Jane Madell

Jane Madell, PhD, has a consulting practice in pediatric audiology. She is an audiologist, speech-language pathologist, and LSLS auditory verbal therapist, with a BA from Emerson College and an MA and PhD from the University of Wisconsin. Her 45+ years experience ranges from Deaf Nursery programs to positions at the League for the Hard of Hearing (Director), Long Island College Hospital, Downstate Medical Center, Beth Israel Medical Center/New York Eye and Ear Infirmary as director of the Hearing and Learning Center and Cochlear Implant Center. Jane has taught at the University of Tennessee, Columbia University, Downstate Medical School, and Albert Einstein Medical School, published 7 books, and written numerous books chapters and journal articles, and is a well known international lecturer.

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Audiology in Spain

I am in Madrid this week doing workshops with CLAVE and AGBell International. AGBell is working to expand to international areas and Spanish speaking countries came first. I spoke at the Spanish ENT Society on Monday, and yesterday I was at the university speaking to audiology and speech-pathology students as well as professionals and parents. Today and tomorrow I will

Teaching Children about Sound

Today’s blog is written by Dr. Arline L. Bronzaf. Dr. Bronzaft is a researcher, writer and consultant on the adverse effects of noise on mental and physical health. She is the co-author of Why Noise Matters and has written about noise in books, academic journals, encyclopedias and the popular press. Dr. Bronzaft is a Professor Emerita of the City University

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The Listening Project Film

I have been fortunate in my chosen profession. I got into it a bit by accident but I have loved absolutely every minute of it. How many people can find something that they enjoy doing, and in which that can effect significant change. I was lucky, I found just such a profession. For over 50 years, I have worked with

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Home Use of Remote Microphones

There is a lot of discussion in pediatric audiology about when to start using remote microphone systems for little ones with hearing loss. The opinions vary from shortly after we fit them with hearing aids (mine) to not until they start school. My view about early use of FM may come from the state of technology when I started in

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Why Do Children Reject Technology?

For children with hearing loss who are using spoken language to succeed they need to wear their technology all walking hours. If technology is appropriately set children should be willing to wear their technology. But occasionally children reject technology. When this happens we need to know why. Only when we know why can we adjust things so that the

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Support Groups For Kids with Hearing Loss

One of my most favorite activities is running a support group for children with hearing loss. I was lucky enough to get to do that this weekend. I was invited to Phoenix by Anu Mathew, mom, of a child with hearing loss, who has started a group called Support for Young with Hearing Loss (SYHL). Yesterday I worked with a

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What Does Intelligible Speech Look Like?

Malcolm Gladwell reports that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to learn something new. Hart and Risley report that typical children hear about 46 million words by age 4. Dehaene reports that a child needs 20,000 hours of listening as a basis for reading. Pittman reports that children with hearing loss require three times the exposure of typical hearing children

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Read All About It!!

Today’s blog, about a topic I consider critical (literacy), is written by my friend Krista Heavner, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT. Krista is a Cochlear Implant Consumer Specialist for Advanced Bionics, providing support and education for cochlear implant candidates and recipients, their families, and professionals in the southeastern part of the US. Prior to this position, Krista was a consultant for deaf

Helping Extended Families Deal With A Child’s Hearing Loss

Today’s blog is written by my colleague Elizabeth Rosenzweig. Elizabeth Rosenzweig MS CCC-SLP LSLS Cert. AVT is a speech-language pathologist and Certified Auditory Verbal Therapist in private practice. You can find more of her writing at Auditory Verbal Therapy. Explaining Hearing Loss to Family Members Parents of children with hearing loss face the challenge of explaining their child’s

Stop Living In A Silo

I had an experience this week that reminded me that too many of us work in silos. I have had double vision for years due to what we could have called a “wandering eye” if I were a little kid. I have seen lots of very good ophthalmologists to whom I complained about the problem but who had no suggestions.