Tell Me You're An Audiologist Without Telling Me You're An Audiologist! Ear Protection Guards Against Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

 
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I stopped by my daughter and son-in-law’s home unannounced and my grandsons were helping their Daddy mow the grass. My audiologist’s heart was full as all three were wearing ear protection and guarding against hearing loss. They listened to my years of talking about hearing, hearing loss, auditory verbal therapy, hearing devices, and more!

Everyone knows that wearing sunblock protects against sun damage but we need to share with family, friends, and strangers that ear protection can protect against hearing loss caused by loud noises. Noise-induced hearing loss can build over time, is permanent, and is preventable!

Teach kids about noise and hearing loss, by being a good role model..
1. Wear hearing protectors, such as earplugs or earmuffs.
2. Move away from the noise.
3. Lower the volume.
4. Learn more at https://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/

Do you work with families and children that are deaf and hard of hearing? Check out my Listen with Lynn resources, games, and activities!

Multiple Meaning Words And Children With Hearing Loss

 
 

🐸 Toad or Towed?

Homophones are words that sound the same as a toad 🐸 and towed 🛻-🚗 but are spelled differently and have different meanings. There are over 7700 homophones in the English language and many puns, jokes, and cartoons are based on homophones.

🐸 Children with limited vocabularies often struggle to understand and use multiple-meaning words. This negatively impacts their listening and reading comprehension.

🐸 Do you talk about contextually-based vocabulary and metacognitive skills with kids with hearing loss?

In LSL auditory verbal therapy, I offer tips and strategies for parents to help their children understand jokes and why they are funny. This expands the children’s vocabulary and grows flexible language skills like multiple-meaning words, idioms, puns. Memorizing jokes grow auditory memory skills, encourages clear speech when retelling, and builds perspective-taking and social skills.

 
 

Relax Enjoy Summer - Listening And Spoken Language Activities For Kids With Hearing Loss

 
 

Listen, Riddle & Rhyme is a mini-lesson and a competitive game that uses the excitement of summer while players build auditory skills, solve riddles with rhyming clues and learn summertime vocabulary. 

The object of the game is for kids to:
- Listen to a category clue. (e.g., a biting insect)
- Listen to a rhyming word clue. (e.g., burrito)
- Auditorily recall both clues, process, think and then name a related summer word.
(A biting insect that rhymes with burrito is a mosquito.) 🦟

Summer fun that targets
☀️ word knowledge
☀️ categories
☀️ rhyming
☀️ listening for details
☀️ inferences
☀️ critical thinking
☀️ auditory processing
☀️ auditory closure
☀️ auditory memory
☀️ auditory comprehension

Try this riddle!
Listen and think of a summer drink that rhymes with 🍋 lemonade? 
You got it! 🦻🏽 A hearing aid!

🌴 Relax. 🍹 Enjoy Summer. ⛱️ LSL Resources Ready To Go!
Listen and Draw At The Pool
Summer Idioms Listen and Learn
Summer Vocabulary Flexible Language Game
Summer Auditory Comprehension Listen, Search & Find Games
Buzz Off! Listening, Language and Vocabulary Builder 5 Games In One
Self-Advocacy Scenarios - Turning Lemons Into Lemonade
Summer Auditory Skills Summer - No Prep Found Sounds - Outdoor Listening
Four Auditory Comprehension Listen, Search & Find Games For Summer

At The Pool - Listening and Language Tips For Kids With Hearing Loss

 
 

Summer and swimming go hand in hand for many families with young children. The opportunity for maximizing listening and spoken language LSL learning is immense for water-loving families. Early each summer, I guide parents as we brainstorm LSL goals to target with their child while enjoying the pool and related activities. The children’s ages and goals dictate the activities and strategies. I also help families understand and take advantage of water-resistant hearing technology and related gear/equipment.

For home-based LSL intervention, the backyard plastic pool is equally as effective as play-based clinic therapy with a container of water and pool-themed manipulatives. I am fortunate to have a Fisher-Price Little People pool. Countless children have loved listening, learning, and playing with this set over the years. I recently saw that this pool is available on ETSY for only $129.93 😳 . My husband says, SELL IT! but that’s not going to happen!

TALK-ABOUTS for listening, vocabulary and language expansion

  • Packing a bag to go to the pool or grabbing a suit, towel, and toys for the backyard

  • What’s goes in the pool bag? (Towels, sunscreen, hats, shovels… )

  • Putting on a swimsuit or dressing a doll (The straps go over your shoulders.)

  • Swimsuit, bathing suit, bikini, trunks…Cover-up

  • Rubbing sunscreen on your toes vs. nose

  • Pool-related words/phrases that sound similar to little listeners such as ➼ sun, sunny, sunscreen, sunburn, suntan, sunglasses…

  • Body parts vocabulary expansion - forehead, cheeks, chin, shin…

  • The weather ➼ sunny, too hot, cloudy, bright, humid, breezy

  • The water ➼ warm/cool; deep/shallow; sink/float; above, below, or under

  • Pool/ sand toys ➼ and related activities (splashing, digging, castles…)

  • Pool snacks or a picnic lunch ➼ popsicles, ice cream sandwiches...

  • Barefoot ➼ shoes, sandals, flip flops, water shoes

  • Sing, Old MacDonald had a pool E I E I O. And in that pool her had a toy boat.. with a ppppp… Or a beach ball…with a splash, splash…

  • Sing, Motor Boat, Motor Boat Song ( goes so fast, slow, goes around and around…)

Read-aloud stories, iPad apps, and printables for little listeners:

Maisy’s Pool and Maisy Goes Swimming by Lucy Cousins

Dave Sindrey’s pool/beach themed murals, games, and materials in The Listening Room

 
 

Summer-themed Listen With Lynn resources you may like: