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The Clarke Speaks Up blog features content about children who are deaf or hard of hearing learning to listen and talk, students with hearing loss in mainstream settings, the latest research in deaf education, and so much more. Past articles from Mainstream News can be found here as well.
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Learn best practices in supporting children and caregivers who are multilingual.
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Clarke alum Austin is on track to graduate early, and he is doing so with an eye toward saving money and the help of his excellent time-management skills.
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Whether it’s Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 or Hot Cross Buns, music provides significant benefits to children—especially those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Here are some tips for incorporating music into a child’s life, as well as the reasons to do so.
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Social gatherings can pose unique challenges to children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families. Use Clarke’s tips to make these festivities more comfortable (and fun!) for children with hearing loss.
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The hierarchy of auditory skills consists of a series of skills that a child must master—in order—to learn to listen. The four rungs on the ladder are detection, discrimination, identification and comprehension.
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Pediatric cancers are commonly treated with chemotherapy, radiation, surgery or a combination of these. While these treatments are the most effective methods of fighting cancer, they damage healthy cells as well, and may cause various side effects, including hearing loss.
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However day-to-day life has changed, summer routines offer unique opportunities for maintaining Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) learning. This brief list is meant to offer families of school-age children some ideas to keep speech, listening, learning and literacy alive.
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Seven-year-old August, who has a unilateral hearing loss, attends online mainstream school with the support of his family and his Clarke team.
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Families and educators are sometimes skeptical of the idea of providing services remotely to children with hearing loss. But Clarke’s history in this area has proven those fears to be unfounded.
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As students who are deaf or hard of hearing settle into their classrooms each fall, an acoustic assessment of these spaces is key to helping them thrive.
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Each fall, many students begin working on their personal essays for college and scholarship applications. While all personal essays should be unique—hence the term “personal” essay—there are some guidelines students should follow to produce the most effective and compelling submission.
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At Clarke, more and more families are benefiting from this customization. Since 2013, Clarke’s team of LSL experts has offered virtual coaching and support for families of infants and toddlers. Now, with the newly expanded tVisit® Teleservices Program, this essential service is available to families with children of all ages. And families are viewed as collaborators—at every stage along the way.
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