by Paige Stringer | Jul 1, 2011 | audiology, deaf education, global foundation, speech pathology
“You need to hug him too!” Brad McPherson’s time with us ended today along with Maura Berndsen. The Vietnamese had a little ceremony to acknowledge their efforts and to also welcome Ann Baumann and Kim Hamren who had just arrived a few hours earlier....
by Paige Stringer | Jun 30, 2011 | audiology, deaf education, global foundation, speech pathology, Vietnam
The three Vietnamese mothers filed into Thuy’s office, settling in elbow to elbow onto folding chairs set around the square table. They curiously eyed the funky looking webcam mounted onto Hillary’s computer, and listened quietly with cautious enthusiasm...
by Paige Stringer | Jun 29, 2011 | audiology, deaf education, global foundation, Vietnam
Today’s schedule was a demonstration of how our Deaf Education program draws on several elements to collectively increase the potential for listening and spoken language in children with hearing loss.Spoken language development is a process that starts with...
by Paige Stringer | Jun 28, 2011 | audiology, deaf education, global foundation, speech pathology, Vietnam
This morning, Lauri Nelson presented on audiology fundamentals including aspects such as hearing test protcols, audiograms, hearing aids, how the brain interprets sounds, and listening environments. The questions that the participants had demonstrated a solid basic...
by Paige Stringer | Jun 27, 2011 | audiology, deaf education, global foundation, Vietnam
Our Level 2 teacher training program kicked off bright and early this morning. We had welcome speeches, a song, introductions, and a pre-workshop test for the participants to gauge how much learning they retained from last year’s program. This group of about 55...
by Paige Stringer | Jun 20, 2011 | audiology, deaf education, global foundation, Vietnam
Making my way to catch the flight to Vietnam, I did a double-take at an advertising sign that read, “The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.” I smiled to myself and thought, “yeah, that’s a fitting...
