tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:50:37 +0000special momsmouldlanguge developmentDetectionintegrateinfectionconditioningmind mapear infectionauditory trainingaudiologistintegratinghearing impairmenthard of hearingimpairmentartdispersionspeech developmentlistening skillspure toneENTworking with deafBilingualteacherdelayed speechspeech therapisthearing impairedauditory verbal memoryrouchi6specialimportance of speech therapydeformityNaida IXspeech delayoral deafMrs. Alaka Hudlikarinspirational storiesseminarMrs.Alaka Hudlikarlearning dance by the deafholidayintonationlanguageswimmer's earexternal otitisschooldeafnesslip readingaudiogramcochlear implantspeech therapy on you tubepuretone audiometryintegrationspeech correctionconversationear mouldsspeech in deafselectionspeecheffective speech therapyfree field audiometrywhyteacher of the deafnasal resonancegayatri mantraearly detectionauditory verbal trainingsupportNaida IIInarrationvisit to deaf schoolsoundslanguage for livingFM systemdeaf children singingCI verses HAAuditory verbal therapyspeech bananadeaf educationyoutubetu hi meri starHelen Kellerspeech therapist in Indiasound recoveryear moldsJohn Tracey clinicaided audiogramspecial needshearing lossworld deaf daysign languagereading to deafdisabilityhearing aidsrhythmBTENaida Ssoundbera testintegration of deafdeafear itchingsettingspeech impedimentdence testlessonlearningnaidaIIIspeech impairedteaching the deafspeech practicegland behind the earcounselingdecibel levelAlaka Hudlikarhandicapmusic for the deafcommunicationhomeopathy for ear infectionIEPAVTspeech audiometryPhonak hearing aidspicture descriptionspeech therapyimpedence testlip movementspecial educationhearing impairmentspeech therapydeaf can talkstrictTantrumStar TVspeech therapy sessionshomeopathy for ear boilslistenNaida hearing aidsauditory memory developmentESL printablesearly interventiondramatizequestionsotitus medialanguage developmentMy journey as a mother of hearing impaired child - our trials,triumphs and milestones. Sharing all aspects of how deaf can talk too!http://impemp.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (rouchi)Blogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-1104549874710002311Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:31:00 +00002012-01-19T22:01:46.722+05:30hearing impaireddeafness    This morning was pretty eventful as I had to meet Prisha's teacher to talk about her fall y'day in PE. While jumping over a rope, she feel backwards and landed on her back and wrist. She came home sore and complained about her pain in her head. We thought she was just tired after a long day and also a little sore from her fall. She slept through most evening and complained about her head http://impemp.blogspot.com/2012/01/bumpy-head.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-5565921631269490849Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:19:00 +00002012-01-14T00:04:37.042+05:30hearing impairedvisit to deaf schooldeafnesseffective speech therapy Teachers who got motivated Interaction of the kids The deaf kids who touched me My lecture which earned me some great audiences Motivated youngsters who promise to make a difference.      My mother is a volunteer to a few agencies which work for social causes. One that came her way was a deaf school. After Prisha's birth there were days she cried for hours and refused to go again http://impemp.blogspot.com/2012/01/another-visit-to-deaf-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-3485966806416957772Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:17:00 +00002011-12-15T00:47:29.586+05:30hearing impairedAVTdeafnesseffective speech therapy     Prisha's reading has improved drastically thanks to the reading that she does and we are with her constantly. Yesterday at her after school activity reading , she read very well and her teacher told us that he was happy with her reading, spellings and her ability to fill in letters in the guessing the word game. But yes , her speech does lack usage of any new word till we force it down her http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/12/improving-vocabulary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-4267545380603215674Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:32:00 +00002011-12-06T23:02:46.952+05:30hearing impairedAVTdeafnesseffective speech therapy Talking about India Some fried snacks to share Henna for all They loved the tattoos  Class picture       I have been with Mrs. Hudlikar for speech therapy since Prisha was a year old. She is strong, pushy and very focused and has a very all rounded approach towards learning language for normal living. Most speech therapist practice with just the child inside the room and mothers arehttp://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/12/speech-therapy-made-me-strong.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-5825099584857305370Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:50:00 +00002011-11-22T01:20:44.348+05:30hearing impairmentdeafnessdelayed speecheffective speech therapy       Prisha had her student led conference at school last week. This means that whatever work she has done at school, she would show it to her parents by herself. She leads them through the entire work done at school in books and computers and explains her journey. We as parents ask her to reflect on her work and ask where she excelled,  what she learnt and where she needs to work on and how http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/11/update-of-student-led-conference.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-1537356847994948112Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:50:00 +00002011-10-22T00:20:48.144+05:30AVTimportance of speech therapy Little mind at work project that she let go, a bridge !! Thinking and working.     This week has been pretty rewarding as far as school goes. I have been just been watchful and waited to see how Prisha gets used to the new teacher and understands her ways. This teacher is very experienced and very systematic. She even watches and knows each child well. So when I went to ask her she had http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/10/good-job-prisha.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-4638414579457079063Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:49:00 +00002011-10-18T20:19:49.547+05:30effective speech therapyimportance of speech therapy       Last week Mrs. Hudlikar got a case which actually made me so miserable that I literally wanted to fly down to India and question the lady audiologist. It is a simple case where she wanted to just make money out her profession without really bothering about the child and the family who have got so severely affected by this.        Without naming , I want to share this experience and hope http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/10/callous-audiologist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-698210785454582118Sat, 08 Oct 2011 07:13:00 +00002011-10-08T12:43:14.797+05:30inspirational storiesdeaf can talk     I feel so privileged to be guided by such a wonderful teacher who has many such success stories to her credit. The hard work of these parents, kids and the force behind them-Mrs Hudlikar is commendable. She fills up each of the parents with her spirit of never say die and pushes them to achieve greater heights against all odds. In India life for the handicap is very tough but teachers like http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/10/another-success-story-in-deafness-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-1749553090751920592Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:48:00 +00002011-10-03T21:14:05.051+05:30world deaf dayMrs.Alaka Hudlikarimportance of speech therapyAlaka Hudlikar Lighting up many lives by giving speech to the deaf Article in the newspaper about how deaf kids can learn to speak and lead very normal lives. This little child is such an example.Kudos to her and her ways as she has brought sounds and happiness in many lives in the last 40 odd years.we love you ma'am, keep being our guardian angel. http://epaper.dnaindia.com/newsview.aspx?eddate=09/28/2011&http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/09/mrs-alaka-hudlikars-article-on-eve-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-7080781999978283111Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:26:00 +00002011-09-15T01:56:34.225+05:30AVT       This morning on our way to the school, Prisha stumped us with her use of language and we had a great laughter which made our day.She saw her dad going to school after 2 days of leave and asked if he went to office after he finished college. She then asked me.I told her I worked too after college and then I stopped. Then came the one liner which had us in splits. Prisha- "you stopped http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/09/funny-moment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-4541643021541047504Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:05:00 +00002011-09-13T22:35:43.088+05:30Naida hearing aidsaided audiogramNaida III      Yesterday we had the appointment with the audiologist to see if Naida S V could work with Prisha.As we had tried it on, Prisha was not happy with it an had taken it off the very same day.We thought we could see if there was any possibility of still making it still work.Prisha was under stress already and she told us to tell Ms.W that she did not want to change her Naida III and if she http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/09/naida-iii-eventually.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-6131070534355289812Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:11:00 +00002011-09-02T18:37:31.464+05:30AVTimportance of speech therapy Staff reads to the kids ! Book buddies !       Last evening was the "back to school night" for Prisha. We were invited to get a peek into the new school year.The evening was the speech by the school director, the new principal and then the Parent volunteer coordinator.We were asked to go around the school to check out the major changes ,new building and all the latest additions. It http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/09/back-to-school-night.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-4457102132558739705Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:56:00 +00002011-08-25T23:26:57.858+05:30special needsAVTspecial education          Prisha is already into 2 weeks of school,how time flies and the week is over so quickly. She has been giving me regular feedback like a parrot without missing any details from one period to the next. Gives a sense of happiness to see her start the year with happiness.This year,we have done a lot from home,school too is well prepared with all the plans lined up for her and we hope she http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/08/update-on-school-front.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-8221832325047293841Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:55:00 +00002011-08-17T23:25:04.646+05:30Naida hearing aidsNaida S Prisha's list of complaints for her new hearing aids !!        Since we were still hung on more clarity with Prisha's hearing aids, Geers called the Phonak people and they suggested we try the new range of the Naida S series.It is more advanced and so we decided to go ahead and try them.We put them on and Prisha was very happy as they were clearer and she tested for an audiogram and we http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/08/trial-of-niada-s-up-v.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-5035501445394067723Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:14:00 +00002011-08-17T00:44:13.268+05:30special needsspecial education Waiting for the kids to come in So.....here we go Love you school mascot !! Lining up!! Bye mommy!!        After 9 weeks of summer break which was full of activity at home....reading, writing, picture reading,blogging and math too, to keep in touch with the academics and avoid any regression like the last year ;schools re-opened today. We rushed up excited and a bit http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/08/first-day-of-new-academic-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-3588477691579815796Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:19:00 +00002011-08-13T23:49:21.488+05:30hearing impaireddeafMost touching advertisement. This is for all those kids who are ashamed of their deaf parents. Despite their disability, they want the best for their hearing kids. They work harder so that they can provide for them,they love them unconditionally ...so why are some kids ashamed to be born to them. I have known a few cases and so I thought it appropriate to share. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/08/touching-advertisement.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-9077221757980041441Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:22:00 +00002011-08-11T23:52:23.061+05:30sign languageAVTlip readingdeaf can talk    Yesterday on the way to the speech therapist, we came across a family with 2 little kids struggling to get into the tram while we sat on our seats. Mt attention was drawn towards the woman as she had exaggerated mouth movements with no sounds.I realized she was deaf and was struggling with the kid's buggy,a little baby on her hip and trying to communicate with her husband through lip http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/08/another-signing-family.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-6853448643484632937Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:37:00 +00002011-08-13T23:50:23.068+05:30special needsspecial educationWhat a beautiful write - up , a must share.Was moved immensely.Sharing it on my blog too. http://thelifeunexpected.com/archives/1705   http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/08/moving-write-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-3522951758423515004Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:44:00 +00002011-08-09T14:14:07.858+05:30AVTESL printables  Found another site for language learning and for printables.  Very elaborate and extensive. http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/ I enjoyed going through this.http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/08/esl-grammar-worksheets-site.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-9211802658191212938Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:34:00 +00002011-08-02T18:06:40.441+05:30AVThearing aids     About 2 years ago Prisha had suffered from UTI and kidney stones and since then we had been very careful about her drinking a lot of water.Thanks to her homeopathic medicines and our being careful, they got dissolved and she was stone free last year.This year she complained of pain on the left side of her abdomen and it stressed me out.Took the appointment and we were at the doctor this http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/08/no-stones.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-5774572696824966864Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:57:00 +00002011-07-31T23:29:21.481+05:30AVTreading to deafeffective speech therapy      Lovely article on why reading is so essential for the deaf.We have made reading a very essential part of our 7 year old too.Last 1 month,since our return from India,the entire vacation we have been concentrating on reading, grammar and books and games which help boost vocabulary. Must read and make it part of these kids. http://hearingsparks.blogspot.com/2011/07/http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/07/why-reading-is-so-essential.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-4055755784852806975Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:13:00 +00002011-07-24T18:43:18.946+05:30special needsAVTmind map    I am really fascinated with the way mind maps can be used for each one of us. I am trying them with Prisha and it seems so good to see her connecting her own thoughts into an interesting map. One should try them out and see how well it could work with our kids with special needs where they need to connect various things they come across.Sharing this link on my blog. http://www.mindmapart.comhttp://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/07/interesting-link-on-mindmap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-9100448529415246147Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:35:00 +00002011-08-09T14:14:32.506+05:30AVTlanguage developmentESL printables      I came across these ESL worksheets which you can take printouts of and give to the kids to work on their language.I found them very helpful. http://www.eslpdf.com/esl_verbtenses.htmlhttp://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/07/link-to-esl-worksheets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-7110740053982806780Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:29:00 +00002011-07-14T02:48:35.326+05:30AVTeffective speech therapyimportance of speech therapy      Prisha Has been working on her vocabulary and grammar last 3 weeks, since we are back.To recall her experiences of her recent trip to India, I decided to let her recall them by making a mind map.Normally we would try to sequence the events one by one and I needed to help . I felt somewhere  she was missing the spontaneity of it all ,and at times became a chore. Since she is now a little http://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/07/mind-map-and-blogging.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286910221418163244.post-9146528215440724707Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:09:00 +00002011-08-08T03:00:57.475+05:30sign languageAVTintegration of deafeffective speech therapy Together through thick and thin My princess, I love you !     I have been a bit more firm last week with Prisha trying to get a hold on myself and her too and get back into action of learning after the long holiday. And she does get a bit nervous about it but knows that she needs to perform for her own good. So this afternoon I watched a dance programme from India on the internet to ease herhttp://impemp.blogspot.com/2011/07/tug-at-my-heart-no-signs-for-meshe-says.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rouchi)12