Sound Speech

09/01/2021

Tinnitus has been bothering humanity since Ancient Babylon, plaguing everyone from Leonardo da Vinci to Charles Darwin. Today, roughly one in seven people worldwide experiences this auditory sensation. So what exactly is tinnitus, and where does this persistent sound come from? Marc Fagelson travels...

08/20/2021

Hearing technology has improved significantly since the advent of the Ling 6 Sound Test (2006). Joan Hewitt and Jane Madell recommend adding four consonant sounds to better cover the Low, Middle, and High frequencies.

Learn more about The LMH Test For Monitoring Listening
10 Sound Test and download the cards for FREE! Link in comments below!

04/30/2021

NJ parents - please take a moment to support your favorite pediatric healthcare providers using the link below!

Please give a shout out to the healthcare heroes in your life below:

04/19/2021

Does your little one have a ring stacker? Be sure to check out our latest blog post about fun ways to use this for building language: https://soundspeechnj.com/blog/playwithringstacker

03/20/2021

Deaf History Month kicked off on March 13th and I thought what better time than to get back to posting!? Did you know that on March 13th, 1988 Gallaudet University nominated its first deaf president, I. King Jordan, after a student protest known as Deaf President Now?

Click here to read more: https://www.gallaudet.edu/about/history-and-traditions/deaf-president-now/

02/04/2021

What is your favorite children's book? Here are some of mine!

Check out some of the best books to read with young children.

01/08/2021

Found these two building castles with cans while their older sisters were back at school. I love toys, but this is a perfect example of how kids don’t need anything fancy to have fun and learn!

Think of all the words you could work on here...up, down, tall, short, heavy, roll, round...the list is endless.

What household items do your kiddos enjoy playing with? Also, check out my girl’s mullet. 😜 💇‍♀️

01/08/2021

Latest blog post is up - ideas for building language (and having fun!) while playing with a cardboard box. Check it out below!

We’ve all been there…we spend time and money picking out a toy for our child, and after our little one opens it up, all he wants to do is play with the box it came in! Even though I am admittedly a total toy addict ( check out my blog post about some of my favorite toys for building language ), ...

11/25/2020

Toy suggestions for building listening and language skills...just in time for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday!

I am a total toy ju**ie. I admit it. When I see a toy, my mind immediately goes to all the ways you could use that toy to build all sorts of skills in the areas of listening, language, cognition, literacy…the list goes on. Because I love toys so much, I wanted to put together a brief list of some ...

10/28/2020

"Sound affects us physiologically, psychologically, cognitively, and behaviorally all the time...even though we're not conscious of it."

YES!

Because of poor acoustics, students in classrooms miss 50 percent of what their teachers say and patients in hospitals have trouble sleeping because they continually feel stressed. Julian Treasure sounds a call to action for designers to pay attention to the “invisible architecture” of sound.

10/15/2020

Free webinar about hearing loss and multilingualism. Thursday October 22nd 4:00-6:00 PM ET. CART and ASL interpreters provided. Check it out!

The Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Emerson College is pleased to announce the 2020 Speech and Hearing Foundation of MA lecture by Dr. Kathryn Crowe, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Iceland and member of the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Spee...