Bilateral Cochlear Implants: Hearing With Two Ears
With bilateral cochlear implants (both ears) in Ireland’s news recently, here’s some information that may answer readers’ and families’ questions. Read: Who is a cochlear implant candidate? Some...
View ArticleCrowd-Computing: New Solutions For Captions
Speech-to-text automation has a huge role in creating classroom captions for students with hearing and other issues, who don’t always note-take in class. To address the multi-speaker shortcomings of...
View Article“He Is Not Me”: A Book On Mainstream Education
A new book, “He Is Not Me”, by Stuart McNaughton, tells the story of being deaf from birth – and opting for a cochlear implant in his twenties. Notably, Stuart’s parents mainstream-educated him, to...
View Article“I Am The Happiest Deaf Teenager On Facebook”
His profile reads “I am the happiest deaf teenager on Facebook”. UK-based Jamie Williams started writing a blog after a friend said how happy and content he is, even when he’s deaf. And his writing...
View ArticleNDCS Queries UK Councils On Education Supports
Fresh concerns over cuts to education supports for deaf/hoh pupils in the UK have emerged, after one-third of councils cut supports in 2011. NDCS is also reporting that almost one-half of London’s...
View ArticleA Nurse With Hearing Issues Retrains In Audiology
Nursing – and audiology. Two degrees that a deaf person might not think of, or be encouraged to take. Zoe Williams, of Ballarat, Victoria (Australia), has changed that perception. Now a qualified...
View ArticleSchool Acoustics – By An Educational Audiologist
With children under 13 years of age most challenged by ambient classroom noise, school acoustics are vital to childrens’ learning in their formative primary or elementary schooling years, says...
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Mindset Change: Altering Perceptions of Ability
On June 28th, IDK’s Caroline Carswell hosted a workshop, “Mindset Change (Essential): Transforming Perceptions of Ability”, at the 2013 conference of the UK’s National Association of Disability...
View ArticleWebinar: “The Why And How Of Online Captions”
Frameweld, the New York-based digital media firm, hosted an excellent webinar, “The Why and How of Online Captioning” on June 26th, 2013. All videos, slides and Q&A topics from the webinar are in...
View ArticleClassroom Captions Entrenching In The UK And US
In 2011, Australia’s government approved funding to deliver classroom captions to all severely to profoundly deaf pupils who need facilitation. This move was significant as deaf pupils typically must...
View ArticleHow AIT’s Audiology Course Is Being Accredited
Twenty-one students taking the four-year BSc. degree in Audiology at AIT (Athlone Institute of Technology) in Ireland, reached a High Court settlement to complete three remaining years of the degree...
View ArticleLearning Modern Languages At School
Have you considered deaf pupils who learn modern languages at school? This “Modern Languages” video from the UK guides teachers and students in listening/conversing when in groups, in the classroom or...
View ArticleNotes From Zambia On Inclusive Education
One year ago, IDK mentioned South Africa’s Eduplex school, a solid model for inclusive education at home and oveseas. Recently, a new critique on inclusive education was published by the development...
View ArticleGoogle Glass: A Device For Life With Subtitles?
With Google Ireland celebrating ten years at its base in Dublin by opening The Foundry, its innovation and conference centre, a look at how its Google Glass technology might impact people with hearing...
View ArticleListening And Speaking: A Refocus For Teachers
Teacher-training to work with children who have hearing issues is altering in the US with new demand for teachers who can teach listening-and-spoken language (LSL) when working with children who wear...
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Media Quote –“Living A Life Less Ordinary”
IDK is cited in the “Living A Life Less Ordinary” feature in the ‘Living’ section (p.15) of the Independent, a broadsheet newspaper in Ireland (28/9/2013). Read >> “My peer group growing up, was...
View ArticleFeilte 2013: School Acoustics From A Pupil’s View
Earlier this year, Ireland’s Teaching Council invited all registered members to apply in a lottery to attend Feilte, its festival of digital-teaching projects to celebrate World Teachers’ Day in...
View ArticleKnowmia, Panopto & MicroCone In The Classroom
Teachers, finding a diversifying mix of students in their classrooms, are always seeking new tools to simplify their preparation for impending classes. Two of these three tools offer learning-content...
View ArticleReview Of The Visiting Teacher Service (Ireland)
The Visiting Teacher Service in Ireland is being reviewed by the Department of Education in the context of pupils’ changed needs and new technologies. January 20th, 2014 is YOUR deadline to feed back...
View ArticleIndia’s AURED School For Listening And Talking
Since 1986, India’s Aural Education (AURED) programme for children with hearing issues has worked with families to teach children to listen and speak in English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati before...
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