Did You Know? -Cochear America-Speech Sounds

http://www.cochlearamericas.com/Support/2294.asp

Designed by Nancy Caleffe-Schenck, M.Ed. CCC-A, Cert.AVT
and Dian Baker, MA, CCC-SLP, Cert AVT


Speech Sounds is a great resource to reference when focussing in on a particular speech sound. It offers teachers/SLP's a variety of ideas to help build the targets throughout the school day or therapy session.

Speech Sounds was designed to be used with younger children ages 1 through 5, but can be adapted for older children. The authors do indicate that prior to using this supplement the child should have an auditory foundation and they do list a variety of auditory activities they should be able to do prior to using it.

Speech Sounds is a way to focus on teaching speech through listening to maximixe a child's auditory potential or auditory self-monitoring of speech.

They have separated the 20 speech sounds into individual units. Creating a laudary list of child friendly words that contain the speech sound in the initial, midial and final positions. Each Speech Sounds unit incoporates; child friendly words, daily routines, activities, games and toys, songs and rhymes, a popular children's book, communication building activites for the book as well as additional books.

The entire Speech Sounds booklet can be downloaded for free off of the Cochear America's Website. Once printed it can be used as an easy resource guide for SLP's and DHH teacher's alike.

Did You Know?

As busy professionals, we are given resouce after resource to make our therapy better but we are let to go and explore it on our own. With the series "Did You Know?" we will highlight different areas, articles or tools located on the three cochlear implant websites. We will rotate between the three sites to show you variety of opportunities just waiting for you to use.

We encourage your feedback on the highlighted areas. We would like to hear if you liked it or not, be sure to tell us why.

Milwaukee Walk4Hearing May 16

The Walk4Hearing™, produced by the Hearing Loss Association of America® (HLAA), is the largest walk of its kind in the country. The HLAA Walk4Hearing is held in cities nationwide with at least 5,000 people walking and raising money for programs and services for people with hearing loss and their families. Proceeds are shared between the national organization and local HLAA affiliates or Walk4Hearing Alliance Groups to benefit national and local programs. Since 2006, more than $2 million has been raised.

HLAA launched the Walk4Hearing™ to:
*increase awareness among the general public about hearing loss and the 36 million Americans who have hearing loss
*minimize the stigma associated with wearing hearing aids, cochlear implants, and other assistive technology by educating people about hearing loss
*raise funds to expand services and programs for people with hearing loss and their families at the national and local levels
empower the HLAA state organizations and chapters to work with community leaders to organize walks for fundraising and local outreach

Walk Details
Date:
Sunday, May 16, 2010

Location:
Veterans Park
1010 N. Lincoln Memorial Dr.
Milwaukee, WI
Directions

Schedule:
9am - Registration/Check-in
10am - Walk begins
Distance: 5K (3.1 miles)

Walk Chairs:
Jean Szabo / Caroline Ludka

Milwaukee Walk4Hearing information page:
http://hlaa.convio.net/site/TR?fr_id=1670&pg=entry