Wednesday, May 21, 2008

TOP 10 Things for Parents to Do with Deaf Children:

1. Device on during ALL walking hours!
2. Create an opitmal listening environment
3. Talk to the ear and teach the brain
4. Narrate all day long
5. Model desired language-have them imitate you
6. Repetition of desired language (say it 3 times or more)
7. Expand their language level/Talk just above where they are
8. Auditory bombardment for desired speech sounds-"P-p-p-push"
9. Acoustic highlighting: Emphasize what you want them to attend to
10. Believe! Trust the process