by Paige Stringer | Jul 11, 2012 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, global foundation, hearing loss, inclusive education, speech pathology, teacher training, Vietnam
Thuan An Center was buzzing this morning as 24 children aged 4-6 years arrived en masse on their parents’ motorbikes to take part in our summer training program. Little girls in dresses filed into the classrooms alongside young boys looking handsome in their...
by Paige Stringer | Jul 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
In addition to our month-long program at Thuan An Center, we are spending a few days at Children’s Hospital 1 in HCMC to provide consultation to their ENT doctors about cochlear implant mapping and ABR hearing testing.We added two hospitals to the list of...
by Paige Stringer | Jul 9, 2012 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, hearing loss, inclusive education, speech pathology, teacher training, Vietnam
The third year of our Vietnam Summer Training Program kicked off today with a splash — both literally and figuratively. The highlights….There was no better start to the day than by greeting the Vietnamese participants to the...
by Paige Stringer | Jul 8, 2012 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, inclusive education, speech pathology, teacher training, Vietnam
After months of planning and collaboration, it is now time to bring this big summer training program of ours to life. It all starts tomorrow, and right now, it sure feels a bit like Christmas Eve.The first of the Global Foundation’s team of professionals arrived...
by Paige Stringer | Jul 1, 2012 | deaf education, developing countries, global foundation, teacher training, Vietnam
Lost in Translation. This is a constant danger when working across languages and cultures and is why good interpreters are essential to the success of our training efforts. This summer’s program requires more interpreters than we have ever had before because of...
