Today I was working with a student from the general ed first grade class. It was just me and him. He’s a struggling student and we were working on a phonemic awareness activity. “Cat,” I said. “What sound do you hear at the beginning of c-c-c-at?” He thought for a Read More
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and then I choked down the giggles
August 30th, 2010 by Confessions
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Hearing Loss |
Incredible Hulk Character equals Oppression to Deaf?
August 30th, 2010 by Kokonut Pundit
Now, I gotta laugh at this one. In DonG’s blog he lamented over whether Lou Ferrigno’s acting as the Incredible Hulk character who had no speaking role and did the whole “Aaarrgghh!” thing instead. And somehow that constituted as “audism” just because the actor Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing |
To clarify
August 26th, 2010 by Our blog...
Our original plan was to schedule surgery and then cancel if we needed to. I didn’t have a peace about it all hanging in the air, so we made a decision based on a lot of different things. I thought I might need to clarify how we came to the decision to go ahead with the Cochlear Implants (CI). Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss |
No hearing aid
August 11th, 2010 by Tyler Can Hear You
So yestereday I made a bonehead move and forgot to put fresh batteries in my purse when I switched them. It’s apparently more important to me that my purse match my outfit than if I can hear or not. As expected, my battery died around 4 pm and I still had about an hour and a half of work Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Hearing Aid |
final thoughts on our JTC experience
August 9th, 2010 by Life with Lucas
at the beach in Santa Monica; photo courteous of Leah Wow! Today marks 19 months that Lucas has been “hearing”! I just noticed at the top of the blog. It’s been worth every moment. I wanted to write down some final thoughts about our experience at the John Tracy Clinic this Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss, Speech |
an intense day 11
July 28th, 2010 by Life with Lucas
Like the post’s title says, today was a pretty intense (but good) day. Lucas barely even blinked when we left, and he’s not even attached to his blanket anymore. So EXCITING! The first session today was on behavior management for children with hearing loss, which I listened to very Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss |
Cutting and Pasting
July 22nd, 2010 by Say What?
We had several interesting lectures today, including lectures on the development of speech sounds, literacy and the deaf child, and how to create experience books. In support group, we wrote letters to our hearing children, telling them how much we love them- the letters will be read to the Read More
Posted in AVT, Auditory/Oral, Baha, Hard-of-Hearing, Hearing Loss, Speech |
Two quick Benny Quotes
July 4th, 2010 by Orange
Yesterday evening: “I think that today is a special day where everybody doesn’t listen to their mothers and fathers.” This afternoon: Neil: “Would you like to swim in your kiddy pool after your nap?” Ben: “Yes!” A short while later… Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant |
The Drink/Umbrella
June 28th, 2010 by Beneath the Wings
Today as Ricki was waiting for her ride to school, she started walking back towards the house. Afraid that she would miss her car, I asked what she wanted. I heard her answer “a drink”. I exasperatedly asked her what in the world was wrong, as she HAD a two-liter bottle. After several Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Hard-of-Hearing |
Rhymes with Delores
June 22nd, 2010 by Speak Up!
School was out Friday and we went straight into Mommy summer school mode. MSS is a language rich environment which involves fun field trips interspersed with chores that would make Cinderella weep. It also includes an hour a day for external education for the kid (Sesame Street) and meditation Read More
Posted in ASL, Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Cued Speech, Hard-of-Hearing |
two thumbs up
June 17th, 2010 by Life with Lucas
June 16, 2010 3:45 AM – my cell phone alarm went off for the first time. 3:50 AM – I groggily got up and jumped in the shower. 4:10 AM – I headed downstairs to gather everything, got Lucas’s ear ready and went to wake him. 4:25 AM – I opened Lucas’s door and Read More
Posted in ASL, Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Non-Deaf/HOH Topic |
Whispers
June 12th, 2010 by Turn On My Ears!
It’s not unusual for Drew’s Dad and I to find ourselves whispering to each other quite often, especially when we are driving. While whispering is often considered rude, when you have two young children, you find yourself whispering quite often. Why talk aloud about going for ice cream Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant |
Lauren Maucere’s letter
June 8th, 2010 by moderator
June 7, 2010 Dear Consultant Mia Orr and the Senate Health Committee: I am writing to tell you to VOTE NO on AB2072. This bill is NOT held accountable by the state, but by private groups who are funneling millions of dollars into campaigning for this bill. If this bill passes, these private Read More
Posted in ASL, Advocacy, Auditory/Oral |
Independent research into cochlear implants
June 8th, 2010 by My Cochlear Implant Journey
I was given a link to a word press blog about cochlear implants and have found it very informative and useful for those who are just embarking on the cochlear implant journey. I do wish I had something like this when I started out but I did gather quite a lot of the information mentioned which Read More
Posted in ASL, Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Deaf |
My Response to Playing Hearing: A Losing Game
June 2nd, 2010 by Eh? What? Huh?
I read Mr. Horrell-Schmitz’s lengthy and well written piece about ‘playing hearing’ or pretending to be hearing to try and get by in the predominantly hearing world. I thought it was sad how at the time he thought that mainly pretending to be hearing was what he had to do in Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Deaf, Hearing Loss |
“Hapy BirT Dey” — The Beauty of Internal Motivation
May 20th, 2010 by Cochlear Implant Online
I was working with a little guy the other day — a kindergarten student. He was hard at work hunched over a piece of paper with a crayon in his hand. I peeked over his shoulder and said, “Hey! That’s great! You wrote Happy Birthday!” His little eyes looked up at me and he broke into [...] Read More
Posted in AVT, Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Education, Hard-of-Hearing, Uncategorized |
Merry Go Round
May 5th, 2010 by The Shaddox Boys
I sometimes feel like I am on Merry Go Round when it comes to Elijah. He has his UPS and DOWNS and I am usually along for the ride, ready to catch him if or when he falls. He is doing very well at home right now, a bit bossy, but compared to his past behaviors he is much improved. His newest Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Education, Non-Deaf/HOH Topic |
Thirteen Months–Teacher Story
May 4th, 2010 by The Shaddox Boys
One January, we returned to school after the Christmas Break. I had not written the date on the board yet. Emily looked up at me and said, “What is the date?” Before I could answer, she said, “Oh I know, it is 13/04/07(13, 04, 07).” She said it just like that. The other students looked Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Education, Hard-of-Hearing |
This Will Be The First Time I Somewhat Curse On My Blog In A Fit Of Anger
May 3rd, 2010 by Eh? What? Huh?
If I hear one more person talk about how sad it must have been that I did not grow up using ASL, I am going to f-ing scream. Mind your own business! Especially if you don’t know or understand the situation. Why attack me and my family for some choices we made over twenty years ago? What do Read More
Posted in Advocacy, Auditory/Oral, Hearing Loss |
Little Miss “I Can Do It Myself”
May 2nd, 2010 by Beneath the Wings
Ricki today noticed that there was some water accumulating on the bottom of the fridge. This happens a lot by us, as hot humid air enters the fridge when the door is opened, and as it cools that water vapor condenses. So Ricki gathered a few rags and dried it up, as she has seen me do numerous Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Hard-of-Hearing |
My Dear Daughter, So Mature/Immature
April 25th, 2010 by Beneath the Wings
Sometimes Ricki seems almost schizophrenic, not in personality or mental state, but in the erratic nature of her maturity. Thursday was a perfect example. I was incredibly busy on Thursday. Expecting extra guests on Friday night and Saturday morning, I darted out of the house, planning to combine Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Hard-of-Hearing |
Miss Priss (Warning to Lori-the end is about moving) :-)
April 21st, 2010 by Our blog...
Sweet little Ella Kate turned 9 months old a few days ago. We took her to her check up yesterday, and get this…she’s in the 95th percentile for height. Have you seen Jeb or I? We have no clue how she’s so long, well except my papaw is over 6’, my dad is 6’ (He’d tell you he used Read More
Posted in AVT, Auditory/Oral, Hearing Aid, Hearing Loss, Speech |
I Must Be Hearing Things
April 20th, 2010 by Ordinary Miracles
So what does it mean when I go to the door at daycare to leave, and my younger son pipes up and says, “oh-en?” I’m pretty sure it means that I am supposed to start crying. Or cheering. Or cheering while I cry. For weeks now, before opening the car door or daycare door, I’ve been Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Hearing Loss, Speech |
What We’re Working on Tuesday: More on the /f/ sound
April 20th, 2010 by Live*Laugh*Love*Family
As the weeks go on, Christian is producing the /f/ sound in all positions more consistently. We’re still working on limiting the substitution of /b/ for /f/ in some words, which is a bit challenging now that Christian will PURPOSEFULLY substitute it when he’s being a bit *difficult* Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Speech |
You think English is easy???
April 16th, 2010 by Tayten Matthew
Not sure who came up with the following, but I received it from my MT CI Mama friend ) 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce . 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture. 5) He could lead if he Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant |
Cochlear Implant Miracle Moment of the Day
April 14th, 2010 by Live*Laugh*Love*Family
While listening to the 90s on 9 , MC Hammer’s U Cant’ Touch This came on. From the back of the van I hear Christian pipe up and question “You can’t touch this? You can’t touch what?”. After one refrain, he’s got the chorus and I hear him sing Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Music |
Choosing Sides.
April 13th, 2010 by Modern Day Heroes
Earlier this year, I had planned to make this blog private. I had every intention of doing it. However, I never wrote anything and just didn’t do it. Now, I am not going to make it private. There are a lot of changes happening here in Utah concerning our deaf children, and I don’t Read More
Posted in ASL, Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Hard-of-Hearing |
New Tuesday Themed Posts: What We’re Working On
April 13th, 2010 by Live*Laugh*Love*Family
I thought it would be fun to include a themed post every week to detail exactly what we’re working on as far as my Mommy Speech Therapy here at home. With a little guidance from Christian’s SLPs at school, and a whole heck of a lot of research on my end, I’ve been able to have Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Cochlear Implant, Speech |
“I Don’t Want to Speak….”
April 12th, 2010 by Beneath the Wings
I mentioned previously that there is a rather bossy and overbearing young lady in Ricki’s class at school. (After that previous incident, Ricki and I had a long talk about who she needs to listen to, and who not…) I have even heard, with great satisfaction, Ricki telling her over the Read More
Posted in Auditory/Oral, Education, Hard-of-Hearing |
Shopping!
April 11th, 2010 by The Shaddox Boys
Well, I took both boys out shopping today. Both were in dire need of new shoes and both needed a few things to get ready for the summer. Jacob wasn’t in the mood, but he never is. His mood changed some when we got to Target. He picked out his own shoes. Elijah found two pairs of shoes he Read More
