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I just learned about a great new film, “Including Samuel”. According to the film’s website: Before his son Samuel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about the inclusion of people with disabilities. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. Shot...

I finally had a chance to watch last week’s episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which featured a bilateral cochlear implant recipient (read more background info HERE and HERE). ...

Back in July, I blogged about an upcoming episode of the ABC television show “Extreme Home Makeover” that was being filmed about Carlton Marshall and his family. At the time, it was unclear when the episode was to air. Well, I just received an exciting update via the Cochlear Community. Th...

Hear Indiana, the IN chapter of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, is having its 27th Annual Conference on Listening and Spoken Language on October 30, 2009 at the Junior Achievement Center in Indianapolis, IN...

Getting soaked in the beautiful turquoise Mediterranean Sea, licking ice cream, visiting Mount Olympus, and shopping in Thessaloniki with Vivie, a cochlear implant user from Greece, are all the adventures which I’m currently living. ...

Last May, when I was at AGBell’s Talk, Walk, Run event, I met an adorable boy who is hearing bilaterally with cochlear implants. He and his mom were delighted to share their story. ...

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of spending some time with the Chaikof Family in Atlanta, Georgia. I had a blast! Rachel and I watched chick flicks galore, and visited some of Atlanta’s fun tourist sites. ...

With advances in medicine allowing children born sicker and sicker to stay alive, and even thrive, the population of “just deaf” children is shrinking. More and more of the children we see in schools or clinical practices will have hearing loss along with a host of other issues. De...

Sometimes it is difficult to tell whether or not a child with a hearing loss is presenting with a true speech and/or language disorder, or if the problems in their speech and language skills are due to hearing loss alone. For some children, you think, “Wow. ...

Anyone who’s attended an AG Bell or other deaf-related convention knows how many tote bags you can accumulate in the span of just a few days of browsing the exhibit hall. I use these awesome canvas-y bags to carry my groceries instead of paper of plastic bags in the store check-out line. ...

Each day of the Symposium began with a General Session, featuring a keynote speaker, followed by a panel discussion about the topic with opportunities to ask questions of the speaker and a panel of various experts...

Bright and early Saturday morning, we braved the rain to make it to Day Two of the Symposium… and it was well worth it! Here is what I learned… GENERAL SESSION: Speech and Language Outcomes in Deaf Children Following Cochlear Implantation(Dr. David B. Pi...

Tonight was the welcome reception for AG Bell’s Listening and Spoken Language Symposium. This year’s topic is EXECUTIVE FUNCTION. What does that mean? Cl...

Technology is incredible...