One student’s experience – High School
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By Zoe Dunn I began Year 7 with trepidation and excitement, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to learn more. However, I did experience obstacles due to my disabilities. I am profoundly deaf,…
One student’s experience – Primary School
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By Zoe Dunn I was an enthusiastic six year old when I started kindergarten. I began school a year later than most of my peers to ensure that my speech and language were well developed. While I…
The Hearing Check that’s Child’s Play
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By Carolyn Mee “Children need to hear to learn but all too often undetected hearing problems cause children to fall behind during Primary School until someone thinks to have the child’s hearing…
Consonant Acquisition in Different Languages
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McLeod, S., & Crowe, K. (2018). Children’s consonant acquisition in 27 languages: A cross-linguistic review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 27(4), 1546–1571.…
Morphology: The Missing Piece of the Literacy Pie
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Since the early 2000’s, researchers have focused on five subskills deemed critical for readers to obtain while learning to read English: vocabulary, phonology, decoding skills, reading…
Interactive Storybook Reading: A Vocabulary Instructional Strategy
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Interactive Storybook Reading: A Vocabulary Instructional StrategyStorybook reading is one of the most effective ways to improve the language and reading outcomes of children (Swanson et al., 2011).…
The evidence base for our primary role
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The evidence base for our primary roleIt is almost out! 664 pages detailing Evidence-Based Practices in Deaf Education will be published this October, for £64. It is edited by the prolific sponsor…
The Importance of the Ling Sound Check
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Many of us perform the Ling test everyday but what do the results actually mean? We thought it might be helpful to provide some more detail to help you implement this listening check in your daily…