Congratulations to Pat Delacastro, a teacher of Grant Wood AEA Teacher of the Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing (TDHHs). Pat won a gift certificate for Listen With Lynn resources during the annual IOWA Symposium for DHH Educators and Audiologists earlier this month.
I am proud to support professionals who are difference-makers for children and teens who are deaf and hard of hearing. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” - Helen Kelle
Gift Certification Winner Of Listen With Lynn Resources
Congratulations to Karla Saver, a teacher at the Kent ISD Oral Deaf Program in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Karla won a raffle with a gift certificate for my Listen With Lynn resources at the recent Professional Day event.
I am proud to support professionals who are difference-makers for children and teens who are deaf and hard of hearing. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” - Helen Keller
RAFFLE WINNER of Listen With Lynn Resources
Congratulations to Katelyn Wilk, a Speech Language Pathologist who won a gift certificate for my Listen With Lynn resources at the recent Carter Hears! - DHH Educators Series conference.
I am proud to be a sponsor of Carter Hears! Their team is a group of innovative, connected, compassionate, genuine, and dedicated people who are #changingthefaceofdeafed. Carter Hears! is regionally and globally recognized for its excellence in Deaf Education!
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ALDA Chicago Workshop Auditory Rehabilitation Post CI (Association for Late Deafened Adults)
On the 26th of June, I presented at the 2022 ALDA Chicago Chapter Workshop. (Association of Late-Deafened Adults). It was an outstanding event. I enjoyed sharing, answering questions, and chatting with members and other professional colleagues.
The organization has been meeting in greater Chicagoland since 1987, with a motto to provide support, education, and camaraderie for adults with hearing loss.
Learn more at about the National ALDA Organization and the Chicago Chapter. Click Here to view or download the ALDA brochure.
Andy and Carol Ban are dear friends of mine. We first met in the early 1990s soon after I relocated to Chicagoland. We served together on the Illinois Chapter of A.G. Bell. What rich memories!
Auditory Comprehension Spring Matrix Games
Spring MATRIX GAMES are grab-and-go resources for building listening and language. They are auditory comprehension tools for children with hearing loss or auditory processing difficulties.
SIX THEMED MATRIX GAMES:
1. Where am I? (Outdoor locations)
2. Spring animal babies
3. On the farm
4. Outdoor play
5. Insects
6. Colored egg hunt
YOU CAN TARGET:
Auditory attention
Auditory memory
Vocabulary
Critical elements
Descriptive language
Multi-step directions
Length of utterances (MLU)
A variety of grammatical structures
Concepts of color, size, quantity, location, time/sequence
Matrices are flexible games that can be leveled up or down to meet a child’s auditory memory, comprehension, and language goals. As a child’s skill level develops add more elaborate syntactic structures, use the keywords in sentences or within simple stories.
Here is an example how Matrix One can be played.
You’ll ❤ the matrices and all the other Spring Listening and Language games and activities!