Presentation

We would like to invite you to the PORA! Forum-Discussion on March 3rd with Nicole da Rocha. We will discuss various aspects of using the website, particularly the application of rehabilitation materials for children and adults with hearing impairments.

Presentation as PDF download

OVERVIEW OF LISTENING PRACTICE AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS: No matter the brand/hearing solution.
Free to access! For professionals, families & individuals who are supporting, or are themselves, Deaf / Hard of Hearing

WWW.HEARINGSUCCESS.COM

• myHearingGuide
• The Listening Room
• Musical Atmospheres
• SoundSuccess
• BabyBeats

Nicole da Rocha, speech therapist, AVT, clinical audiology from the UK, will be conducting a webinar on February 4. She will enlighten us about the array of online materials available for rehabilitation and the various ways to incorporate them effectively. Additionally, we have scheduled a forum discussion for March 3rd.

Nicole ‘s training and experience has been focused in early intervention and her therapeutic approach is transdisciplinary, child lead with family centred care. She has over 15 years of clinical experience with further qualifications in multilingual speech acquisition, AAC (augmentative alternative communication), AVT (auditory verbal therapy) and am also Hanen certified.

She currently works for Advanced Bionics, a cochlear implant manufacturer as international consumer excellence manager. She supports families and professionals with the process of receiving cochlear implants and getting the brain acclimatised to sound.

«My heart passion is for communication, I hold the belief that communication is what makes us human. It is a privilege to work with the Deaf and hard of hearing community, and to work in this field to provide solutions for communication.»

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We would like to invite you to the  PORA! Forum-Discussion on November 26 with specialists from Spain and Portugal.
Main reason parents decide to go with implants for their child is a development & use of child’s speech & hearing. At the last meeting, we discussed the role and models of parents-child interaction, five simple but important steps — Brain-Building SERVE & RETURN and how to improve the quality of communication, as well as to increase the child’s active vocabulary.

When parents learn to talk more they will tend to talk in different ways…
…and say more positive things.

75% of the Time We Spend With Our Kids in Our Lifetime Will Be Spent​ By Age 12

What do Children Learn in Routines? Share your experience!
Your questions will be answered by: Eulalia Juan, Isabel Monteiro, Pedro Bras da Silva

Eulalia Juan: Speech and language patologist SLP-CCC, audiologist, AVT
—> Profil Eulalia Juan —<
Isabel Monteiro  Psychology and SLP Specialist, AVT
—> Profile: Isabel Monteiro —<
Pedro Bras da Silva Specialist in Listening and Spoken Language Specialist (LSLS), AVT
—> Profile Pedro Brás da Silva —<

You can watch the presentation  and recording of the last meeting.

Please share this post with your colleagues and anyone else who might be interested in this topic.
PORA! 26.11 Parent-child interaction

We would like to invite you to the  PORA! Forum-Discussion on October 8th with Robert Mandara (Vice-President of EURO-CIU, member of CIICA) from Finland.

You could read his story and ask any questions before the session, so Robert can be prepared with answers. Robert Mandara PORA!(RU EN)

Robert Mandara, 54
British but living in Finland since 1996. Born with congenital sensorineural deafness.
First hearing aid at age 4, with tinnitus starting at around the same time.
Attended mainstream school and university – Electronic and Electrical Engineering. Employed as a Senior Technical Writer.
Right ear was implanted in 2014 and the left ear in 2016, with Cochlear brand implant and N6 processors.
Active CI advocate: Vice-President of EURO-CIU since 2019, a full member of CIICA, peer support person in Finland, volunteer at European Friendship Week for young CI users.

The story of the journey of CI was shared by Robert on May 21st.

Topic “How to minimize lesson preparation ” is presented by Rebecca Claridge from Australia . 

We discussed contents of the MED-EL lesson kits, how to use the resources for offline and remote sessions (Telepractice), a multi-level lesson plan, key teaching strategies, activities with instructions,printable resources.

We look forward to your comments and feedback on the use of the materials provided. Please share your opinions and ask questions by e-mail: liubov.wolowik@lehnhardt-academy.net

We would like to invite you to the  PORA! “ Choice of CI as an adult — doubts and decisions”.
The story of the journey of CI will be shared by:

• • Robert Mandara (Vice-President of EURO-CIU, member of CIICA), Finland and
    members of the KI;SA team, Russia:
  • Alexandra Kharina
  • Ksenia Vorotnikova

Robert Mandara, 54
British but living in Finland since 1996
Born with congenital sensorineural deafness.
First hearing aid at age 4, with tinnitus starting at around the same time.
Attended mainstream school and university – Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
Employed as a Senior Technical Writer.
Right ear was implanted in 2014 and the left ear in 2016, with Cochlear brand implant and N6 processors.
Active CI advocate: Vice-President of EURO-CIU since 2019, a full member of CIICA, peer support person in Finland, volunteer at European Friendship Week for young CI users

Ksenia Vorotnikova
Sensorineural hearing loss, has worn HA all her life, in 2018 — CI surgery on the left ear. CI and HA user.
She finished high school in Astrakhan and graduated from the State University of Geodesy and Cartography, Faculty of Architecture. Employed in a large design office as an architect. Member of the KI;SA team.

Alexandra Kharina
hearing loss since childhood, she used HA as a child, one CI at the age of 29, knows sign language. Education and work: training in a special kindergarten, Leongard method, school for children with  hearing impairments, attended a regular school in the USA by grant, National Research University of Higher School of Economics. Employed in a large manufacturing company.
Experience in dealing with the hard of hearing and deaf: the ROOI “Perspektiva”, Business Council on Disability Issues,  on the rights of the hearing impaired in Strasbourg, volunteer work in the youth movement “Team KI;SA”