subject: Is Deafness A Disability Or A Strength [print this page] Around 14 million Americans today suffer from hearing loss to a certain degree, and this interferes whenever they communicate with other people.
The 21st up to the 28th of September shall be known as the Deaf Awareness Week and with this, a counselor from the East Harris County coop for the deaf will create successful turns that many will benefit from.
Children that are hearing impaired in that area get to spend time with this kind counselor. She was able to gain a bachelor of science degree in teaching hearing impaired and hearing children as well as special education certified master's degree in counseling.
She notes that the coop was designed to enable children born with auditory difficulties aged 0 to 21 achieve the good education they deserve.
Supervising the coop team is another lady, who dutifully looks after the roster of interpreters, counselors, speech pathologists, advisors, reading specialists and diagnosticians. As one team, we achieve things, she shares.
She declares that other school teachers are also very crucial in this. These experts in teaching the deaf students are There is a need for most students to know the value of this program and be referred to it for it can solve their hearing problems, whatever degree they may be suffering from.
As soon as she diagnoses the personal needs of her students, she then utilizes everything under the philosophy of total communication, and this includes the basic things like reading activities, speech, speech reading, writing and composition, finger spelling, auditory training as well as more complex and enjoyable ones like sign language, gestures, pantomimes, and even body language exercises.
Another important aspect of the program is working with the families of hearing impaired children. It is very important for the parents to be able to understand deafness and to be able to communicate with their kids.
The program crafted a special home use speech and language lesson and also sign language classes for the parents of the hearing impaired. During Deaf Awareness Week the center hopes to help hearing impaired children have pride in who they are.
It they do not perceive it as a handicap, then it is not so. While they are deaf, they must be perceived as children first and set that disability aside. I aim to change things especially since they can be a huge challenge, she shares.
Things that will help the deaf will also be discussed by her. They shall discuss matters like hearing aid materials, tending these and also other forms of hearing measures. With sign language, the deaf can be able to communicate.
Needless to say, there is wonder in sign language. The children are always told that even while they're eating and their teeth are busy chewing away, if they can communicate still, then they have an advantage, she avers.
To help the hearing impaired in communication, stuff like flashing lights for telephones and fire alarms or TV sets with closed captions are created.
Special books and bulletin boards are available in the local municipal library throughout the Deaf Awareness Week to show their support for its cause.
Deaf Awareness Week is also important at the library because a municipal library employee is hearing impaired. Right after she got diagnosed to have a disease called spinal meningitis, she lost her hearing completely.
She recalls how she lost her hearing back when she was living in Washington and got spinal meningitis. I suddenly lost my sense of hearing after thirty years of being able to hear effectively. She said, I did not know how I would manage without my sense of hearing and this made me so afraid.
