Archive for January, 2009

Deaf pianist’s show combines music and a talk on hearing loss (Wisconsin State Journal)

As with many things for Kathryn Bakke, winter is undaunting. In fact, the colder the weather, the better the reason to pile a suitcase and a stack of sheet music in the car and take her talent on the road, sharing it with people for whom getting out is a lot less easy. From last Thursday through Sunday, the Minneapolis pianist is making a dozen stops at Madison-area nursing homes and assisted ...

Music to his ears: Vietnamese boy finds world full of sound at school for deaf (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

Minh Le remembers his birthday call in 2004 as the "call of tears." He was working on a master's degree in computer science at the University of Memphis when his wife telephoned from Vietnam. "Instead I heard my wife crying. I asked her a dozen times what had happened, but she did not answer," he says. Their chubby-cheeked baby, Tigo, had been diagnosed as profoundly deaf.

Legislators receive awards (Columbia Star)

When the S.C. Legislature returned for the 2009 session members of the S.C. Speech Language Hearing Association (SCSHA) treated the them to a low- country shrimp and grits breakfast to thank them for their hard work. SCSHA president- elect Dr. Juliet Stoute- White welcomed those assembled and presented awards to Sen. Hugh Leatherman and Rep.

Waiting for a sound: Deaf toddler gets cochlear implants turned on (Bloomingdale Press)

In the final installment of our three-part series, deaf toddler Lauren White hears her first sounds once the devices are activated. Then she and her Wheaton family set about the long and difficult task of adjusting through therapy.    Video: Lauren has her first implant turned on Video: Eight weeks after Lauren's first implant was activated Slideshow: Friends, family, medical ...

Waiting for a sound: Deaf toddler gets cochlear implants turned on (Darien Suburban Life)

In the final installment of our three-part series, deaf toddler Lauren White hears her first sounds once the devices are activated. Then she and her Wheaton family set about the long and difficult task of adjusting through therapy.    Video: Lauren has her first implant turned on Video: Eight weeks after Lauren's first implant was activated Slideshow: Friends, family, medical ...

Waiting for a sound: Deaf toddler gets cochlear implants turned on (Wheaton News Leader)

In the final installment of our three-part series, deaf toddler Lauren White hears her first sounds once the devices are activated. Then she and her Wheaton family set about the long and difficult task of adjusting through therapy.    Video: Lauren has her first implant turned on Video: Eight weeks after Lauren's first implant was activated Slideshow: Friends, family, medical ...

Waiting for a sound: Deaf toddler gets cochlear implants turned on (Lemont Reporter)

In the final installment of our three-part series, deaf toddler Lauren White hears her first sounds once the devices are activated. Then she and her Wheaton family set about the long and difficult task of adjusting through therapy.    Video: Lauren has her first implant turned on Video: Eight weeks after Lauren's first implant was activated Slideshow: Friends, family, medical ...

Waiting for a sound: Deaf toddler gets cochlear implants turned on (Hinsdale Suburban Life)

In the final installment of our three-part series, deaf toddler Lauren White hears her first sounds once the devices are activated. Then she and her Wheaton family set about the long and difficult task of adjusting through therapy.    Video: Lauren has her first implant turned on Video: Eight weeks after Lauren's first implant was activated Slideshow: Friends, family, medical ...

Waiting for a sound: Deaf toddler gets cochlear implants turned on (Westmont Reporter Progress)

In the final installment of our three-part series, deaf toddler Lauren White hears her first sounds once the devices are activated. Then she and her Wheaton family set about the long and difficult task of adjusting through therapy.    Video: Lauren has her first implant turned on Video: Eight weeks after Lauren's first implant was activated Slideshow: Friends, family, medical ...

Waiting for a sound: Deaf toddler gets cochlear implants turned on (Roselle Press)

In the final installment of our three-part series, deaf toddler Lauren White hears her first sounds once the devices are activated. Then she and her Wheaton family set about the long and difficult task of adjusting through therapy.    Video: Lauren has her first implant turned on Video: Eight weeks after Lauren's first implant was activated Slideshow: Friends, family, medical ...