Several years ago, while working as an educational audiologist in southwest Michigan, I received a list of students from our very own Pat Rivard requesting audiology testing.  My position was new and we had just obtained a soundbooth.  Pat came to us as a school psychologist, previously employed in Oakland County where he worked closely […]

Thank you for tuning in to learn more about the LISTENING-LANGUAGE-LITERACY CONNECTION!  This will be the last post in this series.  Below I talk about actions that you, as a parent can take now to provide additional listening opportunities for your loved one.  It has been so much fun sharing this information with you!  Hope to see […]

Language development is based, in large part, on well-developed listening.  Children learn language by imitating the people who are talking to them.  It’s listening to language throughout a child’s day that allows children to develop the sounds, vocabulary, and sentence structure that is so important in communicating their needs and in understanding the world around […]

Do you love a child who is a struggling reader?   Many children with a history of recurrent middle ear infections are at a disadvantage when encountering letter sounds and words in print. This is why… Almost all children will experience an ear infection at some point in their early development.  The incidence of acute […]