The Ups and Downs of Tara’s Communication Journey

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All About Audiology - Hearing Resources to Empower YOU

Lilach Saperstein

95 episodes

9 months ago

AllAboutAudiology is a podcast hosted by Dr. Lilach Saperstein, an audiologist helping parents and teachers of children with hearing loss, or anyone interested in hearing health, to understand audiology topics. On the podcast, we explore how hearing works and discuss tools for becoming empowered advocates. Every other week, in the All About YOU segment, Dr. Saperstein answers your questions about anything from ear infections and tubes to deciding on cochlear implant surgery, deaf education, and sign language. In addition to: "My baby didn't pass the hearing screening!" "My child can hear but doesn't understand!" "Is my child deaf?" "Should I use sign language?" "Do I need a hearing aid?" "Should I get my hearing tested?" "Pros and cons of cochlear implants" "What are ear tubes" and much more.

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The Ups and Downs of Tara’s Communication Journey – Episode 85

All About Audiology - Hearing Resources to Empower YOU

39 minutes 35 seconds

3 years ago

The Ups and Downs of Tara’s Communication Journey – Episode 85

Read the full transcript hereToday on the All About Audiology Podcast, Dr. Saperstein speaks with Tara Marie from We Can Sign. Tara shares her story with different educational settings. When she attended a Deaf School, she felt she was able to finally flourish in an environment that felt right for her. In this academic setting, Tara was able to access sports, participate in tournaments, travel, and even become the student body president during her senior year. She has been teaching sign language for roughly 20 years, and holds online educational sessions. Tune into the powerful story and inspiring perspective that Tara brings to the table all from her own life story. This week on the All About Audiology podcast: 2:30 – Individuals with hearing loss can be successful; specialists should not undermine the potential of their patients 7:30 – To disclose or not to disclose one’s hearing loss is up to each individual. It is important to balance the pros and cons depending on the situation one finds themself in12:30 – Children who are hard of hearing are diminished when the adults in their life try to make them function, look, and act as normal as possible15:00 – If that child feels positive about their future, if they feel good about themselves, if they have support from their peers and adults, they will be much better off.16:00 – Tara finds that spending time with her friends who also have hearing loss, fuels her.19:00 – Tara says that since children with hearing loss do not have 100% access to hearing, relaying on both a CI and ASL gives a child holistic access to communication.26:00 – Going from knowing what hearing should sound like and then transferring to hearing sound through a cochlear implant, may not initially be a positive experience32:00- If the batteries of a CI die, Tara finds that it has always been helpful to have sign language in her back pocket in order to shift as per needed.For more resources and research visit:All About Audiology Website All About Audiology Facebook group All About Audiology InstagramAnd the Prodana pay-it-forward platform here: https://prodana.org/practioner/lilach-saperstein/audiology-counseling–dr–lilach-saperstein(Guest Links)https://www.wecansign.com/with-tara.html https://www.facebook.com/signingforeveryone/https://www.instagram.com/wecansign/https://www.wecansign.com/contact.htmlMentioned in this episode:-Brene Brown-Idaho Educational Services for the Dead and the BlindListen Next/Related Episodes–All About Believing in Your Child- Episode 51 with Chaya Klughaupt Transcript:[DR. LILACH SAPERSTEIN]Welcome back to the All About Audiology Podcast. I’m your host, Dr. Lilach Saperstein. I’m an audiologist and a parenting coach focusing on the relationship and the connections that we have with those amazing and important children in our lives that happen to also be hard of hearing or deaf, and so, we are really excited to welcome you to this episode today.And we’re going to be speaking with Tara Marie ...