tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724724025139616183.post6364393247454441268..comments2023-05-20T08:50:16.793-04:00Comments on For the Love of Ava: Social Interactions of Kids with hearing loss in SchoolAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11381036737322215643noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724724025139616183.post-39856268068299592042014-02-12T18:26:47.264-05:002014-02-12T18:26:47.264-05:00Hi! I know that lots of kids successfully learn s...Hi! I know that lots of kids successfully learn second languages with hearing loss and I think that is great that she is doing so. In Canada, we have french schools for those that want their kids to become bilingual. The starting age for those schools is 5. So your daughter is at a perfect age for this! Keep speaking your english at home your daughter will amaze you and become fluent in Arabic in no time now that she is wearing a hearing aid. My advice would be to have her wear a personal FM system at school so that the teacher's voice is projected directly to the hearing aids bypassing all the distracting background noise that comes with a busy classroom. Hopefully her school can provide your daughter with an FM system. Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381036737322215643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724724025139616183.post-11968364804993200772014-02-09T12:07:03.578-05:002014-02-09T12:07:03.578-05:00Hi I have a 5 year old who is in mainstream presch...Hi I have a 5 year old who is in mainstream preschool. My problem is she is in an Arabic medium school as we live in Saudi Arabia but our spoken language is english. Am I asking for too much as her english is not on par for a 5 year old as she hasn't mastered some concepts. I want her to speak Arabic and she does but we don't speak Arabic. My other kids do but rarely practice. She wears a hearing aid but doesn't struggle to respond. It's just the comprehension that worthies me. Any help would be appreciatedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925573305388067791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724724025139616183.post-36092857908340283202012-07-16T18:33:26.328-04:002012-07-16T18:33:26.328-04:00This is an excellent suggestion! Thank you. I hav...This is an excellent suggestion! Thank you. I have them on all the time for myself but find that I don't put it on for the kids that often when I should.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381036737322215643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724724025139616183.post-25121879966095989462012-07-16T18:32:17.519-04:002012-07-16T18:32:17.519-04:00Hi! Thank you for stopping by. Good luck with you...Hi! Thank you for stopping by. Good luck with your son at school next year - it is such a big step. I find that the "show and tell" bit really helps break the ice with new kids. Cochlear has a kit you can order - a bunch of colouring books about CI's that you can give out to the classmates.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381036737322215643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724724025139616183.post-39683780310518585502012-07-16T12:03:54.416-04:002012-07-16T12:03:54.416-04:00I just came across your blog. Thanks so much for ...I just came across your blog. Thanks so much for this post. My son is exactly the same age as your daughter (turns 4 on 7/24). He is doing great but as he enters a mainstream school in the fall, the social interaction is definitely a concern of mine. the worrying never stops!<br />EricaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724724025139616183.post-42586192627137879352012-07-16T12:00:28.855-04:002012-07-16T12:00:28.855-04:00I just came across your blog. Thanks for this pos...I just came across your blog. Thanks for this post. Some useful info in this post. My son is pretty much the same age as your daughter (turns 4 on 7/24) He is doing great, but as he enters a maninstream school next year, the social interactions are definitely a concern of mine. the worrying never stops!<br />EricaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8724724025139616183.post-81729956317038332552012-03-28T13:15:54.189-04:002012-03-28T13:15:54.189-04:00Another suggestion would be to have the closed cap...Another suggestion would be to have the closed captioning on all the time. Studies show that it helps both deaf and hearing children with reading development as they see and hear the words at the same time. I have 3 children, all are hearing, and my older two were both reading chapter books by grade one. Of course, the captions were on out of necessity as I am profoundly deaf, but they clearly benefitted from it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com