prelingually deaf and SLP services

[Guest guest]

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I know Deaf adults (they hear NOTHING at all) who had years of speech

therapy in schools for the Deaf to learn to speak. Those are generally the

children who receive SLP services, although now even children with

mild/moderate hearing loss are generally evaluated to determine if they will

benefit from SLP services. I was never evaulated for any services and

never recieved any, despite having a severe/profound sloping loss. My

brothers and I were in a sink or swim situation. I swam, my older brother

managed to get by, and my younger brother drowned and dropped out of school.

If he had received accommodations, he probably would have done just fine.

However, because " he had good speech " , the school administration insisted he

didn't need D/HH services. They tried to pull that same stunt with my

daughter and learned very quickly that I won't tolerate it. They're now

closely monitored by the state dept. of education to ensure they are

following EVERY IEP. Yes, I am a proud mom from Hell. They've gone from

one extreme to another and back again more times than I can count. One

teacher insisted Brittney couldn't be hard of hearing because she had

perfect speech (pre-school). Another insisted she has language gaps because

she didn't know what hump day was (4th grade, and just how many 4th graders

use that expression anyway?), and now we're back to the thought that because

she has excellent speech, she must hear just fine from half of her teachers

and a principal who insisted the IEP state she would " wear her hearing aids

at all times. " I swear there are so many idiots out there. Anyway, most

SLP services are provided for those deaf and Deaf students who do not

develop good speech naturally and need intervention, although SLP services

are also provided for those deaf and Deaf children who need language

development services, not speech. I'm always amazed when a child who has

never heard any sound learns to speak, though, that just blows my mind that

they're able to figure out how to produce intelligible speech by watching

the SLP and feeling the vibrations of the vocal chords.

Beth

The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the

effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.-- G.

Woodson

[Guest guest]

The Sidoma method (possible spelling error) is an experimental method in

which a person attempts to learn speech by feeling of the vibrations of a

person's lips and throat. It was used mostly in the 19th century. I tried

to look it up on google too without results. I might try lukol multi-search

engine. Larry

prelingually deaf and SLP services

> Larry,

> I'm a teacher, not an SLP. The sidoma method you mention is not familiar

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> me. I tried to find some information on it by searching google and didn't

> find anything. Can you give me more information on this method? I

> haven't

> had an SLP or AVT mention a specific method they are using other than

> auditory/verbal/kinesthetic.

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> Beth

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> The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the

> effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.-- G.

> Woodson

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