The Hearing Impaired Will Never Miss A Visitor When Doorbell Ring! “Hey! Someone’s at the door…” It was a year ago in my hometown of Chicago, Illinois that I spoke with my neighbor Russell. You see, Russell had been married for two years to […]
Respiratory causes does not discriminate. How Airborne Bacteria Can Be Dealt With. My family clearly understood that reducing the level of airborne allergens in our home could be an important part of reducing respiratory issues which could affect us children. Preventing recurring ear aches was […]
Ringing in the ears is an annoying problem Any ear issue can be solved with proper treatment I remember for the longest time, my stepdad had problems with his hearing and a weird feeling in his ears. (At the beginning, we didn’t know what the […]
WORKINGS OF THE HUMAN EAR What You Should Know As your child matures through life from a young child to adulthood, their hearing situation remains the same. Once you have acknowledge the hearing loss, you decide to do something about it. But before you even […]
Classroom Listening: Barriers Do Exist, But Are Overcome When Teaching The Hearing Impaired . There are two other factors that complicate how children perceive verbal instruction in the classroom. Those factors are their distance from the teacher and changes in the loudness of the teacher’s […]
Middle Ear Problems Accounts For Roughly One-Third Of All Pediatric Visits Earaches Among Babies Are No Laughing Matter For many children, earaches began in infancy. By the age of three, over two-thirds of all children have had one or more episodes of acute otitis media, including […]
Hearing Loss Is Devastating To Any Parent The Impact Of A Child’s Disability Is Emotional To All Parents are often told, after recently completing a child testing diagnostic process, that “you have the same child that you went into the testing booth with – it’s […]
The Symptoms You Should Know Children’s Actions Relating To Hearing Loss Here is a list of general warning signs regarding children. As a parent suspecting a hearing issue, please be very noticeable and aware of these signs: The child seems to respond inconsistently to sound, sometimes hearing […]
Challenges Presents Itself When You Teach A Deaf Child Teach a Deaf child and receive great satisfaction A hearing impaired youngster faces daily challenges. Depending on the hearing people he or she deals with, those challenges might be enriching, frightening, infantilizing or neutral. Understanding extended family […]
Surging Signing Time Baby signing time empowered Your child may not hear too well, but are young infants and toddlers smarter than we think? My neighbors children were as young as 6 months old when they start learning these simple skills. But their hand control […]
Teaching Toddlers Sign Language Raises The Communication Process. Education is ‘key’ when learning to teach baby sign Maybe you’re reading a book just to educate yourself on how the ear works. Or you may want to show your youngster a new educational toy, show fun […]
Growing Pains Regarding Children Communicating Skills. Sound Value Educating Children Voicing Communicating. Young kids have little or no control over their lives. Relating to others is one thing that begins to empower them. That’s why it goes without saying, that children communicating goes hand-in-hand. You, […]
PARENTS ENCOURAGEMENT AND POSITIVE RE-FRAMING. Encouragement and positive re-framing focus on your youngster’s strengths and positive intentions. By demonstrating an unconditional belief in your youngster, you lay the foundation for an “I can do!” attitude (confidence), enthusiasm and motivation for personal growth. You offer encouragement by […]
INITIATE ACTION. Hearing parents of non-hearing children and non-hearing adults in the deaf community attending special outdoor events, often do not have opportunities to become acquainted with each other. Hearing parents with deaf children, usually remain unaware of this society and community events, and hearing impaired […]
SIGNING AND LEARNING TOGETHER: From Darkness To Baby Signing Enlightment […]
UNITY. What is meant by the term unity? Unity implies harmony among parts to form a whole – the condition of many, becoming one. Family togetherness requires that each member of the family contribute to the family whole. Parents, as the heads of the family, are indeed […]
MUST TAKE NOTICE. Any individual should know that a child or adult would be labeled disable, if they suffered with severe deafness. It don’t necessarily have to be loss of limb or some form of a mental condition that hinders one from functioning day-by-day in […]
THE TASK AT HAND. Giving advice on child-rearing is easy, and there is no shortage of experts. Advice is usually based, however, upon several wrong assumptions; that these techniques can be taught, and that teaching the techniques to parents will be beneficial to their children. […]
MOODINESS. There are many behavior changes a child may experience as he or she goes through life. These are behavior issues related to feelings of anger, sadness, frustration, and irritability. They can become problematic when a child is unable to control or appropriately express them. […]
My Interest I’m Ronald J. Kennedy from Chicago, IL and I’ve been living here in the ‘windy city’ all my life. Retired Feb 5, 2016 and a widower. (wife Cathy died July 10, 2015). I earned my associates degree at Malcolm X college in May […]
