Q&A

Joanna Kosmalowa answers the questions of experts and parents in the webinar on Parent Counseling on 23.06.2013

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[Olga Peskova – Dallas] There are different views on what to advise parents outside the living room, that is, in everyday life. Many suggest taking more time to relax, and devoting time to oneself as well, in order to better cope with all the difficulties. What would you say? For sure. We discuss this not …

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Monika Lehnhardt answers the questions of experts and parents in the forum discussion on Remote Fitting and Rehabilitation on 09.06.2013

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[Olga Prokhorova-Moscow] How are less experienced specialists supported – what are the conditions, and how can this be implemented? As a junior specialist (SLP) I have an interest in this.

Which types of remote cooperation are you interested in? Various institutions operating under this method exist in different countries. We will try to find an expert who can cooperate on the topic which matters for you, basing specifically on remote communication.

[Jana Frey] From June 11th through June 14th, a rehabilitation workshop will be conducted in Lviv – this is for experts. For parents the date is June 15th. You can access it via the PORA weblog and take part:  https://earbook.online/pora-ru/category/planning-lviv/

Additionally, the software used for remote fitting helps the experienced expert adjust the processor settings on the PC of the less experienced one; the two experts can communicate with each other, and also with the parents.

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Doris Vercelli answers the questions of experts and parents in the seminar on Remote Fitting and Rehabilitation 26.05.2013

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«Remote fitting is a technology which forms a transition to home-made fitting, and self-fitting by the patient». Prof. A. Buechner (Director for Science, German Hearing Center, Hannover, ENT Clinic of the Hannover College of Medicine) [Evgeniya Grigorieva-Astrakhan] Is remote fitting likely to be worth performing [to a higher degree] on adult patients with late onset …

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Tatyana Markova answers the questions of experts and parents in the webinar on Genetics, 31.03.2013

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[Elena Zueva] If parents are carriers of mutations in different genes, will a child who has a genotype with two faulty genes (for example, connexin and another) be hearing-impaired? We must be aware that every gene has a duplicate – one variant from the mother, and one from the father. So if we talk about …

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Answers of Konstantin Nikiforov to questions asked by parents at the 17.06 webinar devoted to genetic aspects of deafness

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During the webinar on June 17th, many parents who already have children with CIs, were concerned about the following: is it possible to predict the likelihood of having a deaf child in the future? There were other questions as well! They have been answered by Konstantin Nikiforov himself, in the posting below.

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The answers of Dr. Barbara Streicher to the questions asked by parents in the webinar 13.06.2012 – second set

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[Artur SalmiyarovSurgut] I have a patient who has been deaf for 15 years. All this time, he has continued reading and writing. Amazingly, his speech did not fall apart although he did not use any aids. He has congenital problems with his spine, he cannot walk and so does not attend any lessons with SLPs. We are planning to give him a cochlear implant. Do you think he needs P300? Will this give us additional data about the functioning of his cerebral cortex?

This question should be answered by a clinical audiologist.

Normally, patients with post-lingual deafness have very good prospects if they have normal cognitive and neurological development.

[Irina-Tambov] Should tablets with letters or words be in continued long-term use with a CI-implanted child? What if this was a late implantation?

This depends on how well the child masters reading. As soon as the children have learnt the words, the cards are no longer necessary.

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The answers of Dr. Barbara Streicher to the questions asked by parents in the webinar 03.06.2012

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Sabine, mother of twins, Berlin – Our SLP estimates the vocabulary of my children as good. How can I provide an additional boost?

Firstly, I would like to ask a question back to you: on which basis would you qualify the vocabulary as good? Would it be good relative to the hearing age or the chronological age?

One thing is of principle: a child will be stimulated by surroundings filled with speech and language, through it the child will learn new words via “natural usage of language and speech”. As for hearing-impaired children, they should be hearing words, phrases and sentences in conjunction with an action, so that concepts represented by words stay in their long-term memory.

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