On Tuesday I posted about Lance Allred, the NBA’s first deaf basketball player. Since then, I ran across another article on him which detailed his struggles in getting to his sport’s highest level.
Most of this article details the difficulty that “minor league” basketball players go through in scraping up enough money to live (and [...]
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Lance Allred was just signed to a 10-day contract by the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. While a fantastic accomplishment in itself, his stint in the NBA is even more spectacular considering he is deaf.
Lance has had around a 75% loss of hearing since birth, but now has (bilateral?) cochlear implants. In one article he [...]
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Drew has attended two, hour long, therapy sessions a week since his cochlear implants were activated in June of 2007. He sees a teacher for the Regional Infant Hearing Program, a therpist from the Auditory Oral Children’s Center and an SLP from Nationwide Children’s Hospital. We attend therapy to learn ways to stimulate Drew’s communication [...]
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How do you get an infant with profound hearing loss to interact with you when you can not get his attention through sound?
It is natural for all babies – hearing and not – to make fun little cooing noises. Babies born with hearing loss do not get any reinforcement of the noises they make, so [...]
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Taten’s Mom asked me in a comment on a recent post to make a list of Drew’s receptive and expressive language. Here goes!
Receptive Language:
Ma Ma
Da Da
Pa Pa
Open (door)
Close (door)
Other one
Upstairs
Sit down
Kiss
Ball
Up
In
Shoes
Bath
Bye bye
Spike it (when playing with his football)
Come here
Chew
Take a bite
Dance
Expressive Language:
Hi
Hello (he-yo)
Ma Ma
Da Da
Pa Pa
Up (uh)
Eat (eee)
More (mo)
Quack
Moo (mmm)
Baa (aaa)
No
Help (ell)
Clean Up (een uh)
Uh [...]
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The Baby Einstein Discover the Day book is one of our favorites to read to Drew. There are times throughout the day where it is just not possible for Drew to wear his cochlear implants, like in the bathtub, therefore leaving him without any sound. As a result, picking up langague surrounding these situations is [...]
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Drew’s Dad and I woke up a little bummed this morning. We were looking forward to attending the Deaf Initiatives’ Navigating Your Child’s Future seminar today – complete with childcare! But as a result of Blizzard 2008, we’ve decided to stay home. The roads look awful, it is still snowing, and the last time I [...]
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Drew’s receptive language is growing. He now understands, “Where are your shoes?” He will instantly stop whatever he is doing and begin the search to find his shoes. I piled his shoes up with a bunch of toys the other day and he was able to find them. He also understands me when I say, [...]
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I have received several emails recently from parents of children newly diagnosed with hearing loss. I love the fact that this blog has allowed us to connect with other families all across the country (well, the world, really) that are going through similar experiences. Some of the questions I have received may be on the [...]
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That’s Not My Bear! That’s Not My Dinosaur! We love the “That’s Not” series of books by Fiona Watt.
These books are excellent for introducing your child to textures. Soft, rough, scratchy, just to name a few. Texture is an interesting concept for children, and these books highlight them in a fun and entertaining way. I’ll [...]
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