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 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...