Wednesday, July 17, 2013
7/17/13 - Laughter
I was working on various grammar skills with Alexandra today such as is, are, ed, etc. One in particular was adding ing to words. A picture showed a woman taking bread out of the oven. Alexandra's response was, "She is ov-ing." Love it!!
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Update - July 4th, 2013
There are four stages of auditory training in post cochlear implantation:
1. Detection (of sounds)
2. Discrimination
3. Identification
4. Comprehension
Three weeks ago I was told by Alexandra's Speech Therapist that Alexandra has reached the final stage of Comprehension. That is such great news. She has worked so hard. Having hearing makes life for her and us so rich. We will probably cut back some with the formal speech therapy, but I will continue to work with her at home and continue to incorporate learning in her everyday life. It's like having a child who is just leaning to talk, but instead of it happening naturally, we have to teach her everything because she has missed so much and she is 17 not 2.
Here is one example of the challenges she faces in learning new vocabulary. To Alexandra scuba diver, screw driver and school bus driver all sound the same. She knows what a school bus driver is, so when I say unknown words, she thinks school bus driver. So, comprehension is based on 1, 2, and 3 above. The brain is so amazing. God is more than amazing.
At the moment she is out on our screen porch watching, but mostly listening to the July 4th fireworks. There are so many things we take for granted that she is enjoying for the first time. She is a Happy, Happy Girl!!!!
1. Detection (of sounds)
2. Discrimination
3. Identification
4. Comprehension
Three weeks ago I was told by Alexandra's Speech Therapist that Alexandra has reached the final stage of Comprehension. That is such great news. She has worked so hard. Having hearing makes life for her and us so rich. We will probably cut back some with the formal speech therapy, but I will continue to work with her at home and continue to incorporate learning in her everyday life. It's like having a child who is just leaning to talk, but instead of it happening naturally, we have to teach her everything because she has missed so much and she is 17 not 2.
Here is one example of the challenges she faces in learning new vocabulary. To Alexandra scuba diver, screw driver and school bus driver all sound the same. She knows what a school bus driver is, so when I say unknown words, she thinks school bus driver. So, comprehension is based on 1, 2, and 3 above. The brain is so amazing. God is more than amazing.
At the moment she is out on our screen porch watching, but mostly listening to the July 4th fireworks. There are so many things we take for granted that she is enjoying for the first time. She is a Happy, Happy Girl!!!!
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