by Paige Stringer | Jul 14, 2013 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, hearing loss, inclusive education, phonak, speech pathology
“If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are an excellent leader.” Last Friday, we concluded our Level 4 training course in Therapy, Early Intervention, and...
by Paige Stringer | Jul 3, 2013 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, hearing loss, speech pathology, teacher training
Our fourth annual Vietnam Summer Training Program got underway this week at Thuan An Center. As we gathered in the room on the second floor of the early intervention building for the opening ceremony, I smiled to myself thinking how this event has become a reunion...
by Paige Stringer | Jun 27, 2013 | audiology, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, hearing loss, inclusive education, nonprofit, speech pathology, teacher training, Vietnam
“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” — ConfuciusThe goal of the Global Foundation’s Vietnam Deaf Education Program is to increase expertise in auditory-verbal practice and audiology in teachers,...
by Paige Stringer | Apr 25, 2013 | audiology, early intervention, hearing loss, inclusive education, nonprofit, speech pathology, teacher training
Hearing loss has given my life a twist that makes things a bit more interesting. There have been many theories over the course of my life as to why I was born with hearing loss into a family with no history of it. The most...
by Paige Stringer | Mar 8, 2013 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, hearing loss, inclusive education, speech pathology, Vietnam
Our Vietnam Deaf Education Program is putting an advanced twist on the old adage — “give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime”. We teach therapists and teachers across 38 schools in 20 Vietnam...
by Paige Stringer | Jan 15, 2013 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, hearing loss, inclusive education, nonprofit, speech pathology, teacher training, technology, Vietnam
We’re spending the week at Thuan An Center, an early intervention and school program for children with hearing loss located in a semi-rural community outside of Ho Chi Minh City. Thuan An Center is the Global Foundation’s partner in Vietnam and the host of...
