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87) I can hear!
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Focuses on the auditory-verbal approach for developing speech and language in young children with severe to profound hearing losses. Families and their professionals share information, experiences, and support; and discuss the role of audiology and ongoing diagnostic therapy.
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Cochlear implants could soon make a lifetime of profound deafness a thing of the past-and in the process bring an end to America's vibrant Deaf culture. In this program, NewsHour correspondent Betty Ann Bowser takes a balanced look at the implications of cochlear implant technology on the Deaf community. Dr. John Niparko, director of The Listening Center at Johns Hopkins; King Jordan, president of Gallaudet University; and others share their markedly...
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The Newborn Hearing Screening Training Curriculum developed by Utah State University is designed to standardize the way that new hearing screeners are trained and to ensure that each screener recieves the information that will enable him/her to provide high quality, efficient and effective newborn hearing screening.
93) To hear again
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"This program describes the major risk factors of hearing impairment, stresses the importance of early diagnosis of hearing impairment in infants, and demonstrates two infant hearing tests : the auditory brain stem response...and the behavioral method...The program also presents...cochlear implants...hearing aids equipped with computer chips...and digital speech processing."--Container.
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"Hearing loss doesn't come with an operating manual--until now. If you have hearing loss, you already know that the conventional approach to treatment is focused on hearing-aid technology. Without a handbook to help you figure out how to actually live with it, you've likely been getting by on information pieced together from various sources--and yet, communication often seems incomplete and unsatisfying. What's missing from this hearing care model...
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"In this title, readers learn common symptoms and behaviors of deafness and how it affects kids at school and in relationships. Text includes suggestions on how to be a kind and respectful friend to someone who is deaf and appropriate activities kids can enjoy together. A famous person who has overcome the challenges of deafness is highlighted."--Amazon.com
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