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Why Do We Need the Ling 6 sound Test?

July 25, 2018July 25, 2018Jane Madell 1 Comment Audibility / Behavioral aided threshold measures / Cochlear Implants / Communication outcomes / Listening and Spoken Language Specialists / Therapy for hearing loss

Everyone who provides therapy for children with hearing loss knows about the Ling 6 Sound Test. Why do we do the test and what does it tell us? What does a Child Hear? For children to succeed with listening and spoken language they need to hear. To quote Dan Ling – “what they…

Auditory Skills Needed for Classroom

February 7, 2017February 6, 2017Jane Madell Audibility / Discrimination / Educational audiologist / Hearing loss / Jane Madell / Phonemes / School issues / Speech Perception / Therapy for hearing loss / Uncategorized

For children with hearing loss to succeed in classroom they need a variety of skills. And learning those skills needs to start when hearing loss is identified – hopefully within the first few weeks. So lets talk about what we think needs to be learned. Detection and Discrimination In order for children to succeed…