Hearing and Kids

Since I started in school studying speech and hearing (Emerson College, 1961), I remember hearing about Better Speech and Hearing Month. BHSM was started by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in 1927 , when they were known as the American Speech and Hearing Association. In 1986 Present Ronald Reagan issued a formal proclamation designating May as the official month to

  Today’s blog is written by Sherri J. Fickenscher M.S., and Elizabeth Gaffney. Sherri is a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist Certified Auditory Verbal Educator (LSLS Cert. AVEd). She is an Education Support Specialist as well as Early Interventionist for Clarke Schools for Hearing & Speech/PA. Sherri mentors professionals seeking their certification as Listening and Spoken Language Specialists. Elizabeth is a

by Dr. Lisa Klop As hearing aids continue to shrink in size, their batteries have kept pace. Small “button” batteries can easily be swallowed by pets and small children, and even adults have done so by accident. Depending on the type of battery involved, ingestion can simply require waiting for nature to take its course ― or become a life-threatening

According to an article in Science Daily, (Dizziness) more than 1 in 20 children between the ages of 3 and 17 have dizziness and balance problems. The percent of children with dizziness with problems increases with age: 4.1% in children 3-5; 3.6% of children 6-8; 6% of children 12-14 and 7.5% of children 15-17. Girls have a higher prevalence of

  Children with hearing loss in mainstream schools receive services from a number of different professionals. In some schools, services are available from educational audiologists, teachers of the deaf, and speech-language pathologists, but not in all schools. Almost every school has a speech language pathologist available, at least part time – and they may or may not have experience working

Everyone who works with children with hearing loss is aware that children with hearing loss come home from school more tired then their peers. Unfortunately, we do not always pay enough attention to this fact. Why are they more tired? What causes it? What effect can it have on academics? What can we do about it? Bess, Gustafson, and Hornsby

Children learn language by being exposed to it. Children who hear Russian learn Russian. Children who hear French learn French. Children who hear English learn English etc. There has been a lot of research that shows that the amount of exposure they receive significantly affects their language.   Exposure to language Hart and Risley (Hart, B, and Risley, T.T (1995)

This past week I had the wonderful opportunity to visit the University of Wisconsin, where I went to grad school, and to meet with the graduate students to talk about what makes a good pediatric audiologist. In preparation for this talk I asked colleagues in audiology, speech-language pathology, listening and spoken language, as well as parents of children with hearing

Note: Today’s post is submitted by my good friend and colleague Sylvia Rotfleisch. Sylvia is an auditory verbal therapist in private practice in Los Angeles with many years of practice providing auditory based speech-language and listening therapy to children with hearing loss. Audition Hearing loss will impact the child’s auditory, speech and language skills. Check their hearing technology every time

While I am taking a week off during the holidays, I hope you enjoy this top blog from 2015. Hearing loss is the most common disability of children, worldwide. Every year, 670,000 children are born with hearing loss. Hearing loss cannot be viewed in isolation. Hearing loss causes problems for auditory brain development. When a child with hearing loss is