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...
by Paige Stringer | Jan 22, 2011 | deaf education, global foundation, hearing loss, Vietnam
Three cities and five destinations spread across south and central Vietnam over a two week span…no doubt our January Mobile Mission was a jammed-packed adventure but a very successful one at that.Our team did an amazing job sharing their expertise to...
by Paige Stringer | Jan 16, 2011 | deaf education, hearing loss, phonak, Vietnam
We hosted our parent program for the Binh Thanh School for Hearing Impaired Children on the 11th floor of our own hotel. The school’s permit doesn’t allow for gatherings there after the school day. I set up a sign in the lobby directing people to the 11th...
by Paige Stringer | Jan 12, 2011 | deaf education, global foundation, hearing loss, Vietnam
Flexibility and creative thinking are essential ingredients to the success of our work in Vietnam. This Mobile Mission’s agenda, for example, was coordinated with each Vietnamese school for the deaf, but no amount of preparation can account for the spontaneous...
