A friend called me from the middle of an appointment with his preschool-aged child to find out what type of hearing aid he should get for his newly-diagnosed child. I told him a behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid. He asked “But the little ones they have here are so small, you can barely see them?” I [...]
During the years that it took me to conduct my dissertation research, I had to ask, convince, or beg a lot of parents to take a whole day and participate in my study at the Child Development Lab at the University of Maryland. I traveled with my research assistants and a car full of equipment [...]
Half of the children in special education preschools in Israel failed the hearing screening! The audience was shocked and more than a little confused. The study was conducted by the Audiology Department of the Ministry of Education and it sounded like it was done properly. Experienced professionals went into dozens of special education preschool classrooms [...]
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