========================================================== [HearingExchange News] HearingExchange News - Meet Paula at Cochlear Implant Talk in New York, Moog Workshops, Mainstream News January 24, 2005 ========================================================== Dear HearingExchange Members, ---------------------------------------------------------- What was supposed to be a brief maternity leave turned out to be a one year sabbatical from my duties at HearingExchange. Parts of HearingExchange have been updated which I'll give you the links to below. I hope all of my HearingExchange members have been doing well and that you'll contact me via email (info@hearingexchange.com) if I can be of assistance to you. I still answer as many of the the hundreds of emails I receive as I can. If you're in the tri-state area and are interested in the subject of cochlear implants, I hope you'll join me next week on Long Island. I'll be speaking next week on Thursday about my experiences with my cochlear implant at a free meeting offered by Long Island Jewish Hospital's Cochlear Implant Support Group at 7pm. Free parking is available across from the Speech and Hearing Building. See below for further details. Keep reading for more great information and resources in this issue of HE News. Feel free to forward this email, print it, distribute it or post it to other individuals, professionals or groups who have an interest in hearing loss. Best wishes, Paula Rosenthal Read the Latest News on Hearing Loss in "Current News" ---------------------------------------------------------- We have several new news articles on hearing loss related issues online. Learn about deaf doctors, gene research, IDEA, testing deaf students and more. Get your Current News here...: http://www.hearingexchange.com/news/ Upcoming Moog Workshops for Parents and Professionals ---------------------------------------------------------- If you're a professional teaching young children with hearing loss how to talk, don't miss this upcoming workshop in St. Louis at the Moog Center for Deaf Education: February 24-26, 2005 Early Intervention: Teaching Deaf and Hard-Of- Hearing Toddlers to Talk If you're a parent, save the date for the widely acclaimed "Parent Workshop" offered by Betsy Moog Brooks, Director of Moog's Family School program. The workshop will be offered July 14- 17. Parents are encouraged to bring their children ages infant through 6. The workshop offers wonderful strategies and lessons on how to work with your child, teaching him or her how to talk. This program has limited openings and sells out quickly. If you're interested in more information or registering, contact Betsy Moog Brooks as soon as possible via email at bbrooks@moogcenter.org. You can also call the Moog Center at 314.692.7172. To learn more about the Moog Center in St. Louis and its many Moog Curriculum Schools around the country, click here...: http://www.oraldeafed.org/schools/moog/index.html Meet Paula in New York Next Week! ---------------------------------------------------------- Interested in cochlear implants? Looking for a cochlear implant support group? Join me next week on Thursday, February 3rd at Long Island Jewish Hospital's Hearing and Speech Center. I'll be talking about my cochlear implant experiences at 7pm. For those of you who may not know, I underwent cochlear implant surgery in Spring 2002, a few weeks after my then 6 year old daughter. We are both doing wonderfully well with them. Having a cochlear implant has greatly enhanced the quality of our lives. Learn more about Paula and her background here...: http://www.hearingexchange.com/paula_bio.htm Need Directions? ---------------------------------------------------------- Get directions to LIJ's Hearing and Speech Center, click here...: http://www.lij.edu/lij_homepage_directions.html Mainstream News Now Available in HE Shop! ---------------------------------------------------------- Are you a parent, teacher, therapist or other professional working with children with hearing loss in schools? Clarke School for the Deaf offers a terrific newsletter, "Mainstream News" 8 times a year. This newsletter presents a broad range of issues related to mainstreaming, including both practical information and support with social/emotional adjustment. Articles are pertinent to elementary and secondary levels. Past topics include Receiving a New Student: FM Considerations, Teaching Strategies: When Hearing Aids, Cochlear Implants, or FM Systems Are Not Working, Finding and Making Friends, Standardized Admissions Tests and more. For more information and to order, click here...: http://www.hearingexchange.com/store/20.html NEW! Univox Wireless Loop Kit for Home and Car ---------------------------------------------------------- Can’t hear the tv? Is it too loud for your spouse or family members? Do you have difficulty hearing the radio or on the phone? The wireless loop kit can help you hear clear, direct sound (without noise) from your TV, VCR, DVD, radio and telephone. The sound is transmitted directly to hearing aids and cochlear implants that are telecoil equipped. This device was featured in an article in "Hearing Loss" by SHHH member Denise Portis. Further information and how to order is online here...: http://www.hearingexchange.com/store/21.html Many Other Great Products Available in the HearingExchange Shop ---------------------------------------------------------- Are you using the Dry and Store Global for your hearing aids or cochlear implant processor? If you're not, learn more about this device that dries AND sanitizes your devices. If you're a teacher, therapist or audiologist, do you know about the TASL (Teacher Assessment of Spoken Language) forms and the Team Tracking Forms? You'll find them online only in the HE Shop. Trying to explain what it's like having a hearing loss? Let Gael Hannon do it for you in her eye- opening video, "Unheard Voices." The Moog Center has published several publications of great value. "My Baby and Me: A Book About Teaching Your Child to Talk," "Teaching Activities" and "Tips for Kids" and "Tips for Friends" are all must-haves for both parents and professionals. These items and more are all available in the HE Shop. Be sure to browse it today. There is no other place online quite like it! For your convenience, we have reorganized the products in the HearingExchange Shop. There are three separate areas for Parents and Family Members, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Consumers and Teachers, Therapists and Hearing Healthcare Professionals. Orders are processed and shipped promptly. We use a secure system handled by PayPal and we accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover or American Express. We also accept checks by mail. Please make sure they are made payable to Taylor Rose, Inc. All proceeds from the HearingExchange Shop are used to keep the HearingExchange web site and its resources free of charge to all members. Check out the HearingExchange Shop now, click here...: http://www.hearingexchange.com/store/ Need Content or Handouts for Your Web Site, Newsltter, Organization or Program? ---------------------------------------------------------- My syndicated column, "Paula's Pearls" offers articles on hearing loss for reproduction at no cost to you. Titles include: "5 Things to Teach Your Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child" "Online Resources for People with Cochlear Implants" "My Child Has a Hearing Loss...What Next?" "Access to Disney World: Tips for Hard of Hearing Adults and Children" ...and many more. Articles may be reproduced as long as they are unedited and include my author bio and copyright information. Contact me if you have any questions. 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