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StreetInsider.com - Advocates for Deaf & Hard of Hearing to Meet in Milwaukee
Experts Available to Discuss New Technologies, Newborn Screenings, Communication Options
WHO: The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) is the only national organization dedicated to supporting children and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing who use spoken language and hearing technology to communicate in mainstream society.
Karen Youdelman, Ed.D., President of AG Bell and oral deaf educator, can speak to identifying the signs of hearing loss in children, technological advances in auditory aid devices and communication options for deaf children. Adults and children who are deaf or hard of hearing who listen and talk also are available, as are parents who can speak to having children with hearing loss and the challenges and rewards of raising an oral deaf child.
WHAT: AG Bell's 48th Biennial Convention at Midwest Airlines Center. Several thousand attendees include children and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families as well as medical/educational professionals.
Hearing loss is the number one birth defect in the U.S. Each year, 12,000 children are identified with hearing loss at birth and nearly double that figure represents the number of children who acquire a hearing loss before school age. Due to early identification/intervention and hearing technologies such as the cochlear implant, these children can learn to listen, talk and thrive.
WHERE: Midwest Airlines Center, Milwaukee, Wis.
WHEN: June 25 through June 30,
Spokespeople available in-studio, on-site or via telephone
WHY: Federal Legislation - Reauthorization of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act is under consideration by the U.S. Senate. In 2000, only 45 percent of newborns were screened for hearing; today, 95 percent are screened.
Spoken Language Option is an Increasing Choice for Parents - The number of parents choosing the spoken language option for children with hearing loss has more than doubled in the last 10 years.
Hearing Assistive Technologies - Cochlear implants, digital hearing aids, and other technologies allow children with hearing loss to hear and talk.
Educational Options - More and more school age children with hearing loss are able to speak on par with their hearing peers and enter mainstream schools, saving both their families and the school system money.
CONTACT: Lauren Wilson, +1-202-289-2001, ext. 259, lauren.wilson@stratacomm.net, for The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
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DBC Education Conference and ASL Rallies
Deaf Bilingual Coalition to meet in Milwaukee--Genuine Advocates for Deaf Children “ Rallying for Deaf Children’s Rights to Acquire Language through American Sign Language” DBC Education Conference and ASL Rallies June 27 – 30, 2008 Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, Wisconsin Deaf advocates from all over the U.S. and Canada will be attending the first annual Deaf Bilingual Coalition Education Conference. Genuine experts in the field of linguistics and Deaf education, themselves Deaf, will present on the topic of why natural sign language has always been 100 percent accessible and provides for natural first language acquisition in a barrier-free way. The experts will also explain why morality demands that Deaf babies should not be denied ASL--regardless of whether or not amplification devices are used with the child, and regardless of whether or not speech and listening training is provided. They will also explain why the bilingual approach is the most practical, effective and humane way to raise a Deaf child. "Over the past 118 years, the Alexander Graham Bell Association has succeeded in building a wall of ignorance which prevents parents of Deaf children from learning the truth about the effectiveness and naturalness of American Sign Language and why bilingualism is the way to go with Deaf children," says Deaf Bilingual Coalition founder John Egbert. Egbert continues: We now say to them: “AG BELL, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!" Egbert also explains, "The Deaf Bilingual Coalition is not a front organization serving vested interests, but is a grassroots movement composed of advocates who are genuinely concerned about the well-being of Deaf children as whole human beings. Deaf children shouldn't be treated as if they are merely bodies attached to ears. Any educator who is a real educator must recognize that children's minds come first. Communication is nothing without content." Egbert continues: "We look forward to the day when all Deaf children will be taught not by way of an improper focus on listening and speaking skills, but according to the CONTENT of their thinking skills. For Deaf children, that means by way of bilingualism and sign language as a natural first language." Written by John Egbert
*dry tone* What communication options are AGBAD talking about?
Experts Available to Discuss New Technologies, Newborn Screenings, Communication Options
WHO: The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) is the only national organization dedicated to supporting children and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing who use spoken language and hearing technology to communicate in mainstream society.
Karen Youdelman, Ed.D., President of AG Bell and oral deaf educator, can speak to identifying the signs of hearing loss in children, technological advances in auditory aid devices and communication options for deaf children. Adults and children who are deaf or hard of hearing who listen and talk also are available, as are parents who can speak to having children with hearing loss and the challenges and rewards of raising an oral deaf child.
WHAT: AG Bell's 48th Biennial Convention at Midwest Airlines Center. Several thousand attendees include children and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families as well as medical/educational professionals.
Hearing loss is the number one birth defect in the U.S. Each year, 12,000 children are identified with hearing loss at birth and nearly double that figure represents the number of children who acquire a hearing loss before school age. Due to early identification/intervention and hearing technologies such as the cochlear implant, these children can learn to listen, talk and thrive.
WHERE: Midwest Airlines Center, Milwaukee, Wis.
WHEN: June 25 through June 30,
Spokespeople available in-studio, on-site or via telephone
WHY: Federal Legislation - Reauthorization of the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act is under consideration by the U.S. Senate. In 2000, only 45 percent of newborns were screened for hearing; today, 95 percent are screened.
Spoken Language Option is an Increasing Choice for Parents - The number of parents choosing the spoken language option for children with hearing loss has more than doubled in the last 10 years.
Hearing Assistive Technologies - Cochlear implants, digital hearing aids, and other technologies allow children with hearing loss to hear and talk.
Educational Options - More and more school age children with hearing loss are able to speak on par with their hearing peers and enter mainstream schools, saving both their families and the school system money.
CONTACT: Lauren Wilson, +1-202-289-2001, ext. 259, lauren.wilson@stratacomm.net, for The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Comments:
DBC Education Conference and ASL Rallies
Deaf Bilingual Coalition to meet in Milwaukee--Genuine Advocates for Deaf Children “ Rallying for Deaf Children’s Rights to Acquire Language through American Sign Language” DBC Education Conference and ASL Rallies June 27 – 30, 2008 Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, Wisconsin Deaf advocates from all over the U.S. and Canada will be attending the first annual Deaf Bilingual Coalition Education Conference. Genuine experts in the field of linguistics and Deaf education, themselves Deaf, will present on the topic of why natural sign language has always been 100 percent accessible and provides for natural first language acquisition in a barrier-free way. The experts will also explain why morality demands that Deaf babies should not be denied ASL--regardless of whether or not amplification devices are used with the child, and regardless of whether or not speech and listening training is provided. They will also explain why the bilingual approach is the most practical, effective and humane way to raise a Deaf child. "Over the past 118 years, the Alexander Graham Bell Association has succeeded in building a wall of ignorance which prevents parents of Deaf children from learning the truth about the effectiveness and naturalness of American Sign Language and why bilingualism is the way to go with Deaf children," says Deaf Bilingual Coalition founder John Egbert. Egbert continues: We now say to them: “AG BELL, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!" Egbert also explains, "The Deaf Bilingual Coalition is not a front organization serving vested interests, but is a grassroots movement composed of advocates who are genuinely concerned about the well-being of Deaf children as whole human beings. Deaf children shouldn't be treated as if they are merely bodies attached to ears. Any educator who is a real educator must recognize that children's minds come first. Communication is nothing without content." Egbert continues: "We look forward to the day when all Deaf children will be taught not by way of an improper focus on listening and speaking skills, but according to the CONTENT of their thinking skills. For Deaf children, that means by way of bilingualism and sign language as a natural first language." Written by John Egbert
*dry tone* What communication options are AGBAD talking about?