t understand her position. Ellen gives tips for everyday chat in mainstream settings in her interview, while acknowledging the need to mix with hearing people for mutual benefit. Read: ‘I may be deaf, but you
Imagine yourself in a very noisy bar, or at a music gig. You’re wincing slightly at all the noise, or straining to hear what your friends are saying. For many people, this is a daily reality when they wear hearing-devices (even at a tea-station in a busy office, sound can bounce off tiled areas). Young students
Teachers of the deaf are usually tasked with developing their pupils’ English. The deaf preschoolers in this story are bilingual both in spoken English, and in their spoken family language at home (not every household uses English). Read: Being a teacher of the deaf at Clarke Mainstream Services This teacher runs a preschool whose pupils
By coincidence, new country statistics from Ireland and the UK for newborn hearing testing, became available the same week this month. The figures from the Irish Times paper show that since April 2011 over 8,000 babies have had newborn hearing tests in Cork one hundred babies were referred for further hearing testing all received intervention
Parents who learn their child is deaf, have massive decisions to make – and in this post for the NY Times, one mum describes the route her family took. Read: Teaching A Deaf Child Her Mother’s Tongue Both daughters in this family had a valuable head-start in life, in that their hearing issues were detected
Educators must adapt to reach young pupils who are deaf, in their own [technology] zone, according to an educator who teaches in spoken English. Read: Students with hearing loss gain from technology & teaching Children who are deaf also need book-reading, art-work and excursions in their learning mix. These activities create openings for chats with the
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