Auditory-Verbal Center, Inc.

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One of our clients, Sawyer, was featured in Phonak's 7 Wonders of Sound! He was the 7th Sound -- Joyful Giggles.

I lost my hearing when I was six months old. I did not know if the cochlear implant would work for me since I was implanted late. But I decided to get it anywa...y. On the day of my CI activation, I first heard the voice of the audiologist who sounded like Mickey Mouse. My mother sat right next to me, I fell off the chair laughing when I heard her voice. When I heard the birds chirping for the first time, it was so incredible. and made me grateful to be a part of the hearing world. The cochlear Implant changed my life. John Autry #advancedbionics #cochlearimplant #cochlearimplants #Sonova #hearingloss #deafcommunity #HearingSuccess #profoundlydeaf #deafness #deafiscool #cochlear_implant #realABrecipient

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"My hearing loss is not a disability, it's an ability," Jackson says. "I hate that these types of things have to be put with the word 'disability' because even though you may have it, it doesn't prevent you from doing things you want to do."

For #TipTuesday, we want you to know that it's OK to sometimes sound like a broken record when it comes to reading the same book over and over and over and over again...... "Children enjoy reading and rereading their favorites. Repetition helps children learn vocabulary and sentence structure. It might get old to you, but children enjoy the repetition and their brains need it to learn!" -@HearingFirst

In case you didn't get enough Halloween this weekend, here is one more cute pumpkin photo! Max also had fun carving and talking about his pumpkin during his teletherapy session. #ChildrenWithHearingLoss #ListeningAndSpokenLanguage

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Due to COVID, many people have transitioned to virtual platforms for work and/or school. This can be particularly tricky for individuals with hearing loss. An online petition started by Shari Eberts, Founder of "Living With Hearing Loss", is being circulated via Change.org asking Zoom, Google, Microsoft, and other video conferencing providers to make automatic speech recognition (ASR) captioning available for people with hearing loss available for free during this time of so...cial distancing, virtual meetings, and online school. Click the link below to add your name... https://www.change.org/p/zoom-provide-free-captions-for-peo Note: You will be invited to make an optional cash contribution. Be aware that if you do this, you will automatically be signed up for ongoing monthly contributions to change.org. ***A contribution is NOT required to add your name to the petition and we are NOT asking you to donate.***

We look forward to our annual Staff Christmas Party but this year, it looked a little different.... we had a virtual Christmas party and played BINGO!

"Books can truly bring a therapy session to life! The "Stick Man" Book is a great book to use in therapy during the Christmas season and here are a few things y...ou can focus on... 1) /s/ blends this is the perfect book for auditory bombardment and practicing /s/ blends at the reading level. Seriously, the word stick appears in this book no less than 5 million times. haha 2) Sequencing: This is another gem that can be used with sequencing and/or retelling goals! There’s a very clear-cut sequence, making it perfect for all students! 3) Stick craft I’m no craftologist, but you could give students strips of brown construction paper and they could make their own stick man to aid in story retelling! 4) Problem/Solution Discuss Stick Man’s problem and how he solved it! Here is a freebie for you! Students can write and/or draw pictures to discuss problem/solution." Check out the link below for more ideas.... http://speechissweet.com/stick-man-plus-freebie/

Happy Halloween! Stay safe, have fun, and we hope your Halloween won't be as scary as pulling out pumpkin guts! During Adonay's Auditory-Verbal Therapy session this week they had fun carving a pumpkin!

Logan did a great job carving and talking about his pumpkin during his auditory-verbal therapy session this week!

This week during therapy, some of our clients had fun stamping with apples!

Check out this short video to see how you can PAT words to make story time more interactive and fun!

GUIDELINES FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTAL AND MILESTONES The first 5 years of life is a critical period of development not only physically but emotionally, socially and intellectually. http://studmonkedtech.com//know-early-childhood-developme/

Is your child making lots of sounds? Use this #VroomTip to talk back to them by repeating their sounds or describing what they're doing using a sing-song voice.... Do they respond by kicking their feet, waving their arms or making more sounds? Together, you're telling your own story! #BrainyBackground: Children's brains are wired to hear you talk in a sing-song voice. When you talk slowly and stretch the sounds out in a musical way, their eyes light up and their heart rates increase. Toddlers who hear sing-song voices smile more oftenproof that you are making connections and building a brain! iLabs shares more on helping infants learn to talk: https://www.washington.edu//parents-learn-babies-talk-how/

One of our bilingual therapists, Sarah Radlinski, M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT is co-teaching a full day virtual workshop entitled "Culturally Competent Intervention and Audiological Management for Spanish-speaking Children with Hearing Loss." Sarah is presenting this Thursday, October 22nd, alongside Chrisi Sanchez, Au.D, a bilingual pediatric audiologist with the University of Miami. The morning will start off with all participants together and then the disciplines will split up into audiology and intervention tracks. The full-day workshop is available for CEUs (.7 ASHA, 6.5 LSL, .7 AAA) Registration ends tomorrow at 5pm! Click the link below to register now: https://www.onlineregistrationcenter.com/regis//page1.asp

Try these activities to support the development of music milestones for newborns through age 3!

For #TipTuesday, we are highlighting the Auditory Sandwich strategy! This is one of the most effective and versatile strategies to use with children with hearin...g loss. This strategy helps teach any receptive or expressive language targets, such as vocabulary, verb tense, or word order. Check out this article to find out how you can incorporate it in your daily routines... https://allisonfors.com/auditory-sandwich-language-interve/